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wundy24

Mortar wash wash out!

6 years ago

I wanted to add a little bit of the mortar wash affect to my new Nob Hill brick fireplace. I
thought we nailed it, only to return a few hours later and it looked like an all over paint wash. Some bricks were totally covered.
It was too dry to wash any off, tried vinegar, we ended up using a wire brush drill bit for some results.
What did we do wrong? We need to try to remove some more tomorrow. I’d like to tweak it like we had it but very fearful to mess up what we have!
Appreciate your suggestions!!!

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  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    brick is porous. it soaked up the grout. You should have applied a sealer first. it's not going to come out.

    should have used Romabio.

    what look do you want? I like the look of the bricks on the hearth. do it all like that

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