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I use a white, or grayish white acrylic paint, thinned with lots of water for mortar. First I do a bit of random brick coloring, using colors only slightly different than the over all brick color. When happy with the effect and it has dried, lay the surface flat & level and brush on a layer of water to allow the thinned mortar paint to flow out. Brush on the thinned acrylic paint, making sure {with water as needed) that the paint really doesn't want to adhere to the surface. Thinned like this, the paint has a tendency to flow into the mortar lines. Allow to dry, and don’t mess with. The effect will diminish as the surface Dries. However, if more mortar is desired, the process can be repeated. For another effect, as the paint starts to dry, go over with the bru***o pick the paint out of the bricklines and spread this over some of the surface. Do this in random-blotchy areas to look like added weathering of the brick’s surface, or white paint which has weathered off.
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