Repainting badly painted brick wall
Repainting badly painted brick wall
The rear part of my Victorian house is built of brick.
Regrettably, some years ago someone decided to smear it with concrete slurry (0-3mm) and paint over the top. It then went pretty green with algae. Prior to selling to me, the owner repainted in a plastic masonry paint, which has more or less failed and looks shocking.
Stripping back to the brick is impossible. The concrete slurry is firmly bonded and attempts to lift it off result in cracking the bricks.
So, I'm faced with a repaint...
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by jimjamjak
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Repainting badly painted brick wall
The rear part of my Victorian house is built of brick.
Regrettably, some years ago someone decided to smear it with concrete slurry (0-3mm) and paint over the top. It then went pretty green with algae. Prior to selling to me, the owner repainted in a plastic masonry paint, which has more or less failed and looks shocking.
Stripping back to the brick is impossible. The concrete slurry is firmly bonded and attempts to lift it off result in cracking the bricks.
So, I'm faced with a repaint...
Read more
by jimjamjak
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum