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Too wet for paint?

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These are the walls of my new garage, they are partially underground. Am I going to have any luck getting masonry paint to stick to this? I really would like to brighten up the inside to make it easier to light and keep clean.
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Yes.
You could try a breathable paint as they use on old properties like cottages with no DPC but not sure how well it would go.
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Yes it's too wet or yes it should be ok?


This is what I was given so would have liked to use since it was free. The sandtex does say breathable on it.
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Yes too wet.
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