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Show I FIRST AID to the grs AILING HOUSE rTTQ BY ROGER c- WHITMAN Mistake Made With Asphalt Paint :! QUESTION: I had my cement block foundation damp-proofed ; with asphalt roofing and paint ! applied to the underground parts, j Before refilling the trench with ! earth, the workmen accidentally 1 painted a large part of the 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 j 1 coating? I'm told that neither paint or cement paint will adhere i j to it. What is your fuggestion 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 sand blasting company to come and clean off the walls. There are companies who specialize in clean-1 clean-1 ing the outside of buildings, and I believe this would be your best bet. The asphalt paint cannot be ; painted over with any degree of success. It would have to be ; cleaned off before the walls 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 j job of rubbing it off with steel i 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. |