The buff brick wall of the Lima office building in 2019, one even range of tan units beside the blue glazed tile of the entrance tower
Case File 324

Darkening Light Buff Brick on a Lima Office Building

The buff brick on this two-story office building ran light in places, and the customer wanted those areas blended in. The business hired the correction in August 2003. It was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 324
Structure Two-story office building
Location Lima, Ohio
Stained August 2003
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 16 years, Gold level

2003

  1. The two-story buff brick office building in 2003, its blue tile entrance tower and barrel awning beside a crew pickup with ladders on the rack Before, 2003 View this photo larger
  2. Two applicators on extension ladders in August 2003, one working a hand brush over single buff brick units below the tenant sign, with a burned-in camera date in the corner During, 2003 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Nothing had failed. The buff brick carried light units scattered through the wall, and the customer wanted a better blend to mask the light areas, in the words of the file. The reason on the form is marked Other, not a complaint and not a color change. The business hired it directly.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand, one unit at a time. A slight percentage of the light brick was darkened to sit in the range of the wall around it; the rest was left alone. The file keeps this job on record because a brick stained with a proven masonry stain still allows the brick to look natural.

2019, sixteen years on

  1. The buff brick wall in 2019 looking up beside the blue glazed tile of the entrance tower, the units reading as one tan range, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2019 View this photo larger

What sixteen years prove

The wall reads as one range beside the blue tile of the entrance tower, with no darkened unit standing out as a patch. On the certification scale that is Gold, which covers fifteen years and over. As of 2026 the work is twenty-three years old, and the 2019 certification is the most recent record on it.

The signed file

Every certified job gets the same form, signed on the day someone goes back to the building. This is the one for case 324, transcribed beside the scan so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

Scan of the case study form for case 324, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Office Building in Lima (2003)
Level
Gold. The scale runs Bronze at seven to nine years, Silver at ten and over, Gold at fifteen and over, Platinum at twenty and over.
Hired by
Business or corporation
Reason for project
Other
Issue
"The customer wanted a better blend to mask the light areas."
What was corrected
"We darkened a percentage of light brick."
Storyline
"We darkend a slight percentage of brick for a better blend. We like to show this project because it shows that a brick stained with a proven masonry stain still allows the brick to look natural."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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