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@hugo7 cheers. Cleaned it with a wire brush and random shit like oven cleaner but without much success in getting a fully clean brick. Lots of the soot came out though which I guess would be good to enable it being painted on.
Once the log burner is in its kind of in permanently - how confident would you be in a paint that doesn't flake next to this much heat?
Thinking either paint the bricks or kind of plaster concrete scree (as in this brochure pic) the back and sides. Or pursue fully cleaning the bricks (which is proving impossible).
Edit - I actually think that picture is some kind of fireproof board
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how confident would you be in a paint that doesn't flake next to this much heat?
It's a fair point. But bricks are slightly porous, so I would expect paint to absorb. The only bricks I've painted in a fireplace were aesthetic and didn't have the fire used - but the paint did look like it soaked in rather than sat on the surface. On motorcycles exhaust paint ultimately fades and often flakes over time. However, that's subject to the elements, so again I think it would work. The stubbornness of the current stains gives me more confidence.
In terms of cleaning my gut says you need to use a sandblaster .
The plastering option looks better - it's a different look from a black fireplace so that's just a preference thing. Someone else would be better to chime in, but I'd have thought you'll still get some soot from general fire prep, cleaning, etc. even if you're careful.
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Sorry I don't think the bricks look very nice.
My 2p would be to clean it, then paint with high temp black paint for a clean, even look.