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Default Exterior Masonary Paint...What to add to change Colour?

In message , Phil L
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Cal Mac wrote:
Hi
Are there any additives you can put in White masonary paint to change
the colour to yellow or red or blue...Wickes and B&Q dont seem to sell
coloured paint so i was wondering if you can add anything to white?
Thanks...


If you go to any paint outlet, or maybe even B&Q, you can get paint dyes,
ochre, blue and red, amongst others....I have used them hundreds of times in
masonry paint, emulsion, undercoat and gloss, but beware, they are very
strong - half a teaspoon full of red for example will turn 10l of white into
a pale red, not pink as you might expect...add one drop at a time.


And make sure you have enough left for any future use - you might have
problems reproducing the exact tone

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geoff