Does anyone know anything about “Classidur” paint and would you recommend it?
I understand it is imported from Switzerland and is extremely expensive costing anything up to £210 per 12.5 litre can. A specialist lath/lime and horsehair plasterer who has recently done some repairs for me and is often contracted out to do local churches etc, highly recommends this paint and prefers using it to limewash.
The paint is designed for covering large areas such as walls and ceilings with some of the varieties being solvent based, odour free, totally matt finish, non saponifiable, stain blocking, anti fungal and providing a water vapour permeable “breathable”finish.
If you think this paint is ok to use, which of the classidur range would be best for my application? ‘Aquaclass’, ‘Classic’, ‘Goldenclassic’, ‘Superclassic’ or‘Tradition’. Tradition being the most expensive with all the above credentials.
I live in an old Baptist chapel built 1817 and I need to redecorate the internal walls (internal face of the exterior walls). The main structure of the building is made of nine inch solid brick walls with lime mortar pointing and the internal face comprises of horizontal lath battens covered in a lime and horsehair plaster, which is itself fixed onto the internal face of the brickwork with vertical timber stanchions nailed into wooden pegs which are in turn embedded into the lime mortar joints. The lath plaster wall therefore stands an inch or two proud of the internal face of the brickwork allowing an air flow in the cavity behind. There are some areas however that have in the past been repaired with a skim of modern gypsum plaster but because there is a cavity between the brickwork and the plaster, this has not caused too much of a problem. The classidur paint is breathable and sticks to anything old or modern. Should I use it?
I understand it is imported from Switzerland and is extremely expensive costing anything up to £210 per 12.5 litre can. A specialist lath/lime and horsehair plasterer who has recently done some repairs for me and is often contracted out to do local churches etc, highly recommends this paint and prefers using it to limewash.
The paint is designed for covering large areas such as walls and ceilings with some of the varieties being solvent based, odour free, totally matt finish, non saponifiable, stain blocking, anti fungal and providing a water vapour permeable “breathable”finish.
If you think this paint is ok to use, which of the classidur range would be best for my application? ‘Aquaclass’, ‘Classic’, ‘Goldenclassic’, ‘Superclassic’ or‘Tradition’. Tradition being the most expensive with all the above credentials.
I live in an old Baptist chapel built 1817 and I need to redecorate the internal walls (internal face of the exterior walls). The main structure of the building is made of nine inch solid brick walls with lime mortar pointing and the internal face comprises of horizontal lath battens covered in a lime and horsehair plaster, which is itself fixed onto the internal face of the brickwork with vertical timber stanchions nailed into wooden pegs which are in turn embedded into the lime mortar joints. The lath plaster wall therefore stands an inch or two proud of the internal face of the brickwork allowing an air flow in the cavity behind. There are some areas however that have in the past been repaired with a skim of modern gypsum plaster but because there is a cavity between the brickwork and the plaster, this has not caused too much of a problem. The classidur paint is breathable and sticks to anything old or modern. Should I use it?