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Painting of external wall with some bare plaster

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 2.53 PM

Hi, We have an external wall where we have had a number of areas that the paint has fallen off. I have stripped as much of the flackey paint off the wall and I feel I am now ready to paint. Do I coat the plaster with a 50/50 mix of emulsion paint and water and then paint the whold of the wall with an exterior masonary paint or do I apply PVA to the bare plaster and then paint over. Thanks

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A lick of paint

Rating: 5 out of 5

Thame

Hi If the patchs are sound and not flakey water down a little masnory paint and use as a base coat if the surface is flakery or powdery use a Exterior Masonry Primer to seal absorbent or powdery surfaces then use a two full coats of masnory paint.. A LICK OF PAINT.

Answered8 August 2012

Anonymous user

hi any flaky surfaces need to be treated with a stabilising solution then 2 full coats of masonry this will prevent it coming back

Answered30 September 2012