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   DANL | Jul 01, 2004 01:25pm | #1

   I don't have experience with that, but I would think concrete dye would work. Lot's of work to brush it onto the mortar, but should work. (Maybe go online and ask a manufacturer of the stuff it it can be used that way?)

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   brownbagg | Jul 01, 2004 02:31pm | #2

   you could use a concrete acid stain and spray it on. the stain will react with the cement content in the mortar but not affect the clay in the bricks.

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   dirtstirrer | Jul 01, 2004 06:42pm | #3

   BB,

   I like the spray it on sounds reletively easy.  Is it possible to get different shades and were could I find some more info on this stuff?  Thanks for your time, Steve

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   brownbagg | Jul 02, 2004 01:39am | #4

   kemiko.com

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   Berc | Jul 03, 2004 02:21am | #5

   My wife suggests ivy.

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   clevispin | Jul 03, 2004 02:31am | #6

   Here's a link...  http://www.masonrymagazine.com/10-02/coversb2.html

   Also grafitti removal specialists might be helpful-every towns got a highschool.

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   FastEddie1 | Jul 03, 2004 05:03pm | #7

   scofield also makes concrete stain.

   In some parts of the country, red brick and white mortar are classics, deopending on the style of the house.

   Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!"  Then get busy and find out how to do it.  T. Roosevelt

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   JRuss | Jul 03, 2004 05:57pm | #8

   Also we've used a franchise company out of Australia of all places called Nawkaw. We've changed brick, mortar, and are presently doing stone. Good results, but they do the application, it's not do it yourself.

   Never serious, but always right.
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   dirtstirrer | Jul 03, 2004 09:34pm | #9

   Thanks for the info guys.  Sounds changable, but it's kind of growing on me, might just leave it alone if we decide to buy it.  Ivy does sound good though.Steve

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   stonefever | Jul 04, 2004 12:20am | #10

   Ivy is not a good idea.  Depending on the type of ivy, it can get into the mortar and disrupt the mortar bonds.

   If she insists on this approach, place a trelis in front of the wall and let a noninvasive vine grow up on that.

   I've used copper wire strung from concrete anchors put into traditional stucco to serve as a trelis for jasmine vines to grow up on.

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   dirtstirrer | Jul 04, 2004 03:54am | #11

   See, ya learn something everyday.  I'll skip the ivy too.  Is the ivy hurting those beutiful old buildings on some campuses?  (Ivy leauge, sorry) Steve