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Hi everyone,
excuse my ignorance, but I’ve never lived with the oft-sought “exposed brick.” The stairs in our duplex are brick. It’s nice, but dirty…it looks like it has some kind of whitish stuff. Should I post a pic? I’m not sure how to do that. Also, I have a working fireplace so it’s got a little soot. I’ve never made a fire and I’m not immediately planning on cleaning it like I want to with the stairs. But never have had brick in an apt before, I don’t know what to use to clean it. I have a bucket and scrubby bush, but feel like I’m missing something. Any ideas?