# Daily Updates #

Today I have reconditioned and tested my spray-gun so I can paint a primer/sealer on the brand new render on the whole of the outside of my house!       Lucky me.        I also spoke to my oncologists and I'm good for chemo #7 starting on Friday.    Bring on the nausea!

Straight on with a thinned coat of masonry paint. No primer/sealer required on new render.

That's actually more work!   I'm going for the easy option - let the spray gun take the strain. 

It will be a better job afterwards too with the primer acting as a penetrating glue.

Less work actually as just one paint is required. You don't want to seal render as it needs to breath and fully dry out naturally thus the thinned coat of masonry allows this. The only time you would need a primer is if the finish paint was oil-based which is completely unnecessary on render and breaks down eventually. A thinned 1st coat of masonry paint up to 30-40% water with subsequent coats thinned at 10-20 % will last longer than any other method. 

Less work actually as just one paint is required. You don't want to seal render as it needs to breath and fully dry out naturally thus the thinned coat of masonry allows this. The only time you would need a primer is if the finish paint was oil-based which is completely unnecessary on render and breaks down eventually. A thinned 1st coat of masonry paint up to 30-40% water with subsequent coats thinned at 10-20 % will last longer than any other method.