Hi,

We live in an older home (early 1900) in the state of Wisconsin. We have a basement that is rock and mortar on the outside. We have had to fill in some mortar on the outside because of holes over time. I want to paint this to hide the mortar we have added. Should I use primer first before I paint it? Also do you have to use a special paint for this or an I use the same paint I use on the house?

Thank you,

Jane

You would want to use a block filler to prime that so it is sealed. Then you can use whatever paint you want.

Hi all:

Just wanted to pop up a visual for Jane... ;)

Click on this link below... brings you to a picture/description of Olympic masonry block filler/primer Amricca's talking about:

AOL Image Search results for "block filler primer" (http://search.aol.com/aol/imageDetails?invocationType=imageDetails&query=block+filler+primer&img=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.lowes.com%2Fproduct%2Fconv erted%2F715195%2F715195971423md.jpg&site=&host=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lowes.com%2Flowes%2Flkn%3Fac tion%3DproductDetail%26productId%3D250096-86-77700%26lpage%3Dnone&width=104&height=104&thumbUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fimages-partners-tbn.google.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AvVE9--dcZDECxM%3Aimages.lowes.com%2Fproduct%2Fconverted% 2F715195%2F715195971423md.jpg&b=image%3Fquery%3Dblock%2520filler%2520primer)

Any brand that is available at home depot or Lowe's will work fine. Read all instructions.

Good luck...

MARK