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Painting then sealing a precast concrete table.

CofMixture · 2020-03-21 11:15:28

Hi. Bought a precast garden table recently that I want to do up. It previously had a coat of black gloss which is just peeling off. I am going to power wash it it, put a coat of stabilising solution on it then a few coats of masonry paint. Due to it being a table it'll be subject to a lot of marks and scratches and the…

21-03-2020 11:15am

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CofMixture

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Hi.

Bought a precast garden table recently that I want to do up. It previously had a coat of black gloss which is just peeling off. I am going to power wash it it, put a coat of stabilising solution on it then a few coats of masonry paint. Due to it being a table it'll be subject to a lot of marks and scratches and the paint alone wont stand up to that very well. Is there a way of sealing it (lacquer, polyurethane etc) I could use that would still allow the whole thing to breathe?

Genuinely at a loss to this one. I'm a painter by trade and the lads in the paint shops are none the wiser either.

TIA

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#2 22-03-2020 10:22am

Graham

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You might be better off approaching it as a polished concrete table rather than a painted concrete table.

Look at concrete densifiers/sealers.

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#3 22-03-2020 10:02pm

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Search: Concrete impregnator and sealer

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#4 23-03-2020 12:29pm

CofMixture

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Cheers lads

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#5 24-03-2020 8:50am

GreeBo

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Why do you want it to breathe?

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