Painting - Removing white paint from a brick fireplace?

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Brusier
03-25-02, 12:29 PM
I have just purchased a historical home in Oregon and would like to restore the fireplace.(one of many things to restore)

I would like to know what would be the best way to strip this paint off with out damaging the brick coloring or mortar?

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KeithP
03-27-02, 07:28 PM
Some reading material first...

http://www.scrub-a-home.com/brick.html

http://www.masonry-restoration.com/

http://www.instabrite.com/html/brikston.html

http://www.restorationcentral.com/experts/restoration/remove_paint.html