# Getting spraypaint off brick?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [June 12, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-spraypaint-off-brick/213387 "2011-06-12T09:44:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-spraypaint-off-brick/213387/1 "2011-06-12T09:44:12Z")

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My building has been graffiti’ed in the past, appears to have been covered by a latex paint

![http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a58/dansciol/98%20Civic%20HX/SDC11003.jpg](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a58/dansciol/98%20Civic%20HX/SDC11003.jpg)

I would prefer to remove the paint rather than continuing to cover it up. What is the most conducive/time effective option? Power wash? some sort of media blast?

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**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-spraypaint-off-brick/213387/2 "2011-06-12T09:55:47Z")

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Call Jesse at blast off

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**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-spraypaint-off-brick/213387/3 "2011-06-12T10:17:51Z")

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Power washing or search dry ice blasting. Don t know if anyone local does it but it employs shooting small chips of dry ice which turn to gas state after impact.

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**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-spraypaint-off-brick/213387/4 "2011-06-12T10:46:53Z")

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> [@Anonymity](#):
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> Call Jesse at blast off

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**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-spraypaint-off-brick/213387/5 "2011-06-12T12:18:43Z")

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I would def blast it. You can get paint strippers but it’s a pita, look up ready strip pro if you want to go that route. Roll it on, let it work overnight and powerwash it off.

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**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-spraypaint-off-brick/213387/6 "2011-06-12T13:01:40Z")

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Once you have it blasted you can put a clear graffiti resistant coating over the brick. That’s what some installation and mural artists do.