Rendering brick wall

[jrc]

My wife and I are buying a 1970's house which has in each of three rooms one brick wall. We're looking to render each of these walls as a feature wall. Any tips, pitfalls?

 

[monoply]

You can paint render on with a roller these days. Its a fairly new product. 3 coats I think.
Probably the easiest way to go about it.

Cheers
mono

 

[Rodney]

You can buy rendering paint which works just as well. The paint comes in a range of colours. The paint is like a paste because it is made with sand.

Its just like using normal paint.

 

[geoffw]

I had somebody render an external wall. Their tip to me was to paint using the cheapest available paint first up (which would absorb a lot of moisture) and then to paint over with the final paint. They may have suggested to dilute the original paint, but I didn't go that way.

 

[TommyR]

I had somebody render an external wall. Their tip to me was to paint using the cheapest available paint first up (which would absorb a lot of moisture) and then to paint over with the final paint. They may have suggested to dilute the original paint, but I didn't go that way.

It helps if you wet the wall first, it doesn't absorb as much paint!

Tom

 

[jrc]

Thanks. Much appreciated.