I found that the brick manufacturer has the same brick colour with 2 different finishes:
- Matte
- Wirecut
As I understand "Matte" is a kind of "painted" brick -- there is a relatively thin layer of coloured clay on the face of the brick, the rest of the brick is of usual colour of "red-brick"
However "Wirecut" is supposed to be produced from fully coloured compound/clay, at least in display centre I saw that "wirecut" bricks looks as if it is done from material of the same colour.
Am I right?
What texture is more durable?
My basic understanding is that small pieces of brick face could split off with time and as result spots of red-brick may appear on the wall, so may be Matte is less durable in this aspect.