swmbo decided to have me repaint part of our render where the sun has
faded the original sandtex pale cream colour,having no luck in
drumming up any action from me she bought some sandtex in a colour
called cornish cream,with a promise of ice cold lager and aroast pork
dinner i started the painting when to our horror it was far too
pale,what colour can we mix to make it a deeper cream?,the pork
crackling joint is in the freezer and the lager is back in the box so
i need all the help you can give,thanks all !

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leedsbob wrote:

swmbo decided to have me repaint part of our render where the sun has
faded the original sandtex pale cream colour,having no luck in
drumming up any action from me she bought some sandtex in a colour
called cornish cream,with a promise of ice cold lager and aroast pork
dinner i started the painting when to our horror it was far too
pale,what colour can we mix to make it a deeper cream?,the pork
crackling joint is in the freezer and the lager is back in the box so
i need all the help you can give,thanks all !

Yellow will make it a deeper cream, but you still might not get the
shade right anyway.

Stephen.


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leedsbob wrote:

swmbo decided to have me repaint part of our render where the sun has
faded the original sandtex pale cream colour,having no luck in
drumming up any action from me she bought some sandtex in a colour
called cornish cream,with a promise of ice cold lager and aroast pork
dinner i started the painting when to our horror it was far too
pale,what colour can we mix to make it a deeper cream?,the pork
crackling joint is in the freezer and the lager is back in the box so
i need all the help you can give,thanks all !

Yellow will make it a deeper cream,

And/or a bit of brown, depending on the shade required.

but you still might not get the
shade right anyway.

no, to get a good match is quite difficult.. Not sure that painting a
bit in a not quite right colour would be any better myself. It's best in
this sort of case to paint up to an edge, or a corner etc. where the
colour change isn't so noticeable.
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Chris French

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leedsbob wrote:

swmbo decided to have me repaint part of our render where the sun has
faded the original sandtex pale cream colour,having no luck in
drumming up any action from me she bought some sandtex in a colour
called cornish cream,with a promise of ice cold lager and aroast pork
dinner i started the painting when to our horror it was far too
pale,...

It's possible, isn't it, that it goes on pale, but dries darker?

John

On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:05:10 +0100, Phil L wrote:

Even if you bought the exact same paint as what's on now, it will still
stand out like a sore thumb if you only do part of it, because the
original has umpteen years of grime to make it a completely different
colour.

Yep,

Either do all of it or put up with a vividly contrasting patch -

Or just a single wall or to internal corner between walls the join
will be less obvious unless the old wall is really mucky.

tip: use a roller, it shouldn't take you longer than a few hours to do
the full house.

Yes a decent roller is a lot quicker but if the surface of the render
is sharp you'll be picking bits of roller off. A few hours, hum,
assuming that the current paint/render is in good condition and you
only need to do one coat and you have good easy access (scaffold or
cherry picker).

Took weeks ( 8) to not finish this place last year before it got too
cold. But then there was 160 sq m of wall to pressure wash, patch,
thin coat and two full coats to apply along with removing the render
from one gable, cutting back and making good the slates and
rebuilding a chimney crown as well. Must get the scaffolding ordered
to finish the job...

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Cheers
Dave.