My bricks are dingy white and now that I have a brown timberline insert in the fireplace, I am thinking of staining the bricks. Has anyone had any luck doing that?
Has anyone stained their bricks around the fireplace?
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They are not painted, they are white bricks. the guy that did my install, took a wire brush and brushed some of the brick to clean off some burn marks on the brick and came off well, but still white brick under the mark.
Okey dokey, then, I'd say yer good to go with staining them. (I've tried to work with brick that had been painted previously, and it got so frustrating I ended up just re-painting it). Just google "brick stain"...that'll get you started. There are a bunch of products and services available. I've had good luck staining grout before simply by using a darker grout mixed really thin & applied with a brush, but that might not be suitable for the surface of the brick. Anyway, there are brick stains available. Good luck! Rick
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