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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 4429405, member: 50"]My sister had a house that I imagine was built in the 1950-60s that had light colored bricks around her fireplace similar to yours. At the time she wanted red brick so she use a thinned, carefully chosen color stain (possibly paint, don't remember for sure) and <i>carefully</i> dabbed/painted each one. The end result looked like natural red brick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a thought if you were wanting to try a less ambitious attempt to change the look after the thick paint is off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 4429405, member: 50"]My sister had a house that I imagine was built in the 1950-60s that had light colored bricks around her fireplace similar to yours. At the time she wanted red brick so she use a thinned, carefully chosen color stain (possibly paint, don't remember for sure) and [I]carefully[/I] dabbed/painted each one. The end result looked like natural red brick. Just a thought if you were wanting to try a less ambitious attempt to change the look after the thick paint is off.[/QUOTE]
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