John Diaz writes:
>>I'm a little concerned about galvanized metal Brick ties & CMU ladder reinforcements w/ all of this Electricity which I know aren't grounded anywhere by design- but might be by accident.<<<

So am I !  I'm posting this correspondence with the guys & gals at Glubco in a brainstorming mode. I suspect there is some middle ground between safely removing paint from masonry surfaces and getting my brains blasted out by 1" diameter bolts of artificial lightening. It is somewhere in that middle ground that I stand in reality hoping that a spark of creative thinking will give us that next practical step forward.

John Leeke, Preservationeer
(The 19th century pioneers of the Westward Expansion were used to a rugged outdoor life in the Great Eastern Forest. They were amazed when they crossed the Missouri River and came to a clearing in the woods that was so big they couldn't see the trees on the other side. After an entire day's hike they had not come to the other side of the clearing. Standing in their new reality of the Great Plains, many of these grown men became frightened and actually shook in their boots.)