On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:38:24 -0500, (m Ransley)
wrote:

You will never get it all off better off leaving it. Brick is usualy
painted for a reason, it is going bad.

The house is 50 years old. Identical homes on the same block still
have the natural red brick and they look fine. So I believe the owner
just painted it along with the rest of the house, because he wanted
the all-white look.