I bought a house that has a large, fairly high, basement. The walls look like solid vertical slabs each about 2 feet wide with a vertical cement seam line between them. I can't really tell if they were solid slabs that were dropped into place, or if the walls were made by making a form and pouring in concrete. In some of the vertical seam lines, at the same level on each seam, I can see where a small chip of concrete has broken off the wall and I can see a piece of metal about 3/4-inch high that looks like it is the end of a metal strip that goes horizontally through the wall. At just one of those chip/metal locations below grade level, a very small amount of water comes through after heavy rainstorms. The rest of the wall seems to be completely dry. I patched the one leak from the inside with a little DryLok cement and so far the leak is gone.
My question is, if I wanted to paint the basement walls, is there some particular type of paint I should use? I have heard of DryLok paint, but I don't know if I should use something like that. The walls are dry, but I just wondered if something like DryLok paint would still be a good idea in terms of sealing the walls to help prevent any future moisture from coming in.
Thanks.