How to remove this... glue?

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azkyle

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I am taking down an addition someone put up on this house a while ago. As you can see they were not pros.. I'm not sure what this is, but I need some suggestions on the best way to remove it. They used tons of this glue, and nails, to haing this stuff up to cover the brick. I want to try to take as much off as possible without ruining the brick so i can paint it.
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Bob NH

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It looks like the brick was painted. Try a good paint remover to take everything off. You might try several different types. F505 seems to work for me.

Since it is brick, you might try a torch with a good flame spreader.
 

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might be FRP adhesive but looks kinda like cutback. Torch or heat gun to soften it up then scraper & wire brush. Hope you have plenty of time on your hands... good luck...get plenty of gloves, I hate blisters.
 

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Looks like old Mastic, if thats the case it is easier to knock down the brick wall and rebuild it.

It could also be construction adhesive and in that case I have had good luck with a heat gun and a putty knife or wire brush.

Let us know your progress and good luck
 

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Try a small putty knife and a hammer to tap it with and see what happens, it may not be as bad as it looks sometimes that stuff almost falls off other times it is a bear.

When you get off as much of it as you can, if you still don't like it and the wall is always dry, never damp you can skim coat it with drywall mud then paint. You could texture it a little and /or do a faux paint finish to hide the roughness
 
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If ya just want to have fun with it get a auto body grinder with about a 20 grit disc, knocks it down pretty quick and you can do fancy patterns with the grinder.. makes a heck of a dusty mess.
 

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thx for the replies.. i tried the torch, but i'd probably go through about 20 cans of gas before its done so i got a heat gun... it works good but the progress will be quite slow. so maybe ill be done by next week haha. thanks for the help.
 
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