One of the problems that I have to overcome is matching the new bricks to the 30 year old bricks that are on the house. Because the front of the shop will have a 4’ high by 8’ wide window where my woodworking bench will be placed and around the window will be 2 fake shutters & the wall will be covered in a brick veneer. Problem: The original style bricks are no longer made. I went to brick makers all over St.Louis to try & find a match and the best that I could find is the fourth & fifth bricks from the top of the stack pictured. After playing with many different combinations of cement, mortar mix, grout & concrete bonder additive I came up with the 2 step process that I used on the third brick down on the stack. It’s a pretty darn good match. I believe that I have it worked out. As a base… I’m using the same red bricks that I used to brick in the window openings in the basement. I have to color about 750 bricks.
-- Frank, Florissant, Missouri
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GaryK
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posted 101 days ago
Sounds like a lot of work but I’m sure it will be worth it.
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thetimberkid
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posted 101 days ago
Thats alotr of work, but you know what people say…if a job is worth doing, its worth doing properly!
Thanks for the post
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Karson
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posted 101 days ago
Nice job on the coloring.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 101 days ago
It looks like a great match.
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sIKE
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posted 101 days ago
Man that looks good and looks like a bit of work there too.
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PaBull
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posted 100 days ago
You could have fooled me, it looks like the same brick.
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Maddhatter
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posted 100 days ago
And who said Woodworkers are not resourceful
Well done – Be safe
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sharad
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posted 98 days ago
Hats off to your patience. It is going to be very good at the end.
Sharad
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motthunter
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posted 97 days ago
should look goo when done.. matching will be tough
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