Once I painted the table and chairs on the sun porch, I started seeing the rest of the porch as a little shabby. I was giving some thought to painting the floor and enlisted my brother's opinion. We discussed options for the floor and I was ready to start the prep. On his way out the door he casually said, "What about painting the brick?" He no more than pulled away from the curb and I had my brush dipped into the primer. Sounds rash but let me give you a little history. This shows the back of my house in 1982. Take note of the size of the porch. Now focus on the outline left on the brick by the sloppiness of the previous painter and the darker bricks that had been covered. There were also wooden anchors driven into the brick so, all in all, it was a bit messy. The porch that replaced it is considerably larger. Now that unsightly wall is inside this porch. I made many attempts to remove those awful mar...