pebbledash advice/painting required

[carov]

Hi there,

we were thinking of having the pebbledash on our house removed but the costs are very high. So now we're considering repainting however the current coat of paint is coming off in small patches all over so probably needs to be removed - or at least rubbed down but very difficult due to the texture of the damn stuff. I think it is called 'wet dash' so the stones were mixed in with the cement before being applied. The dash itself seems sound, just the paint that is flaky. We need good professional advice and help in getting it sorted. Can anyone recommend a company that may be able to help us? (maybe a house painting specialist?)

[KidKruger]

there must be some kind of bonding agent you can paint on to bond the surface, giving you a better crack at painting the dash and the paint actually sticking.

you can't rub it down unless you used maybe a loose wire brush, but that might score the cement areas of the dash, leaving traces you may not want.

pulling dash off can sometimes pull off the surfaces of some bricks, I think it depends partly onhow strong the mix was. removed my dash once with a hand bolster and heavy club hammer, took like 2 days, the mix was pretty soft so hardly lost any brick - but needed to repoint afterwards.

[dirty tree]

have you thought of rendering over the pebble dash to achieve a smooth finish then painting that?

rendering is relatively cheap.

[spacecrafter]

Hello there, I've painted a few pebble dashed houses before and the best thing to do is use a wire brush to remove any loose and flaky paint, then apply a coat of stabilising solution to ALL of the area to be painted. That way the paint will stick really well to the pebble dash. It's best to put the first coat of paint on with a brush so you can get into all the really awkward areas you would miss with a roller! Time consuming but the best way to do it. The next couple of coats you can put on with a special long pile roller and just use the brush to touch in any areas you might not have got to. Use good quality paint also as it will cover better and last much longer.

[carov]

thanks for the replies. Yes, we did look into rendering but have been advised that with the top coat as it is it would pull off. I think Spacecrafter's advice is probably the way to go, but unsure as to what a stabilising solution would be??

[spacecrafter]

Hi Carov, the product itself is called stabilising solution. They sell it in plough homecraft near the top of lordship lane. Good luck with it.

[carov]

Many thanks for the advice Spacecrafter.