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Title: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 05 August 2021, 13:37:15
Least invasive so that bricks are not damaged.

Soda blasting.
Sand blasting.
Dry ice blasting.
Shot blasting.
Vapour blasting.

......or any other variety of blasting?


Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 August 2021, 15:06:11
Wire brushing :-\

Depends on the state of the bricks and mortar as to what's the most suitable medium.
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: redelitev6 on 05 August 2021, 15:25:20
 :( Best of luck with that , if the bricks are porous and the paint has been applied properly it'll be a nightmare to get off , might be easier to repaint the brickwork with the colour of your choice ?
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 05 August 2021, 15:45:43
I've had a quick check.

Roughly 80 square metres need doing.
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: STEMO on 05 August 2021, 16:06:07
You need someone proficient in such matters to look at the job. How is anyone on here to know without seeing the job?
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 August 2021, 16:08:31
You need someone proficient in such matters to look at the job. How is anyone on here to know without seeing the job?
This is the interweb. Anything is possible  ;D
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: STEMO on 05 August 2021, 16:12:39
I have some olive green brickwork out back I thought I might bring back to natural. I looked on the internet, and then unlooked. The chemical method of removal is very messy, very lengthy and probably very expensive.
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 August 2021, 16:29:31
I have some olive green brickwork out back I thought I might bring back to natural. I looked on the internet, and then unlooked. The chemical method of removal is very messy, very lengthy and probably very expensive.
https://www.diy.com/departments/sandtex-brick-red-masonry-paint-5l/127503_BQ.prd :y
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: STEMO on 05 August 2021, 16:37:55
I have some olive green brickwork out back I thought I might bring back to natural. I looked on the internet, and then unlooked. The chemical method of removal is very messy, very lengthy and probably very expensive.
https://www.diy.com/departments/sandtex-brick-red-masonry-paint-5l/127503_BQ.prd :y
No, I've already bought the cream.
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: dave the builder on 05 August 2021, 17:12:07
what swear words have they painted on your wall Opti ?

Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: ronnyd on 05 August 2021, 18:11:48
what swear words have they painted on your wall Opti ?


Old fart?  :)
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: dave the builder on 05 August 2021, 19:04:39
what swear words have they painted on your wall Opti ?


Old fart?  :)
or
in letters 10 feet tall
 'Opti Eunt Domus'? '  (People called Opti they go the house'?)
 video of similar paint on bricks  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lczHvB3Y9s)  :P ;D
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Andy B on 05 August 2021, 21:16:21
what swear words have they painted on your wall Opti ?


Old fart?  :)
or
in letters 10 feet tall
 'Opti Eunt Domus'? '  (People called Opti they go the house'?)
 video of similar paint on bricks  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lczHvB3Y9s)  :P ;D

I knew it had to be that video!  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Andy H on 05 August 2021, 22:42:42
The brickwork of my last house had been painted. I tried paint strippers and grit blasting (both air and hydraulic) with no success.

Then I left it for 15 years to let nature do it's work. No change - just looked dirty.

In the end I repainted using masonry paint and sold the house.
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: STEMO on 05 August 2021, 22:51:01
The brickwork of my last house had been painted. I tried paint strippers and grit blasting (both air and hydraulic) with no success.

Then I left it for 15 years to let nature do it's work. No change - just looked dirty.

In the end I repainted using masonry paint and sold the house.
https://youtu.be/0fj3W2otrs0
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 05 August 2021, 23:31:41
The brickwork of my last house had been painted. I tried paint strippers and grit blasting (both air and hydraulic) with no success.

Then I left it for 15 years to let nature do it's work. No change - just looked dirty.

In the end I repainted using masonry paint and sold the house.
https://youtu.be/0fj3W2otrs0

Proper job that!  :y

Ninety quid though....  :(   Can Lord Opti afford it?  :-\   
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: dave the builder on 06 August 2021, 06:49:29
whilst that product may work on that paint on that brick, and still requires extra mechanical cleaning  :(
it may not be effective on other types of paint or brick (fletton brick for example)
there are far too many variables to recommend a product or method , sample tests of various methods would be sensible.
people tend to paint bricks for a reason, there may be a mismatch in brick  ,a patch or repair  :-\
you can get painted or mismatched brickwork painted to look like natural brickwork but it's not cheap
or you could just paint the wall a colour you can live with  :)
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 06 August 2021, 11:10:31
A friend had some dry ice blasting done recently and that was very effective without eroding the base, not cheap though!

Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: STEMO on 06 August 2021, 11:30:39
The brickwork of my last house had been painted. I tried paint strippers and grit blasting (both air and hydraulic) with no success.

Then I left it for 15 years to let nature do it's work. No change - just looked dirty.

In the end I repainted using masonry paint and sold the house.
https://youtu.be/0fj3W2otrs0

Proper job that!  :y

Ninety quid though....  :(   Can Lord Opti afford it?  :-\
Yeah. That's the method I looked at before deciding it didn't look that bad after all  ;D
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: STEMO on 06 August 2021, 12:12:55
The moral of the story is, think very carefully before painting brickwork. Once it's there, it's there.
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 August 2021, 13:04:13
Peelaway does not seem a good option.

Once you 'peel it away' there is 80 square metres of ' sticky goo' to remove.

No thanks. :)
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 06 August 2021, 13:05:21
You could always clad it :D
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 06 August 2021, 13:57:09
'Re-direct' a truck into the aforementioned wall and make a second insurance claim?  ;D :y
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 August 2021, 13:58:26
'Re-direct' a truck into the aforementioned wall and make a second insurance claim?  ;D :y

Wrong house. :)
Title: Re: Best method for removing masonary paint from brickwork.
Post by: STEMO on 06 August 2021, 14:58:01
'Re-direct' a truck into the aforementioned wall and make a second insurance claim?  ;D :y

Wrong house. :)
Insurance claims work on most houses.