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One that might interest folks.....
I'm in the midst of a mammoth repointing job (have you ever tried repointing a mammoth? :shock: ) and where I've got damaged bricks I'm cutting them out and replacing them - I'm lucky enough to have a stash of matching bricks, though sometimes finding ones that are weathered the same is a challenge.
But - above windows on the front of the house are brick arches, made of "red rubbers". These are incredibly soft bricks that were "rubbed" to shape to form an arch on-site. They are ridiculously soft, you can scratch them quite easily with a fingernail.
I had one with a fair size lump missing out of one end. Cutting the brick out was not an option - I've no matching replacement and knocking bricks out of arches doesn't really appeal! So I thought I'd try a brick filler:-
https://stonelux-stone-effect-paint...ns/brick-repairs/products/brick-repair-filler
So what's the verdict? OK, with some reservations for this particular application. When I put the first layer in it looked awful, salmon pink for what was supposed to be orange, but the colour changed as it dried. The issue I've got here is the texture - the filler is much more coarse than the texture of these bricks, but in fairness these are very fine textured bricks indeed. Would I use it again? Yes, I would - it looks a lot better than a big lump missing, and for minor repairs like filling old screw holes it would be perfect. There was another brick in this arch which looks like a lump had been glued back in - the filler helped hide the edges of that repair nicely.
A small tub goes a long way. I'm sufficiently pleased to order a couple more tubs of different colours to try to repair a couple of "specials" - shaped bricks - here that are damaged.
End result below, I could have possibly got a better colour match by mixing this with another colour from their range. Luckily it's up high, and it's partially hidden behind some gable end fancy timbers, so a visually perfect repair is not too critical. A bit of the pointing below wants a final clean off. The pure lime pointing to the right will get filled in, hence the groove left, which will further help it blend in.
I'm in the midst of a mammoth repointing job (have you ever tried repointing a mammoth? :shock: ) and where I've got damaged bricks I'm cutting them out and replacing them - I'm lucky enough to have a stash of matching bricks, though sometimes finding ones that are weathered the same is a challenge.
But - above windows on the front of the house are brick arches, made of "red rubbers". These are incredibly soft bricks that were "rubbed" to shape to form an arch on-site. They are ridiculously soft, you can scratch them quite easily with a fingernail.
I had one with a fair size lump missing out of one end. Cutting the brick out was not an option - I've no matching replacement and knocking bricks out of arches doesn't really appeal! So I thought I'd try a brick filler:-
https://stonelux-stone-effect-paint...ns/brick-repairs/products/brick-repair-filler
So what's the verdict? OK, with some reservations for this particular application. When I put the first layer in it looked awful, salmon pink for what was supposed to be orange, but the colour changed as it dried. The issue I've got here is the texture - the filler is much more coarse than the texture of these bricks, but in fairness these are very fine textured bricks indeed. Would I use it again? Yes, I would - it looks a lot better than a big lump missing, and for minor repairs like filling old screw holes it would be perfect. There was another brick in this arch which looks like a lump had been glued back in - the filler helped hide the edges of that repair nicely.
A small tub goes a long way. I'm sufficiently pleased to order a couple more tubs of different colours to try to repair a couple of "specials" - shaped bricks - here that are damaged.
End result below, I could have possibly got a better colour match by mixing this with another colour from their range. Luckily it's up high, and it's partially hidden behind some gable end fancy timbers, so a visually perfect repair is not too critical. A bit of the pointing below wants a final clean off. The pure lime pointing to the right will get filled in, hence the groove left, which will further help it blend in.