Please Help With Painted Brick?

[SPOTLESS]

I have been asked to quote large 100 year old brick house in a historical district. The house has 5 layers of paint on it it is flaking. The owners want the house restored to the original brick. there is another contractor lined up to seal the brick after the stripping and cleaning. The brick is the old soft sun baked brick. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get the paint off without damaging the brick. Would wet sandblasting be a possibility.

Thank You
Dave
Spotless Mobile Wash Inc.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!

 

[ron]

psssst hey spotless

www.prosoco.com have a nice day

 

[ron]

NO SANDBLASTING IF THE LINK I GAVE YOU WONT GET IT AS GOOD AS YOU WANT IT
SODABLAST DO NOT USE HIGH PRESSURE brick is like an egg hard shell but thin
if you brake the outtershell the rest will turn to powder. trust me you could do this job with a garden hose[allmost] sodablasting i can take the paint of a coke can and leave the alumunim nice and shinny.

 

[Larry L.]

Don't know but it may be cheaper to use the stronger paint removers like aircraft,it may be faster that way than the powerwasher,the brick would look original without any damage from a powerwasher but it may not be aloud to use paint removers that way,I don't know.

 

[Bill B]

Also check Dominion restoration products. Need to look at as a restoration project, not a pressure wash project. May want to field test a couple of areas before settling on price.
Also want to be sure there are no historical association/achitectural standards to be applied in your area.
Good Luck, B2

 

[Mike Hughes]

On another note..........how tall is it? Can you get a lift in there?

 

[adam936]

Is any of the paint your removing lead based paint

 

[Walt Graner]

Liability !!!

Like Ron said this is not a power washing job it’s a restoration job. Lots of liability with this one. NO SAND BLASTING! I personally wouldn’t use soda blasting either, dumped that junk about 5 years ago, too abrasive for old grout and bricks as well as messes up PH of soil along with abunch of other bad stuff. My saying is that bricks are like a loaf of bread, baked crust outside and soft inside, anyway eggs or bread you still get the point. With most old houses you will be dealing with many layers of paint, and one of the layers will be lead based paint, I can assure you of that. Once you start removing that stuff you will see why lead based paint was so well used, its lasts a long time and is hard to get off 100%. Without saying it it’s a liability to you and the environment. When doing these jobs we use chemicals that dwell, set up plastic drops, scaffold the entire house and use low pressure. You better have a good contract for this one, everything must be spelled out: what, when, where, who etc. If you’re new to this kind of stuff, I would pass on this one until you got more under your belt.

 

[ron]

hey WALT

I use a truck tarp that has a weave to it[not solid] lets the water out and the paint stays on. Put it in the sun for a day then it dries out. Here in NJ you just go to the landfill and they give you special marked bags and take it there to dump.

 

[Dan S]

how are you making out Dave? did you get your answers? are you going to do the job?