Spraypainting render...

[NiceCupOfTea]

Hi folks.

We had a new garage/porch built last year and rendered. The builder sprayed them white to match the house but it turned out "polar white" is "polar bear white" - ie cream coloured

It's not faded and I'm sick of looking at it so what to paint it white white.

I thought about doing it by hand but by all accounts even shaggy rollers are rubbish and using a painbrush would take forever. I have 2 ends of a garage and the side to do (with a window and door in it), the side of next door's garage, and the porch, so a fairly large area to do.

The builder sprayed it originally. I've looked into hiring a sprayer which doesn't look cheap (£150 per day from HSS). How much would it be to get somebody else to do it (as they'd do it better and more quickly than me).

Thoughts/suggestions?

[Laurel Green]

Rendered? If it's plain render then a good roller will do it in quick time. Or did you mean pebbledash as that is a tad harder to roll but, not impossible.

[NiceCupOfTea]

It's not pebbledash... Pretty sure it's just render - he sprayed it on with a machine IIRC.

Just had a quick look at the B&Q website might try some Dulux Weathershield masonry paint - not sure whether I'd want textured or smooth to look the same as what's there at the mo...

Edited by NiceCupOfTea on Thursday 29th July 18:50

[Laurel Green]

If he sprayed the render on then it's probably similar to what I have on my house. Only mine was applied over render with a box that had a handle that when turned flicked a pre-coloured (white) plaster/cement onto the render. There is a name for it, only can't remember what it's called.
Regardless, if it was sprayed on, then it should easily take a roller.

[Mr Dave]

Find someone local to you willing to paint it with a brush? Cheaper than renting a sprayer, easier than doing it yourself. Hell Id do it for 30 quid.

Im sure you know someone who would be looking some easy money.

[Road2Ruin]

I had roughcast render on my old and current house and painted both with a roller no problems. You need to get a sheepskin roller or one with the deepest pile possible, load the roller really well and keep it loaded. I did the gable end of our house in about 2 hours. Not that bad.

[Steve_W]

Laurel Green said:

If he sprayed the render on then it's probably similar to what I have on my house. Only mine was applied over render with a box that had a handle that when turned flicked a pre-coloured (white) plaster/cement onto the render. There is a name for it, only can't remember what it's called.
Regardless, if it was sprayed on, then it should easily take a roller.

Tyrolean rendering - and a real bugger to paint other than with a sprayer. When I were a lad my dear dad had me help him hand paint the house using just brushes over this stuff and it took ages as you kept seeing bits where the paint hadn't penetrated.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Steve_W said:

Laurel Green said:

If he sprayed the render on then it's probably similar to what I have on my house. Only mine was applied over render with a box that had a handle that when turned flicked a pre-coloured (white) plaster/cement onto the render. There is a name for it, only can't remember what it's called.
Regardless, if it was sprayed on, then it should easily take a roller.

Tyrolean rendering - and a real bugger to paint other than with a sprayer. When I were a lad my dear dad had me help him hand paint the house using just brushes over this stuff and it took ages as you kept seeing bits where the paint hadn't penetrated.

Really?

I was hoping doing 2 coats would cover it all... I have a feeling that I would make a complete mess if using a sprayer (not to mention how much it would cost), so if roller/brush won't do it then I'll pay somebody to come and do it with a sprayer...

[southendpier]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Steve_W said:

Laurel Green said:

If he sprayed the render on then it's probably similar to what I have on my house. Only mine was applied over render with a box that had a handle that when turned flicked a pre-coloured (white) plaster/cement onto the render. There is a name for it, only can't remember what it's called.
Regardless, if it was sprayed on, then it should easily take a roller.

Tyrolean rendering - and a real bugger to paint other than with a sprayer. When I were a lad my dear dad had me help him hand paint the house using just brushes over this stuff and it took ages as you kept seeing bits where the paint hadn't penetrated.

Really?

I was hoping doing 2 coats would cover it all... I have a feeling that I would make a complete mess if using a sprayer (not to mention how much it would cost), so if roller/brush won't do it then I'll pay somebody to come and do it with a sprayer...

I've painted my whole large pebble dashed 5 bed house. Get a big brush with short bristles (they will end up short any way). It isn't that hard to do.

Spraying is a pain to lug the equipment about and the nozzle gets blocked all the effing time (I've found).

I find watering down the paint very useful.

[Laurel Green]

Steve_W said:

Tyrolean rendering - and a real bugger to paint other than with a sprayer. When I were a lad my dear dad had me help him hand paint the house using just brushes over this stuff and it took ages as you kept seeing bits where the paint hadn't penetrated.

That's the stuff. Cheers.

NCOT, it really should not be that hard to paint with a roller. Thin the first coat down a tad and, should be easy to see if there are any misses due to going over an off-white colour.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Thanks for the advice chaps - 2 coats of Dulux Weathershield smooth masonry paint went on a treat with a thick pile roller and a couple of brushes!

[Laurel Green]

Good to hear.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Wouldn't have fancied doing the house though - the render is much rougher and where I was touching in it was very hard to get full coverage. Will get a man in when the rest of the house needs doing!