Ken wrote:
Red Paint on Brick
Commonly found thin coating of red coating on exterior red brick. I
need for
a report to a customer a short explanation as to why it would be an HC
(historic correct) preference to not strip the paint.
Here's a small extract from a book entitled Colour Schemes for
Old Australian Houses by yours truly and the Sydney
conservation architects Clive Lucas and Ian Stapleton:
"Exterior wall surfaces were sometimes coloured with a semi-transparent
red oxide wash ..."
The reference was describing exterior surface treatments for brick
houses in the period 1820-1840. Similar treatments are also found in
the period around 1900-1920 and are associated at that time with the
practice of tuckpointing.
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