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Old 06-25-2007, 01:08 PM
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Angry ALOT of paint on brick

Hello everyone! The thread before mine, sort of explains my problem. The only difference is, I have a ton of paint on the bricks. The people I bought my house from, painted the wooden door frame that is around my front door entrace. They used a glossy white paint, and they did a horrible job. It is all over the red brink that surrounds the doorway. I need some suggestions so I can begin to remove the paint. Thanks for the help!
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Old 06-25-2007, 04:00 PM
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sand blasting is the first thing that comes to mind but for the homeowner is a little bit impractical and a little messy. those gel type removers might work in removing the paint - again messy. next would be a scaling tool operated off an air compressor, still messy and noisy. brick is a tough surface to remove paint from. it is porous, very irregular, sometimes "soft" sometimes "hard." a wire brush on an electric drill may do it. they made a tool called a roto zip about 15 years ago - goes into an electric drill and has spring fingers mounted to a circular hub. turning on the drill, rotated those spring fingers to "scratch" off the paint.
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Old 06-26-2007, 12:29 PM
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Thank you so much for your advice!!!
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had some of that myself. Goofoff works well wire brush .
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