Can I use metal/wood paint on masonry.

JonathanAnon

Hi guys, I have a few bits and bobs that I want to paint around my parents old house.. I have a bucket of wood/metal paint.. Is it okay to use this paint to patch up some masonry bits, or what are the drawbacks? It wont explode or anything will it..

michael999999

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Hi guys, I have a few bits and bobs that I want to paint around my parents old house.. I have a bucket of wood/metal paint.. Is it okay to use this paint to patch up some masonry bits, or what are the drawbacks? It wont explode or anything will it..

It won't explode, but it won't last very long on masonry either. Totally different compound in wood/metal paint, I'm presuming its oil base. Masonry paint is water based or pliolite.

cheif kaiser

I have used wood undercoat and wood gloss on walls for years and personally I think it lasts much longer than masonry paint. It certainly won't blow up or cause any damage!

JonathanAnon

Hey guys, I found a paint down in homebase that claims to be all purpose and does both interior and exterior. I'm gonna give that a shot.

billyhead

Sorry folks for dragging up an old thread but I had a small tin of exterior gloss wood/metal paint in my shed that I decided to use on a concrete path outside the back garden. I have been told that because its not exclusively masonry paint that in the winter the path will be extremely slippy with frost etc. Is this true and what is the pitfalls of using the metal/wood paint on the concrete path? Also if I paint over it with proper paint for concrete would this rectify any drawbacks?

colm_mcm

It will be slippy. Plus it'll probably crack.

slapper999

It will be like an ice rink, whatever you have left paint it on and throw down a hand full of granules, or sand even, it's getting cold.

billyhead

If I just paint over it with the proper masonry external paint now would that resolve any cracking or risk of it being slippy?