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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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?

[Doctor Gollum]

Wire brushing

Depends on the state of the bricks and mortar as to what's the most suitable medium.

[redelitev6]

  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 ?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I've had a quick check.

Roughly 80 square metres need doing.

[STEMO]

You need someone proficient in such matters to look at the job. How is anyone on here to know without seeing the job?

[Doctor Gollum]

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 

[STEMO]

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.

[Doctor Gollum]

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

[STEMO]

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

No, I've already bought the cream.

[dave the builder]

what swear words have they painted on your wall Opti ?

[ronnyd]

what swear words have they painted on your wall Opti ?

Old fart? 

[dave the builder]

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  

[Andy B]

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  

I knew it had to be that video! 

[Andy H]

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.

[STEMO]

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