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Painting basement exterior walls - Wild Turkey - 04-05-2019

Dressing up house for new owner (to suit LOML 
Rolleyes )

North wall of walk-in basement was painted with a black waterproofer 35 years ago.  I'm going to pressure wash it.

The management wants the wall painted to match the house (Chocolate Brown) but I'm wondering what to use -- paint to stain.

What have some of you used on concrete that worked?
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RE: Painting basement exterior walls - Robert Adams - 04-05-2019

Have used Behr concrete and masonry paint on concrete with good results however your situation is going to be an issue because of hydrostatic pressure. 

           Now my next painting project will be painting the ugly yellow brick. The previous owners painted the trim and shutters chocolate brown and that got covered up really fast.


RE: Painting basement exterior walls - Wild Turkey - 04-06-2019

(04-05-2019, 10:20 PM)Robert Adams Wrote: Have used Behr concrete and masonry paint on concrete with good results however your situation is going to be an issue because of hydrostatic pressure. 

Wall is fully exposed -- builder waterproofed it when he thought it was going to be covered but hill had enough slope it wasn't.


RE: Painting basement exterior walls - Snipe Hunter - 04-06-2019

(04-06-2019, 12:11 AM)Wild Turkey Wrote: Wall is fully exposed -- builder waterproofed it when he thought it was going to be covered but hill had enough slope it wasn't.

Prime over it with a good exterior stain blocking exterior primer and paint to suit with an exterior latex. It can take a lot of coats cover dark colors. Primer is cheaper.


RE: Painting basement exterior walls - Roly - 04-06-2019

(04-06-2019, 05:13 AM)Snipe Hunter Wrote: Prime over it with a good exterior stain blocking exterior primer and paint to suit with an exterior latex. It can take a lot of coats cover dark colors. Primer is cheaper.

Will this work if it was the old asphalt coating ?  Doesn't seem like it would stick to it.   You may be able to apply a elastomeric roof coating in white, then paint it with an acrylic paint in the color you want. May be able to tint the elastomeric. Roly


RE: Painting basement exterior walls - Wild Turkey - 04-06-2019

I'm hoping the pressure washer will remove the waterproofing to reduce the problem of bleed-through
Rolleyes

It's down the list a ways so I'll let you know what happens.
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