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    painting render

    the next part of the job will be to paint the render... Question would you apply gradually thicker coats of external paint to help it absorb into the render or just put on several coats from the can> I have read 1st coat at 40% paint then 80% then neat.? what do you think? thanks.
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    render not sticking

    hi all, external wall of breeze block, successful scratch coat dried and suck perfectly. 2nd coat initially at 4:1 after drying came away from the wall in sheets when dry. I thought the sand cement mix was not strong enough so re-did again 2nd coat at 3:1 but this is also starting to sound...
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    cracked lintel

    hi, looking for some advice on cracked concrete/steel lintel on a 1948 house. 18 months ago there was a crack about 2.5 feet long running horizontal 2 inch from the bottom of the lintel, this was picked up on the top survey when i bought the house as general movement and not seen as a problem...
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    painter new render

    Hi I'm looking to paint a new rendered wall. I see so many flakey old rendered walls where the paint has not lasted. I'm going to dilute the paint and put on 2 thin cotes then 1 top coat, but is there anything else i can do or paint additives that stop the paint coming off. Also how long would...
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