"John Rumm" wrote in message
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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.


Thanks for your reply, what do you mean by radiator style roller?

Tom