PVA for floor/wall sealing?
 

Will it work (and if so, what dilution) instead of buying specialist sealant
prior to painting? The floor/walls in question are concrete (floor), brick
(3 walls) and pebbledash (house wall) in a garage.





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al wrote:
Will it work (and if so, what dilution) instead of buying specialist
sealant
prior to painting?

in some cases, its commonly used for that, but not always suitable

The floor/walls in question are concrete (floor), brick
(3 walls) and pebbledash (house wall) in a garage.

not nuff info

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al wrote:
Will it work (and if so, what dilution) instead of buying specialist
sealant
prior to painting?

in some cases, its commonly used for that, but not always suitable

The floor/walls in question are concrete (floor), brick
(3 walls) and pebbledash (house wall) in a garage.

not nuff info

The concrete floor is bare, dusty concrete. The 3 brick walls are plain
brick (and therefore very thirsty to anything applied to them) and the
pebbledash wall is as described - used to be the side of the house. Can
post pics if necessary.




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al wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com.

Will it work (and if so, what dilution) instead of buying
specialist
sealant
prior to painting?

in some cases, its commonly used for that, but not always suitable

The floor/walls in question are concrete (floor), brick
(3 walls) and pebbledash (house wall) in a garage.

not nuff info

The concrete floor is bare, dusty concrete. The 3 brick walls are
plain
brick (and therefore very thirsty to anything applied to them) and
the
pebbledash wall is as described - used to be the side of the house.
Can
post pics if necessary.


the conrete paint will give full instructions on the tin. Coating the
floor in pva first will not be part of it.

the others I just brush teh wall with water first so it doesnt suck
everything dry immediately. This avoids the issues of pva. Its only if
youre trying to hide something that a specialist sealer becomes
relevant.


NT

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the conrete paint will give full instructions on the tin. Coating the
floor in pva first will not be part of it.

the others I just brush teh wall with water first so it doesnt suck
everything dry immediately. This avoids the issues of pva. Its only if
youre trying to hide something that a specialist sealer becomes
relevant.

Not trying to hide anything, just want to paint it all so it's nice and
sealed and better looking! I just thought, since I have plenty of PVA, that
it might save buying a specialist sealer before I paint?





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al wrote:
wrote in message
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the conrete paint will give full instructions on the tin. Coating
the
floor in pva first will not be part of it.

the others I just brush teh wall with water first so it doesnt suck
everything dry immediately. This avoids the issues of pva. Its only
if
youre trying to hide something that a specialist sealer becomes
relevant.

Not trying to hide anything, just want to paint it all so it's nice
and
sealed and better looking! I just thought, since I have plenty of
PVA, that
it might save buying a specialist sealer before I paint?

so what would you buy a specialist sealer for? If you want it to look
good, paint is the normal solution.

I assume you realise a concrte floor paint is needed for concrete
floors. These are hard wearing and stop dust.


NT

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so what would you buy a specialist sealer for? If you want it to look
good, paint is the normal solution.

I assume you realise a concrte floor paint is needed for concrete
floors. These are hard wearing and stop dust.

Yes, and will use. Not sure whether to bother with the garage floor paint
(supposedly more oil resistant as far as I can tell, but my car isn't oily
anyway).

The walls are more of a concern. I know if I just paint the brick, it will
soak up like a sponge. Was wondering if the PVA would help or if I should
find something more specialised to seal it.



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al wrote:
wrote in message
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so what would you buy a specialist sealer for? If you want it to
look
good, paint is the normal solution.

I assume you realise a concrte floor paint is needed for concrete
floors. These are hard wearing and stop dust.

Yes, and will use. Not sure whether to bother with the garage floor
paint
(supposedly more oil resistant as far as I can tell, but my car isn't
oily
anyway).

bother.

The walls are more of a concern. I know if I just paint the brick,
it will
soak up like a sponge. Was wondering if the PVA would help or if I
should
find something more specialised to seal it.

For the final time: paint it with a coat of water, wait 2 minutes,
apply paint.

In article ,
"al" writes:

The walls are more of a concern. I know if I just paint the brick, it will
soak up like a sponge. Was wondering if the PVA would help or if I should
find something more specialised to seal it.

PVA is unsuitable for sealing for some paints (see recent thread
on this). Dilute matt emulsion generally works well, but specialsed
products are available too.

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Andrew Gabriel

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The walls are more of a concern. I know if I just paint the brick,
it will
soak up like a sponge. Was wondering if the PVA would help or if I
should
find something more specialised to seal it.

For the final time: paint it with a coat of water, wait 2 minutes,
apply paint.

So just a few coats of normal emulsion will work or does it need masonry
paint?




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