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Painting & Decorating

Painting thin coat silicone render

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.22 PM

I have had a long garden wall rendered last year with white textured thin coat silicone render and would like to know the best paint to use to refresh it this year.The render is breathable and so would I need to use a breathable masonry paint?

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Anonymous user

Hello, if it is a white coloured thin coat silicone render system and it is only 1 year old, it shouldn't really need painting. If it is starting to pick up streaks or growth, try a cleaning it with a low pressure, pressure washer & fungicide or cleaning with hypo. If you have to coat it, I would suggest using a highly breathable hydrophobic coating. I personally use ProPerla.
Answered12 February 2019
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Anonymous user

If you have to coat it, I would suggest using a highly breathable hydrophobic coating. I personally use Weathershield All Seasons Smooth Masonry.
Answered12 February 2019
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Anonymous user

Hello newly rendered external walls are often painted with weather shield water based paint if you would prefer to use breathable paint like hydrophobic you can but it could get a bit expensive unnecessarily weather shield external masonry paint is breathable and it would do the same job just cheaper hope i was of some help
Answered15 February 2019
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