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pinacoladas said:
From the images provided, the white appears to be a protective coating for installation and construction protection, which when removed exposes the red precast brick. There's absolutely zero possibility the builder would paint or stain these by hand post-installation - that would be financially and logistically unfeasibile. All they need to do is peel off the coating later and boom - they're done.
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I have never seen precast panels applied where the brick is covered in a protective layer that is later removed. We have seen at least three other projects in the city, however, where the brick-patterned precast has been stained after the fact though, the largest being Plaza's King West Life Condos in Liberty Village, and it was at least the size of this project if not larger. KWLC's application wasn't so great as they only used one colour on the surface, whereas another project, (formerly) VanDyk's Backyard Condos in Etobicoke first condo phase used multiple colours of stain to build up a more believable brick look. That one is recent enough that we have a few photos of it starting here.

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interchange42 said:
I have never seen precast panels applied where the brick is covered in a protective layer that is later removed. We have seen at least three other projects in the city, however, where the brick-patterned precast has been stained after the fact though, the largest being Plaza's King West Life Condos in Liberty Village, and it was at least the size of this project if not larger. KWLC's application wasn't so great as they only used one colour on the surface, whereas another project, (formerly) VanDyk's Backyard Condos in Etobicoke first condo phase used multiple colours of stain to build up a more believable brick look. That one is recent enough that we have a few photos of it starting here.

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Same with the Gramercy Park / Southside up by Wilson station. Also IBI
 
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interchange42 said:
I have never seen precast panels applied where the brick is covered in a protective layer that is later removed. We have seen at least three other projects in the city, however, where the brick-patterned precast has been stained after the fact though, the largest being Plaza's King West Life Condos in Liberty Village, and it was at least the size of this project if not larger. KWLC's application wasn't so great as they only used one colour on the surface, whereas another project, (formerly) VanDyk's Backyard Condos in Etobicoke first condo phase used multiple colours of stain to build up a more believable brick look. That one is recent enough that we have a few photos of it starting here.

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I'm still not buying it. If you look at the Whitfield, it is clear that it is a uniform coat of colour. Meanwhile, on PTE, you can see the clear white grout in between the bricks. There's no way that there are spray painting that on. In addition there are earlier photos that seem to look like there is a coating that is peeled off because the edges look just too sharp to indicate a spray coat. Finally, I don't see how it's feasible on a tower this size to go and spray paint post install with those grout lines remaining intact (unless there's a prot drive coating over the grout and not the brick). You either paint before you install, paint after you install if it's a large uniform area like the whitfield, or you have some type of protective layer that you peel off exposing the red underneath. I absolutely could be wrong but I feel pretty confident that we are looking at something unique here.
 
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Take a look at this photo. The sharp lines and the red blotches are indicative of a coating that has been peeled off rather than a spray which would have fuzzier margins.
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pinacoladas said:
I'm still not buying it. If you look at the Whitfield, it is clear that it is a uniform coat of colour. Meanwhile, on PTE, you can see the clear white grout in between the bricks. There's no way that there are spray painting that on. In addition there are earlier photos that seem to look like there is a coating that is peeled off because the edges look just too sharp to indicate a spray coat. Finally, I don't see how it's feasible on a tower this size to go and spray paint post install with those grout lines remaining intact (unless there's a prot drive coating over the grout and not the brick). You either paint before you install, paint after you install if it's a large uniform area like the whitfield, or you have some type of protective layer that you peel off exposing the red underneath. I absolutely could be wrong but I feel pretty confident that we are looking at something unique here.
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I think it's possible it's the same precast concrete and stain just applied differently. Whitfield could be sprayed on since it's one colour and this might be either rolled or stamped on. That would allow them to apply only to the raised areas and it wouldn't touch the indented "grout" area, which is really just unstained concrete. The blotchy area coule be if they accidentally touched it with the roller/stamp. Hopefully someone catches a picture while they're doing it, would be interested to see if it's a coating peeled off or stain applied after.
 
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