Can you paint K Rend Render?

Can you paint K Rend?

What is K Rend?

When K Rend is applied to a property it looks great. With the different colour options available, streets that have houses coated in K Rend render look colourful, bright and cheerful. Through coloured render such as weber render, parex, monocouche and K Rend comes as a finished product that does not initially have a coat of paint. Instead, the render is coloured throughout to leave the building with the desired colour. This differs to traditional styles of render, where the render is painted after being applied to a building. If you are reading this article you have probably wondered “can you paint K Rend render?” or “Can you paint K Rend? – This article will explain the benefits and risks involved.

What does render look like after a few years?

After a few years K Rend, as well as other brands of through coloured render, will look grubby. Your once bright, colourful rendered building will shows signs of algae, dirt and pollution. Usually K Rend, or other types of render, will be affected worse on one wall- usually the side that takes the brunt of the weather. After a few years you will see green staining on render, black marks on render and red streaks on render. If your rendered property is close to a busy road, or in a busy city it is likely that it will suffer from pollution contamination and traffic film build up.

What does algae growth on render look like?

You will notice algae growth on K Rend when the render will start to have a green tinge to the render. This is followed quickly by black staining(which covers the green algae). This will mean your bright coloured render will start to look a dull grey colour. As this process develops slowly it can be difficult to see the change to place. You will likely start to notice it more when it rains. When through coloured Render is wet it exaggerates the colours, meaning the once cream coloured render you had now looks like a dark grey.

On some occasions, you will see red streaks running down the wall of the render. Have you noticed red streaks on render? Is it rust? is it algae? is something leaching out of the render? It can be either rust or algae, but usually the problem is algae. The good news is it is fixable!

So is this the time to paint the render?

No! Painting over algae can cause major problems. In some cases, when the algae is not killed the algae can continue to grow under the paint and cause the paint to flake, bubble and peel. This leaves you with a mess. The paint will need to be removed from the render and the algae will need to be killed. So, Can you paint k rend?

So can you paint over K Rend?

There are companies that offer this service, those that will carry out painting over k rend. Also, are products such as K Rend Colour Enhance paint, K Rend polar white paint (for painting over polar white k rend) which will improve the roof of the render initially. K Rend also offer K Rend Paint match and offer different k rend paint colours according to the colour of K Rend that has been applied to your property. K Rend touch up paint is also available to carry out small sections of render cover up.

Painting over k rend render solves the immediate issue of the unsightly marks found on the render. But painting over k rend just covers over the problem, rather than getting to the root of the problem i.e. the algae growth. Another problem homeowners and property owners find, is that when K Rend gets wet, through the rain, the colours of the finish changes. K Rend will darken, when wet. This means that when paint is applied to dry render it may blend in seamlessly(from a little distance). However, when it rains the original render will darken, but the paint will stay the original light colour. This can leave the building looking patchy and rather odd! So can you paint k rend?

So what can you do?

Hire a professional render cleaning company

There are different methods that can be used to clean render. Each property is different, so it is difficult to give a clear step by step process of how to clean K Rend. Safety needs to be taken into consideration as all processes use chemicals and high temperatures. We at Leeksons Exterior Cleaning will always carry out a risk assessment of the area to ensure the cleaning of your render is carried out in the safest way possible, while still achieving excellent results.

So to answer the question…  Can you paint K Rend?

Yes, you can. BUT… by doing so are will be covering over a problem, rather than dealing with the issue. However by using a professional render cleaning company such as Leeksons, we can transform your property to it original condition by killing the algae growth, lichen and moss. This will leave the render the way it was designed to look and prevent any future problems.

Here are a few examples of the results we can achieve from carrying out a professional clean of your K Rend…

We offer a free quotation on every job, and can usually quote from photos. So get in touch today start the ball rolling to get your free quotation from a professional render cleaning company that has over 20 years experience in transforming buildings in South Wales, and the South West on England. We cover the whole of the UK, so please feel free to send an email, or call us to have a chat about your rendered building.