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[laurieash]

Hi i have had a solid old brick wall replasterd with browning /finish it has taken a long time to dry ,it was a outside wall that was renderd and taken back to bare brick had a extention built so its now a inside wall, But the problem is salt marks coming through what is the best way to cure this as i want to paint it.
Laurie ash

 

[roy c]

It will take an age to dry and you will get salts appearing, you should have made sure that the other side of the wall was not tracking back moisture , and should have maybe "Scutted" it then scratched it and floated and skimmed it . You should not have put browning on it if there was any chance of it being a damp wall , which by what you say it was ....
Is there a rad in the area or some form of heating ? As that would help after a while.....

 

[roy c]

Sorry wrong post...

 

[laurieash]

It will take an age to dry and you will get salts appearing, you should have made sure that the other side of the wall was not tracking back moisture , and should have maybe "Scutted" it then scratched it and floated and skimmed it . You should not have put browning on it if there was any chance of it being a damp wall , which by what you say it was ....
Is there a rad in the area or some form of heating ? As that would help after a while.....

Hi thanks for that when it dries what paint should i use.

 

[roy c]

It should be ok to use Matt emulsion on it...

 

[laurieash]

It should be ok to use Matt emulsion on it...

cheers for that roy