we brighten up a block foundation using cement paint, an old school technique, All my videos are my ways and ideas, I always suggest that anyone doing any type of work to consult professional help. www.amazon.com/shop/mikehaduck
Huge fan of your videos very informative, When I was a teenager I worked with a few brick block masons in Dallas PA I am impressed how well this paint with Portland works did it on my old coal miner home 5 years ago and is still standing strong I stuccoed over it . WIRE IS FOR BRACES LOL (LIKE A DENTIST ). NO BIG DEAL
Thanks Mike was just wondering if it's no big deal to use type s mortar or type mortar n on stucco over all bricks .love your no big deal every job looks great
Always watch your vids … Im an old sorta retired carpenter but I get into a bit of everything . So your vids are really helpful . Thanks Mike . Im near Ottawa Canada. That Trump lad you have down there should be doing cement work . Would keep him from raising so much trouble .
Yes, your videos absolutely do help. They also give many people a sense of great satisfaction when they repeat what they saw here even if it’s not as well done as what you demonstrated.
When you said Tom Sawyer, I was thinking you should get like 4 apples for that job in todays money. I'll subscribe for life, I'm 50 so don't get to excited, man I love that old school do it right the first time work ethic and the brick for sanding even got me on that one I was never really a cement guy was mostly a painter "mostly" .....👍🍻
Old-School-No-Big-Deal Rules Once Again! Bet the neighbor was happy with the results and with the price, too. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And if it IS broke, just fix what's broke. (Don't go crazy with it) From the M.H.S.O.H.K. handbook. Thanks again, Mike
When it dries I would paint it with acrylic primer (at least twice). The colour of the foundation will become deeper plus it will not soak water so much, so no cracking in the winter time. 😉 the layer of paint would become much,much stronger. Acrylic primer is cheap, so another cheap fix. Thanks for the upload Mike. Great as always.
Like you I grew up mixing cement and lugging brick block and stone for my father. When I got to high school the football coaches wanted to know how I had such a large back for a 14 year old hahaha love your videos especially the ones from China Cheers
Thank you for posting, you make it look easy with years of experience, i enjoyed the video, and i like the train too. Edit, your right about cement not being water proof, thats why they put plastic vapor barrier under basement floors. Edit, just saw your scripture verse, nice!
I like your cement paint method... My foundation wall, I'll call it a stem wall... it had cracked lines here and there on the concrete wall, I used mortar mix put on a thin layer with the sponge float, it helped hide a lot of imperfections. I'll try the cement paint trick when the cracks reappear.
Another lesson learned. I learned about cement having to be saturated with water, reminded again that cement is not waterproof, and learned that you can get it in white and it doesn't show the differences as much as gray.
Hi Mack, I do have a pay pal in the about section , but a of folks buy a tee shirt, I don't need the money but thanks for asking, Mike
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so why do you sometimes do straight portland to paint it and then sometimes mix it with S? just asking (california guy) also can you mix the white and the regular portland to just lighten it up a bit?
Hi Max, some of the old timers mixed the two, sometimes I do it to match what they did, , I never mix it if it lays flat on a driveway, Portland only fir that, but up and down walls is usually OK to mix, thanks Mike
Hi Keven, I see it in Europe, they just patch and patch, and if a section is bad they take out the bad and replace it, just like a dentist, I hope it helps, thanks mike
Hey Mike, they started selling Masonry lime at my local home store. Would you ever mix that with Portland? Thanks again for these videos, after helping some friends and family some people reached out with good offers on some basic jobs. It’s been a nice side business and beats getting a gym membership to stay in shape.
Hi Jonathan, some guys in jersey still mix lime with Portland but you don’t see it in my parts, I am glad you are doing well, the small jobs are always better than the bigger ones, lol. Thanks mike
This might be a silly question but I have a similar block built home. The difference is The blocks were painted years ago on my house. Do we have to remove all the paint before using the motar/Portland " paint" method? Thanks for the videos.
Hi Samuel, I don't use mortar or potland paint over real paint, I just patch it up and paint over it with the store bought masonry or stucco paint, thanks Mike
Hi Mike. I just repaired some blowouts on a cinder block wall, using your advice..thks.. Question is..I have some high spots that I need to grind down, I only have a 3350rpm 7" sander disc and a 4 1/2" 11,000rpm disc grinder to use. Any sugesstions on how to grind those high spots down so it looks pretty flush? Thks as always for your time and expertise..jc
I the like the brick as a rasper tool. Aside from appearance "freshen" effect of the portland paint - is there any net benefit to the paint in terms of protection? that is would original cinder block have been better off not painting such at all?
Mike, I patched concrete steps with rapidset cementall and it came out great. A week later I painted the steps with your Portland cement technique shown here. The Portland looks streaky and blotchy. Should I try using white Portland, or do more coats of regular Portland, or try real paint? Or just be glad the patch worked and have a beer?
Hi Mike I admire your videos. That concrete look is very contemporary look, on the interior also. I have a 3 story tall column in my place. I'd like to have that concrete effect. Can you use your painting technique on an already painted interior drywall? Or, if I need to have a little more texture, will a concrete skim coat hold up on the same surface. If either works, should I wet before applying? Thanks in advance, Jim
There's some cool tools available on Mike's Amazon page if you're like me and planning on trying a DIY project. I just had to use his link to follow his page and added a couple items to cart.
Do you keep busy in the winter? or, just catch up on all the bullshit we contractors have waiting on the back burner? Just seeing if you schedule inside work for the cold part of the year...Looks good!
One question This portland cement is ok to process same way paint outside porch concrete and one sidewalk Because we do Resurface twice same day and the re-cop resurface product show two different colors on my concrete, everything we do right but they show two different colors What u think about this portland cement to paint sidewalk and porch concrete
@@MikeHaduck okay I do resurfacing concrete on my place and i got from lowes re-cop resurfacing product and we do everything correctly and after two days some spots u can see the stuff come off and they show us different colors
Hi Mike have been working on the stone foundation of my home. I need some help finding type s white mortar mix. TO finish tuck pointing my stone foundation of my home. Please let me where I can find it. Thank you so much.
Hi Mike, is there a way to match up new cement with old cement so a new repair doesn’t show, my mother drove into her house and knocked down some of the Bay Port stone off her house, she had a man repair the stonework and that looks great, but the color on the new cement repair is a dark gray and the original is a light color that matches the Bay Port stone, it’s very obvious where it was repaired and I thought painting with the correct color cement would be the way to fix it, I just need help with getting the correct color cement, any help you could give me would be appreciated. Thanks, Cindy
I used to for the old man, mostly residential work, cavity walls, veneers, fireplaces, chimneys, and occasionally front stoops when the builder called for it. So instead of going buying a few extra bags of Type S 'masonry cenent', he'd just add a couple of extra shovels of Portland cement to the Type N mortar for that flat work. One time I had to go back a month or two later to replace a couple of bricks that got chipped when a dropped a big ladder on the steps. Well there must have been some kind of chemical reaction because there was like some kind od silicone like substance between the mortar and the bricks and filling all the voids.?! it wasn't visible from the outside.?!?? I don't what the hell? I had a dream about Jesup the night before, I think it was a sign from God.?..
Hi T, mortar was old school tradition, for the sides of masonry buildings, when Portland came around they started to add it, either way on a vertical wall, everyone says different, thanks Mike
Is there a reason why you mixed your "paint" different this time than you normally do? Usually you've mixed just Portland and water. This time its half Portland, half Type "S" Any benefits?
Some nice brick work in the chimney breast Mike. It’s a pity they didn’t continue it around the foundation too? Lay a brick, point it, job done, maintenance free👍
Hi Mike. I'm planning to do my sidewalks next year - Portland painting. I hope to get them "whiteish" - similar to some of the newer concrete sidewalks and driveways around town. But I don't want the bright (artificial) white of white portland. Can a bit of traditional portland be mixed into the white portland to make it look more like newly poured concrete? If yes, is there a suggested ratio? Thanks for the videos.
