On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 11:38:49 +0100, Andrew wrote:

Need to repaint the outside of the house, the old masonary paint
is
flaking off, though some bits are still sound. Manually scraping
or
wire brushing two windowless, 8m wide, two storey gable ends and
another 10m wall doesn't appeal...

Don't know if you'll pick this up. This is spooky. With a name
like
that you could be same Dave Liquorice who came to fix my organ in
Devon
in 2014?

Nope.

Anyway, I hope you succeeded with your masonry paint! Just for the

record, I had a similar problem and used an electric needle gun I
hired
from Speedy tool hire. It worked well, but was slow and hard
work.

Used a pressure washer.

Don't worry, after almost 9 years I'm sure the original paint would have
flaked off by now, and even its replacement will probably be up for
renewal too.

The replacement is still good, though not pristine due to lichen and
algae growth. The gable end that was previously rendered is a bit
iffy in places, I don't think I pressure washed that after removing
the render (which was almost totatly blown), that may have something
to do with it.

--
Cheers
Dave.