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How thick are they?
Could you age them by soaking the outer face in a corrosive, blowtorching a few then leaving them in the garden over winter?
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After reading this through a few times I'm starting to wonder if it's a good idea!
Some of the brick slips I'd looked at seem to have some colour variation in them so would hopefully look more 'authentic' that also saves all the bloody horrid mess that would come with taking it back to brick. Nevermind the fact my bricks may look dreadful under all the plaster.
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@spenceey we explored brick slips years ago when I had the same idea. I got samples and everything, the issue I had is that they just looked too perfect and I felt it would have been an obvious "fake" brick wall.
We went down the route of taking everything back to bare brick, which was the most horrible job I have ever done. This was in Cardiff where a lot of internal walls in older properties use a mortar mixed with slag from coal mines - so it was black coal dust.
I had to repoint everything then using lime which took ages but the finish was great. We sold the flat about 6 months afterwards and it was sold again 2 years later and the wall had been rendered. I nearly cried.
Honestly, I probably wouldn't bother unless you absolutely want a bare brick wall, and if you do I would do it properly (i.e go back to bare brick).