Restoring headstone, best paint
Restoring headstone, best paint
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21TonyK

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13,376 posts

240 months

Sunday 27th September
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I'm planning to "restore" a headstone which has been in place for 15+ years. It's granite with various inscriptions etc in three colours, red, green and silver.

Any suggestions on the best paint to use? Seen rust-oleum, zinnser etc but they are all large tins. I just need three small pots.

Don't want to spend 60 quid on paint when I can get a company to do it for 100 but I would like to do it myself.

InitialDave

15,155 posts

150 months

Sunday 27th September
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Unsure on best paint to use, but for that price, I'd be inclined to have someone who knows what they're about do it "properly".

Herbs

5,132 posts

260 months

Monday 28th September
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I looked into this recently as I need to do the same but on marble.

Best bet is use ChatGPT and it will give you the best options and why.

Belle427

11,991 posts

264 months

Monday 28th September
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Small pots of enamel paint would probably be ok.

sherman

15,318 posts

246 months

Monday 28th September
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Humbrol enamel paint should work for you.
Will come in gold, silver, white
You will get it in Hobbycraft.

alscar

10,025 posts

244 months

Monday 28th September
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I had to arrange burial in the same plot as her previously deceased husband ( who had been buried for some 40 years ) for a relative a couple of years ago.His black granite headstone needed proper chemical cleaning and the inscription needed re gilding and then words added for his wife - the regilding with gold leaf was £ 3.39 a letter and the new hand incised lettering £ 8.82 a letter.