Hi All, I'm about to paint the exterior of my Mock Tudor style house (just waiting for the scaffold installation) My question is Following preparation of the wood and painted Wall surface in what order do I paint, Is it wood first and then walls or vice versa? Also what paint finish should I use to ensure a quality look to the wood? Any tips would be appreciated. Regards Take care Bill
Do you want it to look like an authentic Tudor timber framed house?
Mary
On 14 May 2005, Mary Fisher wrote
Presumably not, as he's painting the wood (rather than limewashing the whole thing). ;)
lightest colour first
RT
Well, quite ...
Mary
The timber element wasn't usually painted. It grew dark from age. Oak was usually used and it preserved itself.
The infill was limewash, often coloured.
Mary
If you use eg a gun-metal grey for the woodwork with cream or white-with-a-touch-of-grey for the infill, you will avoid the sharp contrast of black vs white.
Grey would be closer to the colour of weathered oak, and the Tudors used quite bright colours for their stucco work.
Have a look at what neighbouring properties of a similar style have done and see what you dislike least.
Owain
That's a very good solution, Owain. I'd add that it would look better in a matt or at least semi-matt finish.
Most people seem to use bright black and white. It's what's expected.
Mary
On 14 May 2005, bill norman wrote
That's absolutely fair: you did say it was a mock-Tudor (I was just having a bit of fun tweaking Mary on it, even though she's giving very sound advice on colours.)
One can get too precious about these things, but the advice that's been posted about checking out what's been done with nearby buildings is very sound.
FWIW:
And as mentioned elsewhere, light paint first, dark paint last.
LOL! I'm untweakable :-) Spouse gave up trying donkey's years ago - as I did him!
Mary
Thqats what teh vitciorians started. Whitewash and tar.
In message , bill norman writes
Often a warm pink - I'm not sure what they put in it but it looked lovely in evening light. Very dark brown timbers go well with it.
Ox blood mainly. And cow dung.
I love the smell of napalm in teh morning....
I think you'll be waiting a while for Glade/Haze/Airwick to catch on ...
Owain
Various vegetable dyes and, very occasionally, minerals were used. The latter were expensive and largely insoluble so were rare.
Blood of any kind was useless for a permanent pink colour because it would oxidise to brown.
But as has been said, the oak timbers weren't treated and would usually bleach to a silvery colour.
Mary
Sorry, thats an urban myth. So much blood would be needed to colour it that no-one but the butcher would have access anything like the quantity needed. And blood is a good foodstuff, not to be wasted on colouring paint. Red ochre pigment (coloured earth) was generally used
Anna
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Ah yes, Anna, that's what I was trying to remember! Thanks. But vegetable dyes were known to have ben used.
Mary
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