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Painting bare concrete blocks

tedimc · 2015-04-30 00:24:00

Old house I'm renovating has a basement with the blocks exposed. I wanted to give them a lick of paint just to tidy them up a little. They are mostly dry apart from the odd spot here or there. I don't mind if it's not 100%, just want to tidy it a little. I was just going to spray watered down dulux or similar. Perhaps…

30-04-2015 12:24am

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Old house I'm renovating has a basement with the blocks exposed. I wanted to give them a lick of paint just to tidy them up a little. They are mostly dry apart from the odd spot here or there. I don't mind if it's not 100%, just want to tidy it a little.

I was just going to spray watered down dulux or similar. Perhaps exterior paint after a good brushing down. Any other prep I should do?

Thanks

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#2 30-04-2015 10:21pm

agusta

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Priming the wall 7 or 8 parts water to 1 part pva would be a good idea i think

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