A HOMEOWNER is warning against a popular DIY gardening trend that ruined her outdoor space in under a year.
Victoria shared before and after photos after painting her patio using a
On her @victoriajane6x account, she urged people to think twice before doing the home transformation this year.
She wrote: “Your annual reminder not to paint a concrete patio.
“Thinking of painting your concrete patio? Don't do it!
“Don't be tempted by the stencilled pretty patterns. It doesn't last.”;
Victoria shared how she “spent ages”; cleaning and scrubbing her concrete
She then found a weathershield masonry paint to use with her stencil, and “spent hours back breakingly stencilling a pattern.”;
Her hard work appeared to pay off, as the finished result looked beautiful and she “loved”; how it looked.
Victoria said how she’d even used a patio sealant to help it to last – but it hadn’t worked.
She added: “But then by the next it peeled up in big chunks.
“It left a mess of my garden.
“Paint flakes everywhere.”;
She added: “I did it when the was really dry but I think there was potentially still damp in the concrete!”;
Many people agreed with her that you should avoid being tempted to stencil your outdoor space, not matter how good it looks.
One shared: “painting concrete or cement floors really never works, no matter the paint. So indeed the only good advice is to not do it.”;
Another person added: “I paint mine every year I change it so it's always different.
“I love painting mine.”;
Victoria replied: “I will never do stencilling again. It took forever!”;
