I've printed out a stencil with our house number to use when painting
on the cement curb in front of our house.

Which type of paint is best for a newbie with tremoring hands to apply
paint, a spray-paint or a brush paint?

Also, is there brand of paint that is best for this type of use?

All replies, advice, suggestions, etc. welcomed!

Aaron

On Mon 22 Aug 2005 09:26:58p, wrote in alt.home.repair:

I've printed out a stencil with our house number to use when painting
on the cement curb in front of our house.

Which type of paint is best for a newbie with tremoring hands to apply
paint, a spray-paint or a brush paint?

Also, is there brand of paint that is best for this type of use?

All replies, advice, suggestions, etc. welcomed!

Aaron

For best results, you should use a concrete paint; however, I don't think
they're available in spray cans. If you're using a stencil, even a shakey
hand can get good results. Don't overload the brust, and apply several
lighter coats.

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I've printed out a stencil with our house number to use when painting
on the cement curb in front of our house.

Which type of paint is best for a newbie with tremoring hands to apply
paint, a spray-paint or a brush paint?

Also, is there brand of paint that is best for this type of use?

All replies, advice, suggestions, etc. welcomed!

Aaron


You need to re-paint every few years. In my area its like every 3-5 years
and before the paint is gone. Not sure why it goes so fast, either the sun
beats the crap out of it or car tires rub it out. I would just epoxy brass
numbers to the concrete curb and be done with it if the city allows.

wrote:
I've printed out a stencil with our house number to use when painting
on the cement curb in front of our house.

Which type of paint is best for a newbie with tremoring hands to apply
paint, a spray-paint or a brush paint?

Also, is there brand of paint that is best for this type of use?

All replies, advice, suggestions, etc. welcomed!

They used green paint with black letters on mine.

wrote:
I've printed out a stencil with our house number to use when painting
on the cement curb in front of our house.

Which type of paint is best for a newbie with tremoring hands to apply
paint, a spray-paint or a brush paint?

Also, is there brand of paint that is best for this type of use?

All replies, advice, suggestions, etc. welcomed!

Aaron

The paint you use is the second issue and the lesser of the two. The
first is the prep of the concrete. Start by really cleaning the curb then
use some muriatic acid to finish the cleaning. As for the paint the best
would be an epoxy garage floor paint. I don't think you can get less than a
couple of gallons of that at a time. You will be stuck with something else.
See what you can find in an exterior floor paint.


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Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Greetings,

If you MUST paint the numbers:

1) print out large numbers with your printer
2) spray adhesive the paper
3) stick the paper to a piece of wood (3/4" thick -- depending on
number size)
4) cut your numbers with a jigsaw (slanted inwards so they are smaller
on bottom)
5) walk out to the curb and knock a chunk out with a sledgehammer
6) mix up a bucket of stiff concrete
7) reform the curb with the thick numbers embedded
8) once the concrete begins to harden pull out the numbers
9) fill the recesses with coloured mortar

Hope this helps,
William

PS: If it were me I would spray a stencil with whatever spray paint I
just had around anyway. File the stencil. If the paint comes off
after a year simply spray it again. If the paint comes off after a
month scrape it with a wire brush and try a garage floor paint.

PS: If it were me I would spray a stencil with whatever spray paint I
just had around anyway. File the stencil. If the paint comes off
after a year simply spray it again. If the paint comes off after a
month scrape it with a wire brush and try a garage floor paint.

Why not just use a router with a concrete cutting bit to draw the
numbers on the concrete then fill the numbers with jello pudding.

Nevermind. I am filling stupid today.

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The Stucco site (or homeowners hub) *is not a help forum,
it's an
*advertising* forum that invades real forums
(like "alt.home.repair", part of "usenet")
parasitically in order to generate free
advertising for itself, which continually
advances its search engine placement, thereby
increasing its own revenue through its click-
through advertising commissions.

So the first thing you should do is write them
an email and tell them to quit spamming.

Then try to find your way here through proper
channels. Please do a google search on "Usenet"
and post the regular way.

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