I am working on a brick house that has thoughout the years had many additions , renovations and repairs done. All the various brickwork and mortor looks slightly different, and I am considering whitewashing the whole thing.
I don’t want to paint it because of the ongoing maintainance neccesary,and paint will make it to new looking,but I have read about whitewashing with a lime salt mixture.
Anyone done this? tips? warnings?
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Let's try it one more time.
half of good living is staying out of bad situations
I feel bad that you haven't gotten a good answer, so I'll take a stab--perhaps you could talk to a place that sells brick and ask about whitewash or similar. I know there's a waterproofing for concrete that is some sort of mineral thing, but don't know if it'd work on brick. A mason may also be able to give you an answer.
i had a similar situation on a current project....we had removed 10,000 solid red pavers and stored them for 8 months to be re installed....
during the installation, we became aware of a white glaze on the stored brick....didn't look at all like the rest of the house!
the owners loved the look of the re-installed bricks....they wanted to make the old bricks look like the new addition!
our thinking was in the paint/mortar mix solution....tried everything....was passing around the bag of sh!t between me and my boss and the painter w/no results
one day, an artist lady was on site to discuss painting wood base to match marble base....knowing that she is good at her trade i asked her if she could help....said she would work on it knowing that it had to be easy and simple to apply
w/in a week she had the answer.....a mixture of white ink and what smelled like de-natured alcohol....
she had a guy that did work for her that worked like an army ant all over the house...had to rent 60' boom to reach the 2nd floor and chimneys.....
everyone is really pleased and the bag of sh!t has disappeared
coonie