white washed brick, german smearing, lime washing, and painted brick
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Speaker Anna Looper
Decorative Brick Techniques painted, limewashed, and German smearing
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White Washed Brick is elegance This is white washing. Much of the paint was allowed to remain and
the overall look is worn or dated. It has tremendous curb appeal. flowergardengirl.wordpress.com
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Combine paint to the desired opaqueness. Removing some paint to expose under brick requires scrubbing or sanding. Power washing can remove too much. If you dont know what you are doing, very red brick can turn pink. If you are not careful, you can also smother the brick and cause it to decay from inside.
True White Wash Brick
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Painted brick
Doesnt always have
To be white!
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White is the more traditional 100 Coverage is achieved by the layering of both paint or, limewash. It is applied heavily and none removed. Limewash is never to be applied to dry surfaces or it will dry out to fast and get chalky. flowergardengirl.wordpress.com
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Cape Cod Painted brick/Whitewashing/Limewashing works on just about any style home from modern to traditional. Limewashing needs to dry completely between coats and
often worked in to the surface as it dries. Each coat must be rewetted to apply the next coat. flowergardengirl.wordpress.com
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Half siding and half brick
Whitewashing can unify a home. Making it all one color and balances out the theme of the home. It quiets down the lines running horizontally. You notice the house has a whole and not divided additions.
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Balance
Balance through
Lighting, front door appeal,
And tastefully accented railings is easier when the palette is white.
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Complimentary red front door and white columns. Lots of color going on but the owners married the brick and siding the same buttery yellow making it a master in curb appeal.
Buttery Yellow
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Adding white varieties of plants
Adding white varieties of plants further extend the whitewashed brick to the curb. When it comes to plants, any color of white will work.
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Limewashing is slaked lime and water mixed and applied thinly or in several layers. You can power wash while wet or scrape off as it dries. As the limewash dries, It reacts with the carbon dioxide in the air and hardens to a rock like finish. Must be applied to wet surface but dry between layers
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Limewashing vs. Whitewashing
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German Smearing
A very skilled brick mason is required here because with German smearing you must apply the mortar to some bricks but skip others. If you took a power washer to this, you couldnt control the individual brick look. Adding mortar very much strengthens the brick and is good for preservation. If you didnt want to scrape off some of the mortar or skip bricks then youd have a full mortar wash. There would be no exposed brick but you would still see the outline of the brick. A recent episode of Fixer Upper with Chip and Joanna Gaines featured German smearing.
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Limewashing actually helps to protect the brick and has been around for centuries. Notice that under the overhangs and in corners, the limewash was put on more heavily to give it a look of many years of existence in the elements. Please be very careful if DIY this process on your home. Lime is very caustic to the skin and can cause serious issues with your eyes. Generally it is applied every couple of years and there are additives like linseed oil that help it last longer. Limewash breathes and lets moisture escape. Adding too much oil or additives can cause the brick to retain water and rot. These additives are called binders. Binders such as casein, tallow or linseed oil will improve its durability. Better not to use binders when limewashing indoors as too much moisture is sealed in.
Leaving the edges more dense
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Basement brick whitewash
When paint is applied in full strength it will look like this.
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Any sized brick or stone
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Mint green limewash or painted, any color will work.
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Red door curb appeal!
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Beige whitewash/painted full color
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German smearing and whitewash
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Any door style and roof line
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Engineered whitewashed brick
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If you have a craftsman, whitewashed
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Whitewashed grey
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Works with other homes
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Variety in the community
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Whitewash and Greywash together
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Whitewashed makes the green pop
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Vanilla washed beige shutters
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Whitewashed perfect background
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How to handle the larger dormer
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Makes the sidewalk stand out
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Brick front only
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Chimney
Paint is partially removed from the chimney only
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Where is the painted brick?
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The windows say it all
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Ok, thats a lot of painted brick
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Engineered whitewash
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Order
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Detail in the shutter
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Sometimes the brick takes second
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