On 17/05/2011 09:53, stuart noble wrote:

I'm probably going to be going for the Johnstone's Stormshield. I've had a few
local houses pointed out that have it, and they look great. Magnolia is on offer
at various places, but I suspect my partner has other ideas on colours.

The Stormshield range seems to cover the acrylics and the pliolite. I would
recommend the latter because, although it is essentially a trade paint in that
it can be applied in the depths of winter, it has out performed any water based
masonry paint I've ever used. Pricey though, especially in non-magnolia :-)

Yep. I'm looking at six tins at getting on for £30 a tin. I haven't managed to
persuade my partner that the magnolia on £17 special from many places would be
the right colour. I did try ;-)

Thanks for the tip about the two types - I'll make sure it is the pliolite. I'm
looking at three coats - the first will probably soak in a lot and fill the
grain of the render (tough work), the second to give a nice colour coat, and the
third to hopefully give a bit more resilience to the biting NE Siberian winter
winds.

-- Jason