Painting your house

[classic33]

Agreed. It may stay on for 15 years,but it wont look nice in 15 years time.

I'e painted the same house four time in less than 15 years. Whatever is in the pebble dashing "leeches" through. With it being pebble dashed a stippling effect has to be used to make certain you've covered everything. Time consuming and when it comes to a plain, flat wall, you're left wondering "what have I missed?" the amount of time it takes.

 

[screenman]

I'e painted the same house four time in less than 15 years. Whatever is in the pebble dashing "leeches" through. With it being pebble dashed a stippling effect has to be used to make certain you've covered everything. Time consuming and when it comes to a plain, flat wall, you're left wondering "what have I missed?" the amount of time it takes.

Which is why I suggest spraying as it is a lot quicker.

 

[Globalti]

None of the naysayers on this thread has ever tried to paint pebbledash, obviously!

 

[Flyboy]

I just hope it turns out ok , he is doing it early June , I will post a few pics up. And if I am around in 15 years update them. Ha

 

[screenman]

None of the naysayers on this thread has ever tried to paint pebbledash, obviously!

I have, never again with a brush though. And that was on one that had been painted badly years before. I am starting to think that the quote for paint might not have been that far off, despite my ramblings earlier.

 

[screenman]

None of the naysayers on this thread has ever tried to paint pebbledash, obviously!

I have, never again with a brush though. And that was on one that had been painted badly years before. I am starting to think that the quote for paint might not have been that far off, despite my ramblings earlier.

 

[GM]

Which is why I suggest spraying as it is a lot quicker.

^^^^ This, not on a windy day though!

 

[screenman]

^^^^ This, not on a windy day though!

I agree there.

 

[I like Skol]

Re: the required paint estimate. Surely the way forward is to buy the suggested paint from somewhere that is willing to take back any unused product (this is common practice from most common retail suppliers). To make sure the contractor is not simply 'pocketing' a large quantity of YOUR paint for another job simply insist you get to keep all the empties. I doubt very much he will go to the trouble of decanting paint off in to alternative containers (but this is not an entirely unbelievable scenario ).

 

[classic33]

Which is why I suggest spraying as it is a lot quicker.

You end up thinning it too much, and more than Sandtex recomend for the paint in question.

 

[classic33]

None of the naysayers on this thread has ever tried to paint pebbledash, obviously!

More than once, which is why I said it's a "stippling" method used.

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 4804006, member: 259"]Once you paint pebble dash, do you not have to resign yourself to repainting it every couple of years? That's what would put me off from doing it at all.[/QUOTE]
That's due to the "leeching" mentioned earlier.

 

[Cycleops]

He's probably got another couple of jobs up the road the same colour.

And a bit of tarmac too.

 

[screenman]

You end up thinning it too much, and more than Sandtex recomend for the paint in question.

Are you sure? http://www.refina.co.uk/acatalog/masonrytyroleansprayunits.html I have seen it applied well with a airless sprayer as well.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I really like the name Tina. Not for me though.