Hi,

What is the best exterior paint to use on a outside wall? The front of
the wall is pebble dashed and the side walls are shall I say plain
finish.
I have been recommended Dulux Smooth Finish for pebble dashed area and
Dulux Textured for the plain side of the wall. My next door neighbour
who has same wall structure used smooth finish on both sides and result
looks pretty good and I am tempted to use smooth finish paint all round
on my house as well. Will this be OK?
Is one easier to apply than the other?

Thanks

J Mann

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> Hi,
>
> What is the best exterior paint to use on a outside wall? The front of
> the wall is pebble dashed and the side walls are shall I say plain
> finish.
> I have been recommended Dulux Smooth Finish for pebble dashed area and
> Dulux Textured for the plain side of the wall. My next door neighbour
> who has same wall structure used smooth finish on both sides and result
> looks pretty good and I am tempted to use smooth finish paint all round
> on my house as well. Will this be OK?
> Is one easier to apply than the other?
>
> Thanks
>
> J Mann
>

My experience of plain/ textured paints (principally Wickes) is that the 
difference lies only in the addition of very small pieces of texturing agent 
in the paint, which are barely detectable when they are being applied, with 
the result that there is little visible difference in the finish obtained. 
As regards the longevity of the coat, I couldn't say, but doubt if there is 
a great deal of disparity.

Regards

Pilgarlick

jagemail@gmail.com wrote:


> What is the best exterior paint to use on a outside wall? The front of
> the wall is pebble dashed and the side walls are shall I say plain
> finish.
> I have been recommended Dulux Smooth Finish for pebble dashed area and
> Dulux Textured for the plain side of the wall. My next door neighbour
> who has same wall structure used smooth finish on both sides and result
> looks pretty good and I am tempted to use smooth finish paint all round
> on my house as well. Will this be OK?


I looked into this issue as well, and was advised on this newsgroup that 
  the added gunk which allegedly makes the paint textured does nothing 
by bulk up the paint - so you get less actual paint per litre - and 
furthermore the textured gets dirtier quicker.  Search the archives of 
this ng for more; especially for posts by Max Bone, the paint 'guru' of 
uk.d-i-y who sadly seems to have stopped posting here now.

I actually have a mixture of both textured and smooth Sandtex paint on 
the outside of my house, and you can't tell at all which is applied where.

However - do yourself a favour and don't mention "pebbledash" and 
"paint" in the same sentence!  Unless it's already been painted before - 
in which case you're stuffed - you'll find that painting the stuff is 
incredibly hard work, getting paint in all the crevices and cracks.  We 
had an extension built, pebbledashed to match the existing house, and I 
spent most of the summer painting the bloody thing, and it nearly 
crippled me.  (It's somewhat easier after it's been painted the first 
time, obviously.)


> Is one easier to apply than the other?


Don't think so, although using the textured stuff would preclude use of 
a sprayer if you decided to go down that route once your wrists are 
aching like your hands are about to drop off.

hth
David

On 20 Sep 2005 04:34:33 -0700, jagemail@gmail.com wrote:



>What is the best exterior paint to use on a outside wall? The front of
>the wall is pebble dashed and the side walls are shall I say plain
>finish.
>I have been recommended Dulux Smooth Finish for pebble dashed area and
>Dulux Textured for the plain side of the wall.


According to the tins I've read the purpose of the texture is to fill
fine cracks. In nearly three years with a Crown Decorator Centre I've
sold loads of smooth but hardly any textured. If you want white or
magnolia Crown branches have Sandtex smooth on offer at 9.99 plus
VAT. (Selling loads of pliolite-based masonry paint now that the
weather's turning but that's more expensive.)

On September 20 2005, Peter Johnson  
wrote:

> Selling loads of pliolite-based masonry paint now that the
> weather's turning but that's more expensive


Whats that then and why with weather - is it too late to get my house
painted this year?

Freefall

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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:20:26 GMT, Me@mybiz.net (Freefall) wrote:



>> Selling loads of pliolite-based masonry paint now that the
>> weather's turning but that's more expensive
>
>Whats that then and why with weather - is it too late to get my house
>painted this year?
>


Keep it dry for 15 minutes after application and it won't wash off
if/when it rains. Sold 40 gallons to a contractor doing council houses
yesterday.