New render, painting advice please

[philmasinga]

Hi,

I have just had some rendering done (finished on 7th Nov), it is the lightwell down to the entrance to a basement flat. The work has been carried out using standard sand and cement.

I have read a lot of conflicting advice on how long to leave the render to dry, whether or not to use stablising solution or to apply a mist coat initially and if so how much this should be diluted by. PVA has also been mentioned in some posts I've seen on this forum and others.

I will be using white Dulux Weathershield as this is specified by the freeholder when giving consent for the work to be carried out.

Any advice much appreciated.

 

[Alastairreid]

Depends how thick the render is! rule of thumb is a month per 25mm.

Dont use pva! 50/50 watered down mist coat is the proper way.