Hi there, I am re-painting the front of my house and i would really appreciate a bit of advice from some seasoned professionals please. I have attached a few photos at the end to set the scene, it has previously been painted with standard Dulux masonry paint but two problems/questions please:
1)
The filler used previously seems to have gone soft and hence the paint has cracked and peeled, it did say it was suitable for exterior use but it appears not. I have raked this out and wire brushed back to a good surface before filling with TouPret Masonry Filler (as recommended by my local independent decorating shop).
Has anyone had previous experience of using this filler, should i use a special masonry primer or just thin the paint 10:1 as recommended by Dulux?
2)
Which paint should I use? I had previously used standard Dulux masonry paint from B&Q, the surfaces have many layers of paint under this which could be anything and date back a long way, its sandstone underneath, I certainly won't be scraping it all back as aside from the areas where the filler has caused a problem it is all still pretty well attached.
The old masonry paint has a very matt finish which looks great to begin with but quickly gets dirty in a couple of the photos you can see that the window sills and some of the walls have dirty marks on them. Other houses in my street have what looks more like a silk or eggshell finish which is not bad sheen wise and appears to let the dirt wash off so I would like something like that.
Obviously its the winter and I would like to start ASAP, Maximum Exposure paint can be used down to 7C and All Seasons down to 5C so I think either would be OK.
Does anyone have experience of using these paints? How shiny are they? Do you think they are a good choice? Which one would be best?
Any advice would be most appreciated, thankyou for your time.
Neil
1)
The filler used previously seems to have gone soft and hence the paint has cracked and peeled, it did say it was suitable for exterior use but it appears not. I have raked this out and wire brushed back to a good surface before filling with TouPret Masonry Filler (as recommended by my local independent decorating shop).
2)
Which paint should I use? I had previously used standard Dulux masonry paint from B&Q, the surfaces have many layers of paint under this which could be anything and date back a long way, its sandstone underneath, I certainly won't be scraping it all back as aside from the areas where the filler has caused a problem it is all still pretty well attached.
The old masonry paint has a very matt finish which looks great to begin with but quickly gets dirty in a couple of the photos you can see that the window sills and some of the walls have dirty marks on them. Other houses in my street have what looks more like a silk or eggshell finish which is not bad sheen wise and appears to let the dirt wash off so I would like something like that.
Obviously its the winter and I would like to start ASAP, Maximum Exposure paint can be used down to 7C and All Seasons down to 5C so I think either would be OK.
Does anyone have experience of using these paints? How shiny are they? Do you think they are a good choice? Which one would be best?
Any advice would be most appreciated, thankyou for your time.
Neil
