Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

Is Marshall the best emulsion?

We bought another brand before and it was rubbish !

Well it's all made by this lot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AkzoNobel So can't be that bad eh. You could go to the South and get Dulux etc.

The Plus 'yapi' store on the outskirts of Famagusta (near the hospital) has an excellent range of emulsions in a range of different qualities. The staff are very helpful and some of them speak very good English. (Its a chain so I imagine there are other branches on the island).
They also sell stain blocker and PVA as well. We've found that in our apartment its better to put an undercoat of PVA solution on the wall before emulsioning.

Can you tell me the name of the P V A you used please

Can anyone recommend an exterior paint that doesn't flake off after one year?

Can someone also recommend ANYTHING other than flippin awful "plastic" emulsion paint which we were told was the best in the country and which you can peel off in long strips after a year!!

If you don't prepare the walls properly this will happen if you have used silicon paint then obviously that's it you cant put silicon on silicon you need to stabalise it first that's were you all go wrong get in a tosher that's what you get spend a bit more and you get a job done buy the right people

All very well to say spend a bit more etc. We used recommended painters and paid them £2000.00 inc. materials which supposedly included stabiliser) 2 years ago and it has still pealed off. How can you tell if the correct materials are being used? it really is a lottery out here

I have found - and I'm sure that 'Gates' will correct me, if I'm wrong - that if you have a damp problem, then you need to get that fixed first, because otherwise, even with the best materials in the world, you will never manage to stabilise the surface successfully; damp driving 'salts' etc. out of the walls will cause anything you apply to peel and bubble...

It's not the paint that is at fault it's poor preparation and or the quality of the build of the property.
Peeling paint is usually caused by damp or water ingress from poorly fitting windows,doors etc.Most property here is built by the Mediterranean standard and not UK standard.However if anyone has not had a problem with their houses in the UK it would be interesting to hear.

As said it is damp that would cause the paint to peel so quickly and poor prep.
The damp proof courses are nil but you can vastly improve most of it yourselves .

Fitting airbricks could help the circulation of air improving ventilation.
It is easy to fit your own damp proof course at low levels.
The courses now fitted in UK after build are a drill bit and tube of damp silicone.
Unlike the old days of needing a machine these new courses simply use a larger tube of silicone and you inject through drill holes.

Scrape paint off and paint over with a SIKA (UK) name or I think in turkish it is IZOCARDI damp proof repellant few times .
Then when it's is all dry a coat of sealer paint before emulsion .

It will slow,it all down for you at least and cure majority .

If it is beyond easy repair then hacking off 3 meter from the area and re re rendering sand and cement finish with the SIKA in the mix will cure it .
Kav