Cost of exterior concrete wall rendering and paint?

[jimeve]

11 hours ago, Viking said:

That's great, but sometimes it may be unpractical to wait the 28 days to be sure the concrete has cured completely. In those cases you can use the neutralizer before you paint and still get a good result.

If Filipino painters know about this or not isn't actually something I would take as an evidence of anything 

Now I understand what the confusion is. Acid etching must be an American term for "Neutralizer" Me being from a small Island called Britain have not heard the term acid etching. We Brits call this Neutralizing. Basically You are stopping the "Efflorescence" (Salt) from coming out of the concrete. 

 

[hk blues]

1 hour ago, jimeve said:

Now I understand what the confusion is. Acid etching must be an American term for "Neutralizer" Me being from a small Island called Britain have not heard the term acid etching. We Brits call this Neutralizing. Basically You are stopping the "Efflorescence" (Salt) from coming out of the concrete. 

 

I was confused as well t.b.h. - when contractors here have done work they always describe it as neutralising, not acid etching.  

[Viking]

5 hours ago, jimeve said:

Now I understand what the confusion is. Acid etching must be an American term for "Neutralizer" Me being from a small Island called Britain have not heard the term acid etching. We Brits call this Neutralizing. Basically You are stopping the "Efflorescence" (Salt) from coming out of the concrete. 

 

If you, as a native English speaker gets confused, think about me as  Swede. I often scratch my head trying to understand what people REALLY mean , hahaha.

Have a great day.

[Possum]

5 hours ago, jimeve said:

Now I understand what the confusion is. Acid etching must be an American term for "Neutralizer" Me being from a small Island called Britain have not heard the term acid etching. We Brits call this Neutralizing. Basically You are stopping the "Efflorescence" (Salt) from coming out of the concrete.

I'm from the USA and never heard of acid etching concrete until I read it on this forum. Nice to now know I haven't been missing an important step in painting concrete the last 50 years.

[OnMyWay]

On 4/4/2024 at 6:07 AM, Mike J said:

and broken glass on top

In the U.S., you would have ambulance chasers hanging out at your wall! 

Edited April 6 by OnMyWay

[Gator]

13 hours ago, jimeve said:

Now I understand what the confusion is. Acid etching must be an American term for "Neutralizer" Me being from a small Island called Britain have not heard the term acid etching. We Brits call this Neutralizing. Basically You are stopping the "Efflorescence" (Salt) from coming out of the concrete. 

 

As the writer George Bernard Shaw once said: “England and America are two countries divided by a common language!” But I guess he never visited Australia or he would have thrown their usage of the English language into the mix(up) as well. 🤣

 

[Graywulf]

On 4/6/2024 at 6:43 PM, Viking said:

If you, as a native English speaker gets confused, think about me as  Swede. I often scratch my head trying to understand what people REALLY mean , hahaha.

Have a great day.

just remember, Americans don't speak correct English either 

[Tommy T.]

9 hours ago, Graywulf said:

just remember, Americans don't speak correct English either

Of course not.... we (I am American/Canadian) speak 'Merican....

[Clermont]

10 hours ago, Graywulf said:

just remember, Americans don't speak correct English either 

Where's dose that leave us poor colonial's then.

[MotorSarge]

On 4/9/2024 at 8:13 PM, Clermont said:

Where's dose that leave us poor colonial's then

 Is this not where the problem started....