Hi
We had the front of our house re-rendered and painted a few years ago. Despite the guy doing a mist coat and then a couple more coats its faded a lot (gets a lot of sun) and needs tidying up. I was looking to paint it myself but need a bit of advice:
- there are no peeling bits - do I need to sand it/scrape it down or can I just paint over?
- I want to do it as cheaply as possible but appreciate a ladder might not be the best option - I was looking to hire a scaffold tower or something similar (seems cheaper than getting proper scaffolding put up?) and paint off that. Do you think this would be ok?
- I guess I need a big thick roller (and brush to do edges). Any advice on what to use?
Any other help/advice would be great - particularly on how to avoid marks where paint overlaps.
Thanks
Pete
We had the front of our house re-rendered and painted a few years ago. Despite the guy doing a mist coat and then a couple more coats its faded a lot (gets a lot of sun) and needs tidying up. I was looking to paint it myself but need a bit of advice:
- there are no peeling bits - do I need to sand it/scrape it down or can I just paint over?
- I want to do it as cheaply as possible but appreciate a ladder might not be the best option - I was looking to hire a scaffold tower or something similar (seems cheaper than getting proper scaffolding put up?) and paint off that. Do you think this would be ok?
- I guess I need a big thick roller (and brush to do edges). Any advice on what to use?
Any other help/advice would be great - particularly on how to avoid marks where paint overlaps.
Thanks
Pete