Painting concrete fence posts

In article , dave writes

Leyland say they can colour mix their masonry paint to any one of their

Dulux say any colour too but they're 25quid for 2.5l.

Masonry paint mixes well enough with interior emulsion if you have odds and ends of either lying about. The emulsion greens are usually bright, so 50-50 with something yellowish should give you a sludge green.

I had a similar problem with a blockwork store. Googling for green masonry paint brought up a number of options, from Dulux mix your own to an agricultural building paint.

Colin BIgnell

Hmm.. let nature take its course?

I just painted them over with the same stuff we treated (painted) the fence with. That cuprinol shed & fence stuff. It's water based then dries off to a sort of vinyl coating. The posts so far have stayed the same colour as the fence 12 months down the line. No peeling, flaking or anything. Although we used a dark brown I'm sure they do various shades of garden green.

Just a thought. Pete

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I mixed my own colour for painting my posts as I wanted them to look like the wood ... simply mixed up Sandtex smooth colours to get what I wanted. I bought a few 'match pots' to get mix right .. then bought bulk.

Remember basic colour mixing .... Yellow + Blue = Green Can also darken with black.

Mix up some of the limewash mentioned in an earlier thread, and add some flour and compost. Paint it on: It will soon go green.

Mind you Cuprinol used to be sickly green too: so you could have natural green or poison green.