it is advised to coat the first coat with somethign similar to UniBond PVA, in ration of 1:5 or 1:6 approx, this makes paint application much easier and also makes the wall less absorbent so you dont end up using tons of paints !!
I need to do my garage walls, but wondering how much time it took with a roller, versus just using the pot and a big fat wider brush and just slapping it on nice and thick. Ill find out next summer when I get round to it I guess :D
So B&Q was selling stuff at half price when I noticed some Sandtex and I thought, "I could do the garage with that!" And that's where the long journey began! So I took all the rubbish out of the garage which revealed just how filthy it was resulting in a huge tidy up and throw out (which I wasn't expecting). That revealed a million holes in the walls so I thought, "I should fill those". Back to B&Q for brushes, rollers and cement. I had an old scraper that bound to manage just fine. Nope it didn't - back to B&Q for a pointing tool. Pointing began and contact dermatitis around my eyes later caused a visit to the GP, who said it was the worst they'd ever seen. After a lay off of several months I began again and two 5litre pots of cement later and I was finished. Painting was a real chore and only helped to showcase all my amateur cementing efforts (oh well). The walls 'did' look much fresher, however. Except the wooden beams on the ceiling looked grim by comparison so I went to B&Q and bought a hand sander and created a sand storm across the street as I got carried away smoothing those hideous wooden planks. The sanding revealed some horrible cracks in the wood so I went to B&Q and got some wood filler which worked fine and stuck to my fingers too. Now that the walls are done the ceiling looks terrible so i thought, "Why not paint that too?" So I went to B&Q . . . and that's taken two years so far . . . . 🥴
Yer would of been a lot easier and I did look at it but as I used masonry paint I read that I'd have to water it down a fair bit. Also I did not have one, though like someone said I could have rented one. My wrists defiantly felt it so I'll defo get a paint sprayer next time I paint in the house.
Those breezeblocks look a nightmare compared to the bricks. Thankfully mines all brick. Anyone tried a dry brush then vacuum instead of wet washing prior to paint?
Great video thanks. Do you need to wash and brush the walls before painting ? I am planning to get our garage painted as we are converting part of it to a small utility room. Getting some quotes first from professionals but if too unrealistic will paint myself. I have read that you need to use watered down pva on the wall first, how do you get the correct ratio ? 1:5 I also read that you have to use acrylic latex paint to stop moisture which can cause the paint to flake.
I’m creating a little salon space in our outdoor storage which is quite big but I thought I’d have to hire somebody to install drywall but I like the brick wall effect! So helpful. Thank you!
Did you manage to work on this yourself in the end? In some of my other comments I mentioned that I should have painted on a few layers of PVA glue first, but it seems to be holding up ok without. It's worth remembering this wont be as cold and damp proof as doing a proper job, but for me it's fine.
No sorry, that was done before we moved here. I did do this in my loft through, which is a little harder due to the insulation. It's quite cheap to do though so have a look at "boarding a loft" videos.
I only used some basic washing up liquid. I used wayyy to much in the first bucket and got loads of bubbles so you only need a little. I did not rinse the walls in hindsight but I did heavily rinse the floor.
I used 45L in total, anoying as the tubs are on sale now! I did 3 coats in total. The breeze blocks were very thirsty so it might have been better to seal them with PVA glue, much like I did the floor.
@@craftycamel3498 I did see mixed thoughts about that. In the process of smoothing (angle grinding) and sealing floor with PVA. Will have plenty left over so it’s temping. Also read about doing mist coats on the walls to stretch the paint as I would on a new plaster wall. Glad I found your series as I’m also considering the floor tiles so looking forward to the next vid
I didn't level my floor and came to regret that as there was some serious high spots at the rear so you're already doing better than me. I managed this by using some underlay with the tiles, but only discovered it after I had laid the majority... I don't claim to know what I'm doing and am just making it up, I thought using thicker paint with more coats would help as I have not truly damp proofed it. In the really damp back right corner some of the paint had gone "funny" and looked like really crystallised crushed ice but I brushed it off and it's not come back, yet...
After discussions with my missus, who does most of the decorating work, I’m just going to go with the paint as you did. It’s all breeze block so probably need another 30L My floor surface is/was ‘tampered’ (I think that’s what it’s called) so lots of ripples. I’m only smoothing those out and despite trying my best it’s not totally level. No major humps now so will see how the the tiles do but considering a self levelling compound if it’s too uneven. P.S. no clue here either which is how I found your video
Lucky you got some help then! I'm grateful if I can get a cup of coffee. Your floor sounds the same as ours then. I didn't know about self levelling compound until I saw Tim from The Restoration Couple use it on his new workshop.
It went really well! Though I did end up laying the bulk of it twice to put down some underlay... I have made about 2/3 of my video showing it all but ever since lockdown ended my GF and I have been making up for lost time. Also I setup a bit of a home gym at the back so that's also been eating my free time. Thanks for asking as it reminds me that I really do need to finish that video.... If you're deciding what to do, it's nice especially with the underlay and I don't regret it but I'm not sure it's worth 2-2.5x as much as resin.
I did not paint the ceiling but I did paint over some parts of the wood with it yer. If you where going to paint a lot it's not the most cost effective option though.
No I just used it as is. I did end up using 2.5 big tubs of paint though so perhaps watering it down a little would've helped. I did not do this but I think we should of primed the walls with PVA glue to make them less porous, bit late now through =(.
It's a garage, with less than stellar brick work, so it's not like I destroyed a beautiful feature wall in an old house. I was just trying to get a modicum of damp protection and make the room feel brighter. The garage is also not connected to the house and has no power so I wanted it to feel brighter with a few led strips.
@@craftycamel3498 I get it...but...i was literally asking where came that bad habbit painting bricks directly...there should be some mortar plaster on that bricks and than paint :))
When my wife and I bought our first house it was painted white. I repainted it with two coats during a weeks holiday during the summer and vowed NEVER to have another white house. Our next door neighbour was recently retired and every time he repainted it made our house look slightly worse even though we had used Sandtex with a 15 year guarantee. Never buy a white house !!!.
Our house is a newer build next to a forest with white plastic cladding (I hope it's flame retardant) and it goes green over time.... Cost £200 to have it cleaned once a few years ago so I'm in no rush to have it done again.
Would you be interested in doing my double garage to promote on your RUclips channel? It's exactly a similar type of garage brick wall throughout, the ceiling sits beneath our property, so you can do plaster board to ceiling? Nice project for your channel! Location - South London
I will defiantly get a paint sprayer next time I paint in the house! As this was missionary paint though I read I'd have to water it down a fair bit to work.
Funny how even the seemingly easiest of tasks, painting a wall white, is actually a lot of work. I can't be arsed doing mine now.
ditto
Same
Yeah, he’s put me off 😕
it is advised to coat the first coat with somethign similar to UniBond PVA, in ration of 1:5 or 1:6 approx, this makes paint application much easier and also makes the wall less absorbent so you dont end up using tons of paints !!
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Why? @@EazyDuz18
I need to do my garage walls, but wondering how much time it took with a roller, versus just using the pot and a big fat wider brush and just slapping it on nice and thick.
Ill find out next summer when I get round to it I guess :D
Thank you. Would pressure washing the walls be ok instead of brush washing?
So B&Q was selling stuff at half price when I noticed some Sandtex and I thought, "I could do the garage with that!" And that's where the long journey began!
So I took all the rubbish out of the garage which revealed just how filthy it was resulting in a huge tidy up and throw out (which I wasn't expecting). That revealed a million holes in the walls so I thought, "I should fill those". Back to B&Q for brushes, rollers and cement. I had an old scraper that bound to manage just fine. Nope it didn't - back to B&Q for a pointing tool. Pointing began and contact dermatitis around my eyes later caused a visit to the GP, who said it was the worst they'd ever seen. After a lay off of several months I began again and two 5litre pots of cement later and I was finished. Painting was a real chore and only helped to showcase all my amateur cementing efforts (oh well). The walls 'did' look much fresher, however. Except the wooden beams on the ceiling looked grim by comparison so I went to B&Q and bought a hand sander and created a sand storm across the street as I got carried away smoothing those hideous wooden planks. The sanding revealed some horrible cracks in the wood so I went to B&Q and got some wood filler which worked fine and stuck to my fingers too. Now that the walls are done the ceiling looks terrible so i thought, "Why not paint that too?" So I went to B&Q . . . and that's taken two years so far . . . . 🥴
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This really made me laugh! I can relate!!
Can you use a patio pressure washer as a lazy option for washing the brick walls?
Do you need to use a masonary sealant 1st? Ur garage looks great.
This was very helpful mate, thank you so much for taking the time. Luigi
Did you just use water and fairly liquid to clean the walls
I wonder if it would have been better to spray the paint?
Yer would of been a lot easier and I did look at it but as I used masonry paint I read that I'd have to water it down a fair bit. Also I did not have one, though like someone said I could have rented one. My wrists defiantly felt it so I'll defo get a paint sprayer next time I paint in the house.
Hey what kind of paint did you use? Did you use anything specifically to fix the damp?
Those breezeblocks look a nightmare compared to the bricks. Thankfully mines all brick.
Anyone tried a dry brush then vacuum instead of wet washing prior to paint?
How about jet wash?
did you prepare and paint the cinder/breeze blocks, in the exact same way you did the bricks? Thanks
Can you jet wash it ?
Great video thanks. Do you need to wash and brush the walls before painting ? I am planning to get our garage painted as we are converting part of it to a small utility room. Getting some quotes first from professionals but if too unrealistic will paint myself. I have read that you need to use watered down pva on the wall first, how do you get the correct ratio ? 1:5 I also read that you have to use acrylic latex paint to stop moisture which can cause the paint to flake.
My exact question on washing
Should of used jet wash to wash all the walls the use a Dehumidifier to dry before paint
Do you need to clean the walls of a new house?
I’m creating a little salon space in our outdoor storage which is quite big but I thought I’d have to hire somebody to install drywall but I like the brick wall effect! So helpful. Thank you!
Did you manage to work on this yourself in the end? In some of my other comments I mentioned that I should have painted on a few layers of PVA glue first, but it seems to be holding up ok without. It's worth remembering this wont be as cold and damp proof as doing a proper job, but for me it's fine.
Do you need to also remove old raw plugs and fill the holes ?? or just paint over
Very nice! Really like how the project gone so far, subscribed!
Thanks, it's getting there. I'm really happy with how the flooring turned out so I'll try and get that video up!
Really helpful, thank you!
Have you got any footage of boarding up the roof area ? Looking to do something similar to mine.
No sorry, that was done before we moved here. I did do this in my loft through, which is a little harder due to the insulation. It's quite cheap to do though so have a look at "boarding a loft" videos.
Any detergent or similar in the water at the start to clean the walls?
I only used some basic washing up liquid. I used wayyy to much in the first bucket and got loads of bubbles so you only need a little. I did not rinse the walls in hindsight but I did heavily rinse the floor.
Good info cool video
Hang on why do you need good weather to paint inside? 🤔
Paint dries too slow when it's cold, as it's an unheated garage, I guess. Most paints have a recommended temperature range too.
Just about to start the exact same and have 20L of Sandtex at the ready. How much paint did you use?
I used 45L in total, anoying as the tubs are on sale now! I did 3 coats in total.
The breeze blocks were very thirsty so it might have been better to seal them with PVA glue, much like I did the floor.
@@craftycamel3498 I did see mixed thoughts about that. In the process of smoothing (angle grinding) and sealing floor with PVA. Will have plenty left over so it’s temping.
Also read about doing mist coats on the walls to stretch the paint as I would on a new plaster wall.
Glad I found your series as I’m also considering the floor tiles so looking forward to the next vid
I didn't level my floor and came to regret that as there was some serious high spots at the rear so you're already doing better than me.
I managed this by using some underlay with the tiles, but only discovered it after I had laid the majority...
I don't claim to know what I'm doing and am just making it up, I thought using thicker paint with more coats would help as I have not truly damp proofed it.
In the really damp back right corner some of the paint had gone "funny" and looked like really crystallised crushed ice but I brushed it off and it's not come back, yet...
After discussions with my missus, who does most of the decorating work, I’m just going to go with the paint as you did. It’s all breeze block so probably need another 30L
My floor surface is/was ‘tampered’ (I think that’s what it’s called) so lots of ripples. I’m only smoothing those out and despite trying my best it’s not totally level.
No major humps now so will see how the the tiles do but considering a self levelling compound if it’s too uneven.
P.S. no clue here either which is how I found your video
Lucky you got some help then! I'm grateful if I can get a cup of coffee.
Your floor sounds the same as ours then. I didn't know about self levelling compound until I saw Tim from The Restoration Couple use it on his new workshop.
How’d you get on with the floor tiles?
It went really well! Though I did end up laying the bulk of it twice to put down some underlay... I have made about 2/3 of my video showing it all but ever since lockdown ended my GF and I have been making up for lost time. Also I setup a bit of a home gym at the back so that's also been eating my free time. Thanks for asking as it reminds me that I really do need to finish that video.... If you're deciding what to do, it's nice especially with the underlay and I don't regret it but I'm not sure it's worth 2-2.5x as much as resin.
@@craftycamel3498 what floor tiles and underlay did you use? Can you share a link or the name so I can look them up
A power washer would’ve worked a right treat in helping prep the walls.
Yer that would of been much easier! Sadly our garage is not connected to our house and does not have electric so I had to do it the old fashioned way.
That would loosen all the bits in the breeze blocks
Did you do the wood in the ceiling with masonry paint?
I did not paint the ceiling but I did paint over some parts of the wood with it yer. If you where going to paint a lot it's not the most cost effective option though.
I’m thinking I might have to borrow a jet wash 😅
Does this paint stop damp coming in?
Don’t do that. Damp will come half way through the brick work, have nowhere to go, then rise up and into your home if it’s connected. So I’m told.
Did you water down any of the coats? I'm currently on my second watered down coat.
No I just used it as is. I did end up using 2.5 big tubs of paint though so perhaps watering it down a little would've helped. I did not do this but I think we should of primed the walls with PVA glue to make them less porous, bit late now through =(.
Dead looking eyes, lol loved that!
Can someone explain me...where the hell came from that bad habbit to paint brick walls?
It's a garage, with less than stellar brick work, so it's not like I destroyed a beautiful feature wall in an old house. I was just trying to get a modicum of damp protection and make the room feel brighter. The garage is also not connected to the house and has no power so I wanted it to feel brighter with a few led strips.
@@craftycamel3498 I get it...but...i was literally asking where came that bad habbit painting bricks directly...there should be some mortar plaster on that bricks and than paint :))
When my wife and I bought our first house it was painted white. I repainted it with two coats during a weeks holiday during the summer and vowed NEVER to have another white house. Our next door neighbour was recently retired and every time he repainted it made our house look slightly worse even though we had used Sandtex with a 15 year guarantee. Never buy a white house !!!.
Our house is a newer build next to a forest with white plastic cladding (I hope it's flame retardant) and it goes green over time.... Cost £200 to have it cleaned once a few years ago so I'm in no rush to have it done again.
Would you be interested in doing my double garage to promote on your RUclips channel? It's exactly a similar type of garage brick wall throughout, the ceiling sits beneath our property, so you can do plaster board to ceiling? Nice project for your channel! Location - South London
Lazy do it uourself
Or hire a paint sprayer.
I will defiantly get a paint sprayer next time I paint in the house! As this was missionary paint though I read I'd have to water it down a fair bit to work.
Do you need to use a masonary sealant 1st? Ur garage looks great.
Do you need to use a masonary sealant 1st? Ur garage looks great.
Do you need to use a masonary sealant 1st? Ur garage looks great.