Any hints/tips on painting pebbledash??

thehamo

Hi im looking to get the house painted white before the cold weather kicks in. Its a double fronted house with pebble dash covering the whole house. I bought long pile rollers and a masonry brush. I have a concrete shed out the back which has the same dashing and tried painting it and it broke my heart. the long pile roler didn't really do much to be honest just painted the tip of the dash and that was it.

Any ideas as to how I can make life a bit easier? Someone mentioned watering down the paint for the first coat as its easier to go on? I have Fleetwood exterior paint.

Thanks

Gen.Zhukov

I've never done it but I don't think I'd consider anything except spraying.

I know Lidl had some cheap electric sprayers in a few weeks ago. If you could get your hands on a alum scaffold it would be ideal/safer.

I think you'd have to water the paint down for the sprayer anyway.

Markcheese

Sprayer !!!
Or long bristle brush and lots of time ... Enjoy

DublinDilbert

Use the long pile roller to get the paint onto the wall, get as much on as possible, then use the brush to work it into all the gaps ;-)

HeidiHeidi

Don't!

I painted a (small) house once years ago - and never, ever again. I'll pay anyone lots of money to do it, don't know how anyone does it :eek:

(ETA spectacularly unhelpful reply, I realise - best of luck to the OP, sorry I don't have anything more constructive to add!)

Gen.Zhukov

On second thoughts................

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thehamo

Cheers all. To be honest im new enough to the estate and id br petrified if I was spraying and any of it got onto someone's house. Looks like the options are heartache and pain or pay someone to do it for me!

Fries-With-That

thehamo wrote: »

Cheers all. To be honest im new enough to the estate and id br petrified if I was spraying and any of it got onto someone's house. Looks like the options are heartache and pain or pay someone to do it for me!

This is going to sound strange, but it works.

There are two ways to tackle your dash without using a sprayer.

The way I have always found the quickest is with a long pile roller sleeve and a very good quality handle, forget cheap handles they will break and break your heart.

Thin the paint with about 30% water for the roller and make sure the roller is well loaded, start at the bottom of the wall and roll upwards, slowly, repeat do this slowly. as opposed to starting higher up on the wall. Put pressure on the roller on the up stroke and ease off the pressure on the down stroke.

If you do this properly you are pushing the paint up the wall where it will seep into the dash and you aren't getting runs as you are catching them on the up stroke.
Have a brush handy for cutting in the excess around windows and doors.

Or you can go with the brush only method, one bucket of paint 1 good quality paint brush (which will be useless by the time you have the house done) and 1 bucket of clean water and a fence/paste brush.

Dip the paste brush into the water and splatter onto the wall then dip your paint brush into the paint and paint this wet area first continue until you have all the wall painted.

The logic in this method is that you don't thin the paint before you start you are thinning it as you work.

Both methods work equally well if you're careful and take your time.

Always use soak sheets on the ground, with plastic sheeting under them.

stoneill

Spray