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Show I FIRST AID to the -3- AILING HOUSE j Ojfcj BY ROGER C. WHITMAN Mistake Made With Asphalt Paint QUESTION: I had my cement j block foundation damp-proofed' with asphalt roofing and paint j applied to the underground parts. Before refilling the trench with ' earth, the workmen accidentally painted a large part of the foundations foun-dations above the ground level with this asphalt paint. We were going to paint this part white. How can I paint over this asphalt' coating? I'm told that neither i paint or cement paint will adhere to it. What is your ruggestion before be-fore I pull my hair out? ANSWER: Before you pull all of it out, I suggest that you try to engage a representative of a sandblasting sand-blasting company to come and clean off the walls. There are companies who specialize in cleaning clean-ing the outside of buildings, and I believe this would be your best bet. The asphalt paint cannot be painted over with any degree ot success. It would have to be cleaned off before the wails could be repainted. If the sandblasting idea does not work out for any reason, you might try softening the asphalt paint with turpentine and then go through the tedious job of rubbing it off with steel wool. As cement block is some- what porous, some of the paint may have penetrated below the surface of the masonry and the job will not be easy. |