German Smear. We are starting a project that will be a cigar lounge for someone with 6 children who needs a place to escape! The room was added onto a blue stone patio, so part of it has the red brick from the exterior now on the interior. We want a bit of cool New york exposed brick feel so it looks like good ole German Smear may just do the trick.
http://www.therelishedroosthome.com/2016/04/german-smear.html
1. verb. If you smear a surface with an oily or sticky substance or smear the substance onto the surface, you spread a layer of the substance over the surface. My sister smeared herself with suntan oil and slept by the swimming pool. Smear a little olive oil over the inside of the salad bowl. A smear is a dirty or oily mark.
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Origin: Before 900; (v.) Middle English: smeren, smirien to rub with fat, anoint; Old English: smirian, smerian, smerwan; cognate with Dutch: smeren; German: schmieren, Icelandic: smyrja, Old Norse: smyrja, smyrwa; (noun) in current senses derivative of the verb; compare obsolete smear: fat, grease, ointment; Middle English: smere; Old English: ...
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schmear - (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together; he bought the whole schmeer. schmeer, shmear. Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script.
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AKA Shi$%ing bricks. How to do a german smear or mortar wash DIY brick whitewash on your brick fireplace or other brick surfaces. This DIY project is inexpensive & easy to do! How To Do a German Smear Mortar Wash on Brick (Dave and Brittany’s Fixer Upper!)….
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Please note that the second to last photo is not German Smear it is BioCalce Classico from ROMABIO.com/limewash. The process is far easier than German Smear since it is a paint not a thin set mortar. We know because we applied it 5 years ago and still looks great - thanks, ROMABIO.
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How To: Mortar Wash (German Smear) a Brick Fireplace (Updated May 2016) January 5, 2016lauren bell. * *Update - May 2016. Some of you may have been watching Fixer Upper lately - you'll notice that sweet ol' Joanna Gaines has used this EXACT method in some of the houses that they've been renovating down in Waco. She calls it German Smear and has been using it to change the looks of many homes this season.
http://www.thechathamcollective.com/blog/2016/1/5/how-to-white-wash-a-brick-fireplace
How To: Mortar Wash (German Smear) a Brick Fireplace (Updated May 2016) * * 1 Update - May 2016 Some of you may have been watching Fixer Upper lately - you'll notice that sweet ol' Joanna Gaines has used this EXACT method in some of the houses that they've been renovating down in Waco.
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How To: Mortar Wash (German Smear) a Brick Fireplace (Updated May 2016) January 5, 2016lauren bell. Some of you may have been watching Fixer Upper lately - you'll notice that sweet ol' Joanna Gaines has used this EXACT method in some of the houses that they've been renovating down in Waco.
http://www.thechathamcollective.com/blog/2016/1/5/how-to-white-wash-a-brick-fireplace
Schmear is a word of Germanic origin, equivalent to 'smear' or 'spread' (usually fat or butter). In some Germanic languages, the cognate of smear itself means butter.
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what is german smear
Mortar Wash is a German Smear.  German smear is Mortar Wash.