Removing oil based wood stain from bricks?

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Ok I made a big mistake and stained my fence with a pump sprayer. Some of the stain blew on my neighbor’s bricks next door. Any idea how I can remove the stain? I hear power washing could damage the brick.
Ok guys I had a professional powerwash job and it removed 85% of the stain. Now it looks like small water drops on dry concrete. Be aware the a pro should be used to do this because the top layer of brick can be stripped off or mortar destroyed by pressure if done wrong.

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  1. PIZZA says:

    depending on how bad it is…. you could maybe try a couple of different thinners first try paint thinner, then maybe zylene, or zylol same thing(that stuff is crazy though, last resort and be careful) and maybe a softer type brush to scrub it out???

  2. CPL says:

    Most bricks are porous unless they are specially treated with a water proof coating. I guess it is almost impossible to extract the stain from a porous material. You may try using a steam cleaning machine. Hopefully the steam can evaporate the stain. Since most bricks were "fired" in high temperature in a kiln, a mere 212 degree steam should not harm the brick. Try on some bricks in some hidden areas and don’t continue if it causes any side effects.

    Good luck.

  3. g-man says:

    Because those bricks are as porous as they are a better approach might be to try to match the brick color with custom mixed exterior stain. I don’t believe there’s any solvent that could be applied that would be able to remove all the unwanted color that’s in all those pores of the bricks.

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