Hi All,
I'm about to paint the exterior of my Mock Tudor style house
(just waiting for the scaffold installation) My question is Following
preparation of the wood and painted Wall surface in what order do I paint,
Is it wood first and then walls or vice versa? Also what paint finish
should I use to ensure a quality look to the wood? Any tips would be
appreciated.
Regards
Take care
Bill

"bill norman" wrote in message
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Hi All,
I'm about to paint the exterior of my Mock Tudor style
house
(just waiting for the scaffold installation) My question is Following
preparation of the wood and painted Wall surface in what order do I paint,
Is it wood first and then walls or vice versa? Also what paint finish
should I use to ensure a quality look to the wood? Any tips would be
appreciated.

Do you want it to look like an authentic Tudor timber framed house?

Mary

Regards
Take care
Bill

On 14 May 2005, Mary Fisher wrote


"bill norman" wrote in message
...
Hi All,
I'm about to paint the exterior of my Mock Tudor style
house
(just waiting for the scaffold installation) My question is
Following preparation of the wood and painted Wall surface in
what order do I paint, Is it wood first and then walls or vice
versa? Also what paint finish should I use to ensure a quality
look to the wood? Any tips would be appreciated.

Do you want it to look like an authentic Tudor timber framed
house?

Presumably not, as he's painting the wood (rather than limewashing the
whole thing).

--
Cheers,
Harvey

Hi,
I have only recently moved to this home and it has been painted
previously on more than one occasion. I'm not looking to create absolute
replica of the Tudor finish, I just need to prepare and paint to preserve
the materials.
Regards
Bill
"Harvey Van Sickle" wrote in message
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On 14 May 2005, Mary Fisher wrote


"bill norman" wrote in message
...
Hi All,
I'm about to paint the exterior of my Mock Tudor style
house
(just waiting for the scaffold installation) My question is
Following preparation of the wood and painted Wall surface in
what order do I paint, Is it wood first and then walls or vice
versa? Also what paint finish should I use to ensure a quality
look to the wood? Any tips would be appreciated.

Do you want it to look like an authentic Tudor timber framed
house?

Presumably not, as he's painting the wood (rather than limewashing the
whole thing).

--
Cheers,
Harvey

On 14 May 2005, bill norman wrote

Hi,
I have only recently moved to this home and it has
been painted
previously on more than one occasion. I'm not looking to create
absolute replica of the Tudor finish, I just need to prepare and
paint to preserve the materials.

That's absolutely fair: you did say it was a mock-Tudor (I was just
having a bit of fun tweaking Mary on it, even though she's giving very
sound advice on colours.)

One can get too precious about these things, but the advice that's been
posted about checking out what's been done with nearby buildings is
very sound.

FWIW:

1. Stark black-and-white is a very 1920s' view of what Tudor should be,
but then again: if your house is a 1920s' mock Tudor, stark black-and-
white would be historically accurate.

2. Given a free hand I'd probably go for cream infills, with that
"towards-black-but-actually-dark-brown" colour that one found in
Edwardian interiors. Like soup: very dark brown soup.

And as mentioned elsewhere, light paint first, dark paint last.

--
Cheers,
Harvey

"Harvey Van Sickle" wrote in message
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On 14 May 2005, bill norman wrote

Hi,
I have only recently moved to this home and it has
been painted
previously on more than one occasion. I'm not looking to create
absolute replica of the Tudor finish, I just need to prepare and
paint to preserve the materials.

That's absolutely fair: you did say it was a mock-Tudor (I was just
having a bit of fun tweaking Mary on it,

LOL! I'm untweakable :-) Spouse gave up trying donkey's years ago - as I did
him!

Mary

"Harvey Van Sickle" wrote in message
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On 14 May 2005, Mary Fisher wrote


"bill norman" wrote in message
...
Hi All,
I'm about to paint the exterior of my Mock Tudor style
house
(just waiting for the scaffold installation) My question is
Following preparation of the wood and painted Wall surface in
what order do I paint, Is it wood first and then walls or vice
versa? Also what paint finish should I use to ensure a quality
look to the wood? Any tips would be appreciated.

Do you want it to look like an authentic Tudor timber framed
house?

Presumably not, as he's painting the wood (rather than limewashing the
whole thing).

Well, quite ...

Mary

--
Cheers,
Harvey

bill norman wrote:
Hi All,
I'm about to paint the exterior of my Mock Tudor style house
(just waiting for the scaffold installation) My question is Following
preparation of the wood and painted Wall surface in what order do I paint,
Is it wood first and then walls or vice versa? Also what paint finish
should I use to ensure a quality look to the wood? Any tips would be
appreciated.
Regards
Take care
Bill

lightest colour first


RT

Thank you RT for your input, now I need to know what finish in the colour
"black" do I need for wood not to look to garish.
Regards
Bill
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bill norman wrote:
Hi All,
I'm about to paint the exterior of my Mock Tudor style
house
(just waiting for the scaffold installation) My question is Following
preparation of the wood and painted Wall surface in what order do I
paint,
Is it wood first and then walls or vice versa? Also what paint finish
should I use to ensure a quality look to the wood? Any tips would be
appreciated.
Regards
Take care
Bill

lightest colour first


RT

"bill norman" wrote in message
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Thank you RT for your input, now I need to know what finish in the colour
"black" do I need for wood not to look to garish.

The timber element wasn't usually painted. It grew dark from age. Oak was
usually used and it preserved itself.

The infill was limewash, often coloured.

Mary

Thank you Mary for your response.
Regards
Bill.
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"bill norman" wrote in message
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Thank you RT for your input, now I need to know what finish in the
colour
"black" do I need for wood not to look to garish.

The timber element wasn't usually painted. It grew dark from age. Oak was
usually used and it preserved itself.

The infill was limewash, often coloured.

Mary

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writes
Thank you Mary for your response.
Regards
Bill.
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"bill norman" wrote in message
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Thank you RT for your input, now I need to know what finish in the
colour
"black" do I need for wood not to look to garish.

The timber element wasn't usually painted. It grew dark from age. Oak was
usually used and it preserved itself.

The infill was limewash, often coloured.


Often a warm pink - I'm not sure what they put in it but it looked
lovely in evening light.
Very dark brown timbers go well with it.

--
Sue ]

bill norman wrote:
Thank you RT for your input, now I need to know what finish in the colour
"black" do I need for wood not to look to garish.

If you use eg a gun-metal grey for the woodwork with cream or
white-with-a-touch-of-grey for the infill, you will avoid the sharp
contrast of black vs white.

Grey would be closer to the colour of weathered oak, and the Tudors used
quite bright colours for their stucco work.

Have a look at what neighbouring properties of a similar style have done
and see what you dislike least.

Owain

"Owain" wrote in message
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bill norman wrote:
Thank you RT for your input, now I need to know what finish in the colour
"black" do I need for wood not to look to garish.

If you use eg a gun-metal grey for the woodwork with cream or
white-with-a-touch-of-grey for the infill, you will avoid the sharp
contrast of black vs white.

That's a very good solution, Owain. I'd add that it would look better in a
matt or at least semi-matt finish.

Grey would be closer to the colour of weathered oak, and the Tudors used
quite bright colours for their stucco work.

Have a look at what neighbouring properties of a similar style have done
and see what you dislike least.

Most people seem to use bright black and white. It's what's expected.

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:

"Owain" wrote in message
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bill norman wrote:

Thank you RT for your input, now I need to know what finish in the colour
"black" do I need for wood not to look to garish.

If you use eg a gun-metal grey for the woodwork with cream or
white-with-a-touch-of-grey for the infill, you will avoid the sharp
contrast of black vs white.


That's a very good solution, Owain. I'd add that it would look better in a
matt or at least semi-matt finish.

Grey would be closer to the colour of weathered oak, and the Tudors used
quite bright colours for their stucco work.

Have a look at what neighbouring properties of a similar style have done
and see what you dislike least.


Most people seem to use bright black and white. It's what's expected.


Thqats what teh vitciorians started. Whitewash and tar.

Mary