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Masonry Paint - Undercoat

Always_Harassed · 2011-07-31 21:51:37

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…

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Curly Posts: 398 Forumite

2 August 2011 at 7:02PM

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:

tut tut tut iv not been a "decorator" for as long as you have but i can honestly say i never have and never will use emulsion outside:beer:

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