Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?
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@scottalanmiller said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@WrCombs said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@wirestyle22 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
Laura and I have seen probably 50-ish homes so far trying to find the right one for us and a lot of them have really ugly brick. I did some research and found that one way to resolve this is to stain the brick. You apparently can stain brick to an almost white. This would make some of the houses we've seen somewhat more viable, but none of my friends who are homeowners have attempted this.
Never even considered that.. I just thought bricks were bricks..
Be interesting to see end results.Most bricks are stained. Just at the factory and never touched again.
weird, I didnt even know that.
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I've not done this, but I also don't like brick.
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@wirestyle22 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@scottalanmiller said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
Definitely never did that. I don't like white-like bricks. But other colours could be cool.
Yeah I was kind of surprised that you could stain it something so much lighter. Darker brick seems easier
The process is similar to staining concrete, which I've seen done.
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@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
I've not done this, but I also don't like brick.
I don't externally, but a high quality brick accent wall sometimes looks good
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Example of something I think looks pretty good for brick:
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@wirestyle22 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
I've not done this, but I also don't like brick.
I don't externally, but a high quality brick accent wall sometimes looks good
Yeah I can understand that, we have a brick fireplace in our house currently. It's painted to match the wall. It might be nice to have it stand out more, but in all honesty, meh.
Brick exteriors IMO are generally pretty ugly.
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@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@wirestyle22 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
I've not done this, but I also don't like brick.
I don't externally, but a high quality brick accent wall sometimes looks good
Yeah I can understand that, we have a brick fireplace in our house currently. It's painted to match the wall. It might be nice to have it stand out more, but in all honesty, meh.
Brick exteriors IMO are generally pretty ugly.
Yeah that has been my experience
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I never heard of staining bricks either. I don't like the old red bricks on the lower half of my house and have thought many times about covering them up with another layer of brick.
I definitely look in to brick staining. Plus I have about 40 red bricks I took up out of the ground so I have a bunch to test with. This could be fun.
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@pmoncho said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
I never heard of staining bricks either. I don't like the old red bricks
the ol' Colorado Fire bricks?
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Laura has been scheduling a lot of low cost homes with good layouts hoping to make home improvements with the savings. I'm just sitting here waiting for her to realize the headache isn't worth it. Based on my experience so far though I could see a nice house with ugly brick and I'd consider going the staining route
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@pmoncho said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
covering them up with another layer of brick.
What? why would you add another layer of brick?
Vinyl siding or maybe some sort of a veneer.
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Example:
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@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@pmoncho said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
covering them up with another layer of brick.
What? why would you add another layer of brick?
Vinyl siding or maybe some sort of a veneer.
Ahhh... my mind went blank and I couldn't find the right word, like you said, veneer is the word I was looking for. I have thought about a brick veneer. They have some that are only like about 1" thick. My buddy who is a brick layer stated it has been done but he didn't like it much either.
Problem is, the first 4' of my house is brick which rests on the foundation. I am down to either painting it or veneer.
Did find this though. https://www.dyebrick.com
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@pmoncho said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@pmoncho said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
covering them up with another layer of brick.
What? why would you add another layer of brick?
Vinyl siding or maybe some sort of a veneer.
Ahhh... my mind went blank and I couldn't find the right word, like you said, veneer is the word I was looking for. I have thought about a brick veneer. They have some that are only like about 1" thick. My buddy who is a brick layer stated it has been done but he didn't like it much either.
Problem is, the first 4' of my house is brick which rests on the foundation. I am down to either painting it or veneer.
Did find this though. https://www.dyebrick.com
Staining seems like a good option but I just have no one I know who has actually done it. I don't know what to expect or common pitfalls etc
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@wirestyle22 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@pmoncho said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@pmoncho said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
covering them up with another layer of brick.
What? why would you add another layer of brick?
Vinyl siding or maybe some sort of a veneer.
Ahhh... my mind went blank and I couldn't find the right word, like you said, veneer is the word I was looking for. I have thought about a brick veneer. They have some that are only like about 1" thick. My buddy who is a brick layer stated it has been done but he didn't like it much either.
Problem is, the first 4' of my house is brick which rests on the foundation. I am down to either painting it or veneer.
Did find this though. https://www.dyebrick.com
Staining seems like a good option but I just have no one I know who has actually done it. I don't know what to expect or common pitfalls etc
Me neither. I am checking out their site to see how much their samples are. If I can get around to it in the next few weeks then I will post up some pics.
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While I agree he is using a stain, he's painting the stain on.
Also F doing that by hand, I'd rather buy a house that matched what I wanted than waste a weekend doing that and getting the stink eye from the wife on the one spot I fell off the ladder and messed up the no so perfect line.
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@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
While I agree he is using a stain, he's painting the stain on.
Also F doing that by hand, I'd rather buy a house that matched what I wanted than waste a weekend doing that and getting the stink eye from the wife on the one spot I fell off the ladder and messed up the no so perfect line.
Yeah It's just absorbed into the brick from my understanding. Seems everyone does it this way from what I can see
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@wirestyle22 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
While I agree he is using a stain, he's painting the stain on.
Also F doing that by hand, I'd rather buy a house that matched what I wanted than waste a weekend doing that and getting the stink eye from the wife on the one spot I fell off the ladder and messed up the no so perfect line.
Yeah It's just absorbed into the brick from my understanding. Seems everyone does it this way from what I can see
How else could it be done? Dunking the whole wall in a bucket the size of the grand canyon?
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@scottalanmiller said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@wirestyle22 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
@DustinB3403 said in Anyone ever stain their houses bricks a lighter color?:
While I agree he is using a stain, he's painting the stain on.
Also F doing that by hand, I'd rather buy a house that matched what I wanted than waste a weekend doing that and getting the stink eye from the wife on the one spot I fell off the ladder and messed up the no so perfect line.
Yeah It's just absorbed into the brick from my understanding. Seems everyone does it this way from what I can see
How else could it be done? Dunking the whole wall in a bucket the size of the grand canyon?
Finger painting
