Exterior Masonary Paint...What to add to change Colour?

If you go to any paint outlet, or maybe even B&Q, you can get paint dyes, ochre, blue and red, amongst others....I have used them hundreds of times in masonry paint, emulsion, undercoat and gloss, but beware, they are very strong - half a teaspoon full of red for example will turn 10l of white into a pale red, not pink as you might expect...add one drop at a time.

Go to a proper shop, they will make/get you any colour you want, at a price of course.

Red is iron oxide, as long as you like it muted red. For colours like broken white and browns one can use a small amount of clay. With strong bright colours you're looking at synthetic pigments and will need to buy those.

NT

Go somewhere that has a proper paint mixing machine and pick whatever color you want.

My BM has a machine for mixing Sandtex..and the range of shades is enormous, and it costs nothing extra.

Oh fer chrissakes..you can get any shade from breathless banana to faded soot using modern stable synthetic pigments mixed to your choice at the point of sale by the correct machine.

AND the things are repeatable. I had two batches and could not tell them apart.

The secret is to NOT buy at a DIY shed. Just buiy from a builders merchant of quality.

The OP didnt want to waste money on a new batch of overpriced paint. Why would one buy again if you've already got what you need?

NT

You used to be able to buy "universal tints" in a tube. Basically earth colours predispersed in a paste. Uniform dispersion is the difficult bit if you use the raw pigments.

Hand held kitchen blender. Would cost to use one on oil paints though.

NT

Sandtex definitely do a range of coloured masonry paint, stocked at my local B&Q last time I looked.

David

Because you obviously HAVEN'T got what you need?

More expensive to buy than a new tin of paint.

Indeed. And a mixing machine to dispense them.

?? I was talking about the pre-mixed stuff

David