Though it might be tempting to use a commercial cleanser, think about trying one of these how to clean soot from brick.
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When soot accumulates, it leaves the odor of smoke and unsightly black stains on bricks, ceramic tiles and grout, carpets, drapes and upholstery, and painted surfaces. Thoroughly rub it into the brick with a cloth. I then used brick transformer paint (also from home depot) to whitewash.
I think the brick is clean enough, but the mortar still looks pretty dark.
I used this cleaner to remove a heavy level of soot on my brick fireplace (see pic). While the bricks are still wet from the second application, take a scrub brush and work from the bottom up (to avoid streaking) in small circular. Alibaba.com offers 581 fireplace cleaner lowes products. Bricks cleaning interior exterior outdoor spaces fireplaces.
