Painting Pebble-dashing

DSmiffy

calmgirl wrote:

(calmgirls husband here) Use a brush not a roller as the paint will go on thicker and cover better (bye the way its a long hard job that will drive you insane) ....oh and keep the painttub away from the wall as lose bits fill fall in and congelle together idely use a bucket and poor some paint in use a bit at the time saves on accidently spilling the whole tub if it gets knocked over and it is easier to hold.

Totally agree with calmgirls husband, a brush is definitely better if the pebble dash is rough, that way you can wiggle it around to cover all the nook and crannies in the pebble dash. We used exterior masonry paint. But, be prepared for the long haul, it is a very tiring and time consuming job.
HTH

wanttosave

just a short one from me . cant you leave it as you will have a job 4 life . every 3 years painting your house . sorry to put a down side to it

gm_xone

joebmc wrote:

So I guess I’ll start with the 'stabilising primer' add a little paint to it so I can see where I’ve done (is this correct) using a large brush.
Then apply the exterior paint.

I would avoid adding any masonry paint to the stabilising primer. The primer is quite a 'runny' liquid and is therefore more readily absorbed into the surface.
Quite simply, if you want to see the area you have painted - buy 'Off-White' primer instead of the 'Clear/Transparent'.

Good luck with the painting (and the weather!)

Rhino666

Just been painting some pebbledash myself and the best way, apparently, is to brush on a thin slurry of neat cement dust and water - could even add some waterproofer. I have done this and when dry a single coat of masonry paint goes on much easier with less wastage and does the job in one coat. Without the cement undercoat painting is much harder, more splashes, more paint used and you will probably need 2 coats

I would always recommend the use of a brush and lay sheets on the surrounding floor + mask off any windows, doors, etc. If doesn't matter how careful you are splashes always happen :-)

iyiarz

If the pebble dash looks quite decent, I would take some time to think about the repercussions of painting it. Once painted, you can't go back and you will ned to re-paint every few years. This costs a fair bit of money.

ShaunJUK

I did mine yesterday, just bought B&Q Colours Exterior Textured Masonary Paint, it covered easily with a great finish doesnt look like pebble dash anymore and has transformed the whole house

maxiscot

Not very money saving I know but my OH and I hate heights so we got a guy in who specialises in exterior house painting - our pebbledash was filthy and really old and grey - he sealed everything off, primed it and painted it and now looks great - a changed house - would recommend

tanith

We too have pebbledash walls and its painted white of all things.

But when we painted it we used Sandtex and find it lasts at least 5 yrs before needing redoing... well we did it 5yrs ago and it still looks fine today in fact my next door neighbour who is the other half of our semi, commented the other day that our paint job was still very white compared to his which is now yellowing and he only painted it about 18 mths ago........

it was a hard job as the pebbledash was very rough it took 3 days with me doing all the bits on the groundfloor that I could reach and my son in law doing the ladder bits.....

good luck with it