Masonry Paint - Undercoat

Always_Harassed · 31 July 2011 at 10:51PM

Am taking the outside of a dark painted house back to light brown. I asked in the paint shop about using an undercoat as it is such a big change of colour and it was suggested that I use emulsion as the undercoat and then a good quality masonry paint as the top coat. Is there anyone in the know that can advise me if this is a good idea.

nickj_2 · 1 August 2011 at 8:03AM

no emulsion is for inside , masonry paint is for outside , just use the masonry paint and give it however many coats it needs , 2 should be plenty

Always_Harassed · 1 August 2011 at 8:59PM

What he told me was that emulsion paint was the starting product and then more ingredients were added to make it masonry paint.

keystone · 1 August 2011 at 9:12PM

Interior paint is interior paint. Exterior paint is exterior paint.

Cheers

nickj_2 · 1 August 2011 at 9:20PM

what shop was it that actually told you this ? i do not know of any reputable paint store that would give such misinformation ,
if it was the case to put emulsion on the walls and then masonry paint such instructions would be given on the side , if the tin has such instructions then i stand corrcted ,
i would imagine that if you did go down this route then you'd have to change your user name to always extremely harrased

alwayspuzzled · 1 August 2011 at 10:06PM

if the colour change is so drastic it will require 3 coats many painters would use emulsion as a 1st coat TBH I can't see the problem, if you were planning to use emulsion a top coat that would be a different story!

keystone · 1 August 2011 at 10:25PM

alwayspuzzled wrote: »

if the colour change is so drastic it will require 3 coats many painters would use emulsion as a 1st coat TBH I can't see the problem, if you were planning to use emulsion a top coat that would be a different story!

many [STRIKE]painters[/STRIKE] bodgers would use emulsion as a 1st coat. See Post #4.

Cheers

savemoney · 1 August 2011 at 10:36PM

As others said emulsion is for interior its not designed for external use.

nickj_2 · 2 August 2011 at 8:04AM

alwayspuzzled wrote: »

if the colour change is so drastic it will require 3 coats many painters would use emulsion as a 1st coat TBH I can't see the problem, if you were planning to use emulsion a top coat that would be a different story!

no genuine painter would do this , they would just allow for more masonry paint in their quote . they are , give or take a couple of pounds the same price so why would anyone bother getting emulsion .
you are talking rubbish

alwayspuzzled · 2 August 2011 at 1:04PM

nickj wrote: »

no genuine painter would do this , they would just allow for more masonry paint in their quote . they are , give or take a couple of pounds the same price so why would anyone bother getting emulsion .
you are talking rubbish

thanks but as a decorator with 12 years in the trade I can assure you that many decs will do this, finding ones who'll own up to it in public is a different matter:rotfl:

nickj_2 · 2 August 2011 at 5:32PM

alwayspuzzled wrote: »

thanks but as a decorator with 12 years in the trade I can assure you that many decs will do this, finding ones who'll own up to it in public is a different matter:rotfl:

i've been in the trade for 30 years and all the people i've worked with have never done this ,
maybe the people you are thinking of aren't actually painters but cowboys/bodgers ,
painters who care about their work and reputation would not do this ,
if the paint all comes off you'll have a hell of a job putting it right and it will cost far more than a coat of emulsion , it's not worth the risk
, i guess the people you are thinking of will have taken the cash and disapeared when it comes to putting it right .
why would you put emulsion on when masonry paint is the around the same price

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