I prepared a south facing wall with a view to applying stabiliser and 3 coats of exterior quality paint as advised by a builder.I then went down to Brewers to buy some told the retailer what i wanted it for and he gtursn round and strongly advises not to put stabilizer on bare brickwork as it will all come off in 6 months time together with whatever paint I apply over it.He said it was the most common mistake made. e suggested applying exterior primer on the bare areas and stabiliser on the rest.
Thing its a previously painted surface but about 30-40 % of its is now either bare brick or partially bare brick .Anwyay i emailed Sandtex and they sent me an adobe reader and i read this:
"New surfaces All surfaces must be sound, suitably dry and free from anything that will interfere with the
adhesion of the materials to be applied. Surfaces with suction (porous surfaces) should be
treated with an application of Sandtex Trade Water Borne Stabilising Solution.
Undecorated surfaces
All surfaces must be sound, suitably dry and free from anything that will interfere with the
adhesion of the materials to be applied."
this suggests to me that it is ok to apply stabiliser to bare bricks
So who is right? I have already painted some primer on some of the bare areas .Should I continue and then apply sabiliser over the whole lot? thanks
Thing its a previously painted surface but about 30-40 % of its is now either bare brick or partially bare brick .Anwyay i emailed Sandtex and they sent me an adobe reader and i read this:
"New surfaces All surfaces must be sound, suitably dry and free from anything that will interfere with the
adhesion of the materials to be applied. Surfaces with suction (porous surfaces) should be
treated with an application of Sandtex Trade Water Borne Stabilising Solution.
Undecorated surfaces
All surfaces must be sound, suitably dry and free from anything that will interfere with the
adhesion of the materials to be applied."
this suggests to me that it is ok to apply stabiliser to bare bricks
So who is right? I have already painted some primer on some of the bare areas .Should I continue and then apply sabiliser over the whole lot? thanks