My extension is going to be finished pretty soon and I will need to paint it. It is a pebble dash surface. What is the best paint to use, and also what type of paint brush is best (don't think that a roller will do), or should I use an electric sprayer. Another question, I don't think that I will be able to match the colour from the old part, would you paint the whole side? Many thanks JC
Hello, You need to paint it with masonry paint, Dulux or Sandtex and I would recommend two coats. Depending on the depth and size of the dash you may be able to use a long pile roller, failing that a brush, as for spraying it depends on how much masking up you will have to do, i.e. windows, conservatory, neighbours parked cars etc etc because of the danger of over spray or the spray being carried in the wind.
You should use a stabilizer on the dash prior to painting as this will stop the small bits of dash coming loose when painting or in the future good luck
Cheers guys for the info. May go with a sprayer on a non-windy day... JC Make sure it really is a non-windy day - mate of mine was spraying an ordinary house on a "not-very-windy" day and managed to speckle paint over a Land-Rover parked 200yards away!!! Daft bu&&er... I'd definitely paint both sections together - even if you use exactly the same paint, the older section may look different because of dirt etc, so as you're doing the one area it makes sense to do the lot.
jafeica, since when did stabaliser, prevent bits of dash coming loose? Also, why use it on new work? I have been in the job close on 30 years, and never used it on new work, it's for surfaces that remain powdery after through prep, and will not stick anything to anything. Why would you suggest it's use for this? more importantly, who has told you this? because they are very wrong.
Wouldn't use the stabilizer stuff anyway, its horrible to use and not necessary in this case. Should not need to use stabilizer on new render, its just for the surface become friable. An alternative to stabilizer is Owatrol EB which you stir into your first coat of emulsion this binds the surface and boosts paint adhesion, its also turning a three coat job into two! So saves time and money!
You should use a stabilizer on the dash prior to painting as this will stop the small bits of dash coming loose when painting or in the future good luck sorry mate but that doesn't help in the slightest
use one of them for rolling http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=102099&ts=93935&id=92690 once it's worn in (about 10 minutes) it holds so much paint, covers very well and gets in all the gaps and a cheap one of them for cutting in http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=102098&ts=94056&id=81240# as for a sprayer, too much effort is going to be involved to make sure the paint doesn't go on anything etc cars, houses.......
BB - great stuff, used it on a few jobs, one in particular the surface was terrible but it bonded it very well and the 2nd coat went on like a dream, good time saver
BB - great stuff, used it on a few jobs, one in particular the surface was terrible but it bonded it very well and the 2nd coat went on like a dream, good time saver Cheers Tel. Will try it next time
Finally finished the second coat on the top part of the new extension. First coat was a bit painful, but the second coat was much easier. Looks pretty good to me, used a masonry brush (my back is aching a bit but happy with the final result) JC
JC88, so long as you get a good result, that's all that really matters, that and you did not waste your money on products that were not required, like stabaliser.