Paint for concrete block

[dmoo]

hello all -

I am moving into a rental home. the land lady ok'd the painting of garage walls. The garage is set in a hill so the exterior walls are all concrete block, essentially under grade. at the bottom they appear to be seeping a little moisture through as well as a little mold...

Would you all recommend that drylock paint that is promoted in home centers for wet walls? does it actually stop the seeping? i will be there for at least a year so i dont want everything that i have against the wall getting moist.

thanks for your help

-Dan

 

[CraigFL]

I bought some roof sealer from this place and was very happy. I will be buying my stucco paint from them as well. They do make a waterproof paint for block walls.

www.amesresearch.com

 

[dmoo]

wow, i just saw the thread below mine. should have opened my eyes...

thanks all

-Dan

 

[durbancic]

wow, I thought this was my thread at first LOL, sounds like you have the same situation that I do...good luck.

-dan

 

[wrigh003]

I have used a couple cans of drylok on the inside of my daylight basement / garage, in areas where the side walls are partly buried. My take on it is that there's some value to it. I think, properly applied, that it'll hold back a little water, but probably not the huge wall of water that they claim in their ads. On the side of the garage where I put it in, there's definitely no water coming in. I picked up a flattened out cardboard box that has been leaning against the wall and on the floor down there yesterday, expecting at least a little moisture. Not a bit, dry as a chip. Cool. Before I painted, there were a couple of areas where you could see moisture seeping in, but now it's bone dry over there.

The other side of the garage is a different story. I'm not sure if they didn't put enough on, didn't prep, used a cheap brand or what (sometime in the past 30 years...), but there are a couple areas where you can tell that the paint has bubbled up and failed. Water hasn't been in that way since I have lived there, but I'll be putting more sealer on, sloping the foundation more away from the house (above that wall), and getting my gutters fixed properly before I finish the basement. I'm told that a few wheelbarrows of dirt and clean gutters, strategically applied, will do just as much to solve a moisture problem as all the paint in the world.

 

[Steve in Mi]

I'm told that a few wheelbarrows of dirt and clean gutters, strategically applied, will do just as much to solve a moisture problem as all the paint in the world.

Whoever told you that left out the part about underground springs. LOL