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External paint

  • 02-05-2019 9:40pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 19


    Getting ready to paint outside of the house just looking for advice on which paint is the best value in the long-term , number of coats etc. Out of colour trend, weather sheild or Fleetwood. Builder merchant offering weather sheild tinted 11 litre bucket for 55 euros. Is this good value?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭omeara1113


    Always used dulux wrathful shield but have now started using courtrend lovely paint to use


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭chicorytip


    I would regard Sandtex as superior to Dulux for exterior masonry coverage.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    Have used dulux before and went with fleet wood last year
    Great paint and great colour range


  • Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭volono


    Have used all 3. If you don't mind spending the extra money go for colortrend, it's fantastic paint both exterior and interior but expensive. I'd rate sandtex next ,extremely good coverage I've found and then the weathershield imo. In all honesty the 3 of them are good, I've never got on well with fleetwood paint, have avoided it for years tbh


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    Sandtex found it good. And from an unexpected quarter, farrow and ball exterior went up on my garden walls in 2013 and is in perfect condition. Of your that way inclined


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  • Registered Users Posts: 32,951 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    You'd need to remortgage the house to get the whole thing painted in F&B - its good but bloody expensive.


  • Registered Users Posts: 453 ✭✭abnormalnorman


    Hi All,

    Did you put an undercoat on the house, if never before painted?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭dok_golf


    You put on a primer coat. Water down the paint by 30% - 40%. Use this first then apply 2 coats on top as per normal


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