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natefz6 Brolly Dolly
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Posted: 17:13 - 05 Apr 2017 Post subject: Painting a house, wood and stone work. |
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Another one of those why the fuck ask here and not on a DIY forum questions but hey you guys are friendly and pretty knowledgeable.
I am looking to tart up the kerb appeal of my house as the paint on the exterior wood and stonework sills is flaking off and in need of repainting.
I am half handy and currently I am not looking to do the fascias (I will most likely get someone in for them) so will be undertaking the work myself at some point soon.
The wood work should be straight forward enough, sand, prime paint. But the stone work has about 100 years of flaking paint on it in various states of disrepair. Am I best trying to scrape this off or is that likely to mess the stone underneath up ? The alternative I can think of is to get all the loose crap off then fill with exterior filler and prime, paint.
Any one got any advice or experience of this type of shenanigans?
Cheers ____________________ "no I didn't steal it that's just the way I ride" |
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Posted: 17:22 - 05 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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2 choices.
1. get the lot blasted.
2. scrape off loose paint (why fill) and apply an expensive exterior paint.
You'll always wish you'd done number 1 even if it is tres mucho $$. ____________________ Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
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natefz6 Brolly Dolly
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Posted: 17:35 - 05 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Cheers
mmm £169 to hire a sandblaster, I might have to think of some other things I can use it for on the day to justify that.
The thoughts on filling is because the paint is about 7mm thick in places even if I sanded it down it would still look bumpy. I was thinking filling the holes and sanding back would give a better finish in the end.
Paint wise I was looking at the Sandtex stuff but I'm sure the wife will fall in love with some F&B stuff ____________________ "no I didn't steal it that's just the way I ride" |
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Posted: 19:16 - 05 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Last time I painted exterior stone/concrete window sills, I scraped of any loose stuff then painted over the lot with common or garden oil based gloss paint, it was still there 10 years later when I sold the house.
You don't need to fork out on "weathershield" or similar, overpriced, paints, for painting exterior stone window sills! ____________________ "Everybody needs money, that's why they call it money!" |
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Posted: 19:30 - 05 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Suppose the reason I mentioned expensive paint was through bitter experience.
Painting the huge wall in Stockport that leads to the bus station with cheapo paint.
We told the gaffer it wouldn't last.
Did it again a month later with decent paint after the customer complained.
Also painted my old house with the stuff the council used. It was 20 years ago and looks ok today.
Pretty sure it was Johnstone's paint but can't vouch whether they do good paint now. ____________________ Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
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I think that scrapping off loose paint and apply new exterior paint should be the best option. However, I don't think the color has to be expensive. I mean, it has to be of excellent quality and not depending on the painting price. Actually, if I were you, I would actually call for the services of an experienced painter and let him do all the job. I have tried to paint my exterior wall a couple of years ago, and I messed it all up. After that, I had to call for https://www.paintingservicesingapore.sg/ so they would actually repaint the entire wall and make it look okay. |
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