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I can answer questions concerning the stripping and sealing of various tile, brick, and stone flooring with an emphasis on Mexican Tile. I cannot help in regards to installation issues, such as what sort of tile to use; how to install or remove tiles, etc.
Over 30 years experience in the manufacture development and use of sealers, coatings and cleaners for tile, stone, brick, etc.
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It would help to know what is on the bricks presently, but our SR-5 stripper will get up just about anything. Any oil based wood stain should work. If you use Minwax, you will need to use their sealer
I believe that if you look around, you will find that you can put a wood floor over a brick substrate. Check with a flooring contractor. You can strip the bricks, and apply a wood stain that is thinned
If the white is a lime deposit, you can clean if off by removing the sealer, then using an acid based cleaner. I have seen some floors with a white "line" that is some sort of material that leaches
Anything that will strip it will have some sort of odor. It's just a matter of how bad. Your best bet is to try and strip it in the middle of the night then, and perhaps even then just a small area
If you tried various chemicals, with poor success, then I doubt a "green" approach would be very useful unless you tried something like sand blasting on a minor scale. My experience with floors like
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