Painting brick faces without painting the grout/mortar

Sorry if this is a weird question, but I’ve been looking online for hours and I’m tired. I’ve seen a few buildings in my area that’ve painted the faces of the individual bricks on their walls, but have left the grout/mortar totally unpainted, as the title states. It looks really

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EIFS repair and repainting

We have a small condo association of 5 duplex buildings, all one-story with walk-out lower levels. They were built one at a time, from about 2000 to about 2010. The exteriors are all EIFS, on which  the finish is beginning to show its age (& some of the joints in

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What is bleeding through my first coat of Dry Lok?

?I painted a brick foundation wall (below grade) with Dry Lok.  The brick is over 100 years ol.  It is not damp or wet, but has been in the past due to grout degraded.  The surface of the brick is also degraded.  I scrapped the old paint off as best

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Painting White Brick

All of the pictures that I have seen of painted brick homes, the brick is flat with shallow mortar lines. My brick has like a wave design to it and the mortar lines are deep. The brick is white and I would like to add a new addition with painted

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Exterior paint and primer suggestions.

I am painting the exterior of my Mediterranean style home, and particularly the perimeter smooth stucco walls. The walls were previously painted with elastomeric paint. That’s proved to be a problem since the walls get a lot of moisture penetration from the back of the walls where the gardens are.

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Cracking Patio

70 year old female do-it-yourselfer would like to know how to inexpensively, but effectively use a rubberized paint to cover a cracking patio. Have sealed in past, but feel needs something more so I can stop erosion along edges next to lawn. Need help quickly; just got idea kind of

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Stucco Retaing Wall

We have a new stucco retaining wall that we would like to paint. The wall is next to our driveway. When it rains a lot the bottom stays wet for a few days. What kind of paint or stain would you recommend?

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How many coats?

How many coats do you need on a house with brick? If I understand this right my steps are to use a pressure washer and get all the paint off. The use a paint and primer. I plan on not use a sprayer for the primer and I was hoping

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