If your brick needs a glow-up, there are lots of things you can do besides painting it white. In addition ... on a trellis ...

"White scum," or a more common condition known as efflorescence, is responsible for the whiteish staining seen on brick walls ... brick cleaners will not break down the white.

Q: Tim, I’ve got a mess on my brick home. I live in Houston, Texas, and have a sprinkler system for my lawn. The water sometimes gets sprayed on my brick exterior. White stains appear.

Whenever a new friend comes over, one of the first things they say to me is that I am "so lucky" to have an exposed brick wall in my apartment ... your bricks get a white film on them, that's ...