# Thoughts on painted brick **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-painted-brick/987025 "2023-07-14T12:41:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-painted-brick/987025/41 "2023-07-16T02:21:15Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > To me, it’s the sign of a cheap remodel to quickly resell the house. In DC, we call the color flipper grey. Our neighbors painted their bricks last summer, and everyone in the neighborhood thought they were about to put the house up for sale. They stayed. The house looks nice enough (it’s all white now) but I like my brick house because it looks like, well, brick. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-painted-brick/987025/42 "2023-07-16T02:27:31Z")
In downtown Vancouver, WA they’re currently painting a brick skyscraper a combination of grey and black colors. I don’t think it’s much of an improvement but it’s apparently intended to make the building look a little more modern. The building was constructed in the 1980s I believe. Below you can see the painting in progress: https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=%213m2%212sen%214v0%216m8%211m7%211sMSaZoyhvoRsOIAQ_ihHk6A%212m2%211d45.6277798%212d-122.6694171%213f242.22%214f13.004%215f0.75 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-painted-brick/987025/43 "2023-07-16T17:41:42Z")
I believe it was Rembrandt who said “If painted brick looks bad, don’t blame the brick, blame the painter.” ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-painted-brick/987025/44 "2023-07-16T17:51:53Z")
I think that looks improved. Here’s a manufacturer of specialty paint. Browse to the huge brick house with before and after photos. That one was ill advised imo. [https://www.beeckmineralpaints.com/projects](https://www.beeckmineralpaints.com/projects) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-painted-brick/987025/45 "2023-07-17T15:34:52Z")
I think painted brick looks awful. I will add to that…painted rocks! Oh how I hate when people paint a big rock white. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-painted-brick/987025/46 "2023-07-19T00:17:07Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > we call the color flipper grey. There’s a house not far from me where they stripped off old brick, replaced the windows, put up new brick, and have now **painted the new brick**. Yep, “flipper gray” with white windows and black trim. 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-painted-brick/987025/47 "2023-07-21T19:30:19Z")
I don’t especially like the way it looks. Plus > [@Dinsdale](#): > > once painted, there is no going back > [@What\_Exit](#): > > they’ve taken a maintenance free surface and now it needs maintenance Two other reasons not to do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-painted-brick/987025.md?page=2)