lime wash

[Penners]

It seems to me that it will be easiest to touch up the limewash over the years if it is in basic white - no colour matching required

I should be careful with that assumption. The problem with white is that it isn't. There are thousands of different whites, and you'll probably never notice the difference between them - until you touch up one with another! Then the difference becomes obvious.

If your house has been painted or limewashed white for a couple of years and you then try to touch it up with exactly the same material, you'll probably still see a colour variation, due to weathering of the exposed finish.

I'm not arguing against painting the house white - just trying to make sure you're aware of all aspects of your plan.

And as FW says, you'll probably need to re-apply the limewash every three of four years anyway.

 

[Hudson]

And can anyone explain how to photoshop my house so that it's pale yellow with sage green windows?

Hi Joce, I can have a quick go at photoshopping your house. You would need to post your preferred shot here for editing and if possible can you paint 2 little swatches of the yellow and green in the corner of the image with photoshop so I can get a good colour match.

It may be better to start a new thread for this also so I don't feel like I'm intruding on Vicky's post.

Regards

Roger

 

[JoceAndChris]

Bless you, thanks. Will start a new thread- how sensitive of you.

I will post some before and after pics but I'm afraid I don't really know how to do it. Can anyone give me a quick lesson - I work on a Mac, does that make a difference?

I was hoping someone might comment who knows about Macs but I guess my way of posting pics isn't affected by you being a Mac user. Presumably you have a digital camera and know how to plug it in to the computer and look at the pics? I didn't until last year but it's very easy once you're shown.

Then you need to open a free account at www.photobucket.com as that will automatically resize the pics so they can be posted here. Then you upload your pics onto Photobucket, by clicking the green "Upload images" icon. After they've uploaded, click save, and when you look at your pics you'll see a box on the left entitled "Share this image". There are four addresses there, the bottom one "IMG code", is the one you want. Just by clicking on it it automatically copies without you doing anything. In the "Post a Reply" box here right click on your mouse for "Paste". You don't need to bother with any of the functions in the "Post a Reply" box here, that's it! It will appear once you click "Submit" ,you can view it in the thread and if it's come out wrong you can click "edit" and change it.

If that doesn't make sense PM me and I'll try to talk you through it over the phone.

 

[Schoolmarm]

There is a black pigment for sale on this site. I don't know how dark a grey it would turn the white limewash, but you could use that to paint a splash strip.