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John Rumm
 
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Tom wrote:

This afternoon i thought i would make a start so used a large masonry paint
brush with quite stiff bristles and some Sandtex exterior masonry paint, i
took me about one hour to cover 1m square and it still hasn't covered very
well!

Has anyone got any tips on doing this? Would it be possible to use some


Having recently rendered a new bit of house to match the existing rough
cast stipple pattern render on the rest of it, I set about painting it.
As you say, not easy.

Stiff brush works ok but is slow. Conventional masonry roller is not
really effective without a huge amount of force applied. In the end I
found a 4" radiator style roller was the most effective, you could get
the force behind it to push the paint into the nooks and crannies, and
it was a fair bit quicker than the brush. (also has the bonus of fitting
behind drain pipes etc)


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Cheers,

John.

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