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    MichelleD Posts: 11, Reputation: 1
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    Aug 29, 2006, 07:57 AM
    Painting on a cement wall
    I'm an artist with a job to do a painting on an exterior cement wall and I want to make sure I use the right paint. It was previously painted and is in decent shape. I could use cement paint, but it doesn't come in all the colors I need. Can I use cement paint for the first coat, and then exterior latex for the painting itself? Is there a clear protective coat available?
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    Aug 29, 2006, 08:44 AM
    Yes, yes and yes.

    Give yourself a good couple coats of a top quality masonry paint as a base.
    Lightly sand the base coat then use a top quality exterior latex (or better yet, oil) for your art.

    There are a variety of clearcoats that I've seen at Sherwin Williams, PPG, etc but have never used any of them. I don't see why polyurethane wouldn't work too... but be sure to ask a professional first (or hang here a few to see if someone else pipes in with experience on clearcoating over paint).
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