Hi all,

Planning for painting my new house (actually it's already 5 years old after handover). have some questions to ask for opinions:

1) The original concrete/cement and the paint should have already fully dried, except for the new wet kitchen extension which i will leave it for 1 month before painting (is 1 month enough)?

2) Also currently the wireman is hacking for the wiring work. i believe once they are done, and the wall is properly patched up, the next step will be the painting. may i know how long that i need to wait for those patched up area to dry before painting?

3) For the sealer, I believe I can just paint it over the existing Maxilite/Weathershield paint right?

Thanks

Also for the paint itself, planning to use Dulux as i see it's cheaper than Nippon.

1) For the sealer, i see that there's only 1 common type from Dulux (15527) as compared with Nippon which got a few types (5100, 5200, 5400). May I know is this 15527 is good enough for both interior and exterior?

2) For the exterior sealer, I see Dulux got another 1 which is the Weathershield sealer (18177) and primer (15222). Wanna ask for exterior before applying Weathershield, is the 15527 good enough or I need to go for the 18177/15222?

3) For the paint itself, for exterior i think Weathershield is good enough. is there any needs to go for Weathershield Powerflexx instead?

4) For interior paint, this is a bit confusing now. I would like matt finish, so Pearl Glo is out. But there are Inspire, Pentalite, EasyClean, EasyClean Plus, etc. May I know which one do you normally use and what's the reason? Currently I think I will go for either Pentalite or EasyClean as the price is in the middle comparing to the rest, but would like to hear some opinions on this.

5) I plan to paint most of my interior wall white. I see there is "White" and "Brilliant White". May I know what are the differences and which one is better for home use?

Thanks again

OK just to update a bit here for the info of this forum:

1&2) Decided on the 15527 sealer (RM155) as wanna spend the budget on the better Weathershield

3) Decided to go for Weathershield Powerflexx (RM390) instead of the normal Weathershield (RM310) due to extra benefit of sealing the hairline cracks & longer warranty period (10 years vs 7 years), although I don't think the warranty is important here as I'm using all white for exterior.

4) Decided to go for EasyClean 2270 (RM280) due to the better cleanability compared with Pentalite (RM250)

5) Paint shop said Brilliant White is ok