Exterior paint for an old house?

[u25kr]

Hi
I am looking to paint the outside walls of my house. The house was built around 1862 and the walls are sandstone, so the house needs to breathe. I am led to belive that modern paints which claim to be breathable are not suitable for my house, (i.e. https://www.heritage-house.org/stuff-about-old-buildings/what-paint-to-use.html)

Can anyone recommend a suitable paint or brand i can use?

Thanks

 

[Bonni]

You would either make and paint on a whitewash or a lime wash.

PS - Painted brick and stone should be banned, looks fecking dreadful.

 

[lostinthelight]

Hi
I am looking to paint the outside walls of my house. The house was built around 1862 and the walls are sandstone, so the house needs to breathe. I am led to belive that modern paints which claim to be breathable are not suitable for my house, (i.e. https://www.heritage-house.org/stuff-about-old-buildings/what-paint-to-use.html)

Can anyone recommend a suitable paint or brand i can use?

Thanks

Expensive but by all accounts ,very good I know a property that was painted with it in the late 80's which has not peeled.

https://www.celticsustainables.co.uk/keim-soldalit-exterior-silicate-paint/

 

[opps]

Expensive but by all accounts ,very good I know a property that was painted with it in the late 80's which has not peeled.

https://www.celticsustainables.co.uk/keim-soldalit-exterior-silicate-paint/

What happens when you need to paint over them though? Will other paints adhere?

 

[lostinthelight]

If this is anything to go by it may not need doing for quite some time?

https://www.keim.com/en-gb/about-us/keim-history/

 

[opps]

I accept that I am (possibly) being unfair and overly cynical but those classes of paint remind of the rip off
Schrijver damp proofing system.

I have never used the paints but I find it hard to believe that generations of professional decorators or specifiers were hoodwinked by the likes of Dulux et al.

 

[lostinthelight]

Is it a cynical way of looking at it to think the paint may be so good that once it was applied by a decorator there would be no repeat work in the years to come or is that just being naive ?

 

[opps]

Is it a cynical way of looking at it to think the paint may be so good that once it was applied by a decorator there would be no repeat work in the years to come or is that just being naive ?

You mean like the fabled ever lasting light bulb, the rights to which were purchased so that they would never come to the market. S'funny how no one has ever managed to find the (now expired) patent.

I don't buy that either.

 

[TomHD]

I accept that I am (possibly) being unfair and overly cynical but those classes of paint remind of the rip off
Schrijver damp proofing system.

I have never used the paints but I find it hard to believe that generations of professional decorators or specifiers were hoodwinked by the likes of Dulux et al.

Decorators want easy to use cheap products that won't last forever, meaning their work doesn't dry up. Inferior modern paints are ideal for them.

 

[opps]

Decorators want easy to use cheap products that won't last forever, meaning their work doesn't dry up. Inferior modern paints are ideal for them.

They may be true of some decorators but many of us want to provide a job that lasts.

The job that I am doing at the moment, I am using (expensive) epoxy resin wood hardener and filler. I could finish the job much faster with cheaper products but I want my client's windows to last as long as possible.