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Internal exposed brick wall

last year

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Hi, just bought a period house with an exposed brick wall in the kitchen. Its pretty messy. Any ideas on if this could be cleared up, and if so, how? Otherwise, if we wanted to paint this wall eventually, does it just need a layer of plaster beforehand? Sorry - no experience with exposed brickwork.

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Sonia
last year
It is pretty messy isn’t it? You could get it re-pointed where the cement is dug out and redone and then leave it natural. I wonder if it is lime mortar? Or you could get it plastered and once it is thoroughly dry you can paint with emulsion.
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