Anyone with a garden is being warned against a popular DIY trend that can ruin their outdoor space. A homeowner took to social media platform TikTok to urge people not to paint their patio using a stencil.
Victoria shared before and after photos of her patio, warning people to think twice before doing the garden transformation ahead of this summer. Despite initially “loving” how it looked, the paint eventually peeled and left a mess of her outdoor space.
She said on her @victoriajane6x account: “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 explained how she “spent ages” cleaning and scrubbing her patio before finding a weathershield masonry paint to use with her stencil. She then “spent hours back breakingly stencilling a pattern” which she initially really liked.
Victoria said she used a patio sealant to make sure it lasted. However, it started to peel around a year later, with Victoria saying: “It left a mess of my garden. Paint flakes everywhere.”
She added: “I did it when the weather was really dry but I think there was potentially still damp in the concrete!”
Other people agreed that you should avoid stencilling your outdoor space. One social media user said: “Painting concrete or cement floors really never works, no matter the paint. So indeed the only good advice is to not do it.”
A second wrote: “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!”
