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Best masonry paint for pebbledash

Updated: 23 October 2026

You want the best masonry paint for pebbledash. The tins are HQC Weather Shield baby pink in 1 litre, HQC Weather Shield ivory in 2.5 litres, and Sandtex Olive in 5 litres. None of those listings confirms pebble dash in a sentence you can quote. The [pebble dash comparison](/hub/fillers-adhesives-and-sprays/pebble-dash) holds the listing fields. This page says when the 5 litre price is the sensible buy, when a small tin is only a colour trial, and when you should buy none of them. Figures are from amazon.co.uk on 21 October 2026. A purchase through our links can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you.

You want the best masonry paint for pebbledash. The tins are HQC Weather Shield baby pink in 1 litre, HQC Weather Shield ivory in 2.5 litres, and Sandtex Olive in 5 litres.

Our top picks

Sandtex Sandtex Olive masonry paint, 5 litres

Best overall

Sandtex Sandtex Olive masonry paint, 5 litres
8.3/10about £33.08
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HQC HQC Weather Shield, ivory, 2.5 litres

Rank 2

HQC HQC Weather Shield, ivory, 2.5 litres
5.5/10about £44.90
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HQC HQC Weather Shield, baby pink, 1 litre

Rank 3

HQC HQC Weather Shield, baby pink, 1 litre
7.9/10about £24.90
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On this page
  1. 1.What best can mean here
  2. 2.Price and the coverage line
  3. 3.What each page says about the wall
  4. 4.Who should skip all three

What best can mean here

Best on a shopping page usually means a tested winner. These three listings do not share a test or a pebble-dash line. Dulux Trade Weathershield sheets, which are not tins here, can quote about 4–6 m² per litre on pebble dash and up to 16 m² per litre on smooth render. A textured sheet can go lower still. Those figures are not a rate for these tins. Microseal lists pebbledash and an 8°C floor. The Olive listing does not. Another HQC colour has been seen naming pebbledash. Baby pink and ivory do not. Rollers and the harling trowel stay on the buying guide.

Price and the coverage line

Sandtex Olive is £33.08 for 5 litres, about £6.62 per litre. HQC ivory is £44.90 for 2.5 litres, about £17.96 per litre. HQC baby pink is £24.90 for 1 litre. Olive is the low price per litre. The 1 litre tin is the low sticker and the high price per litre. Baby pink says up to 6 m² per litre. Ivory says 10 square metres per litre. Olive says 12 and prints no unit.
Sandtex Sandtex Olive masonry paint, 5 litres

Testsieger

Sandtex Sandtex Olive masonry paint, 5 litres
8.3/10about £33.08
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What each page says about the wall

Baby pink is acrylic, for exterior walls, and waterproof on the listing. It is 4.4 from 1,766 reviews. In the first 50, patios, fences, sheds and brick outnumber dashed houses, and the dried colour often missed the photo. Ivory does not name pebble dash. It is 4.6 from three reviews, with no review text. Do not import the baby-pink colour shift onto ivory. Olive names brick and concrete and asks whether it can be used on pebble dash, with no answer stored. One field says waterproof and another says not water resistant. If you will read the tin for a pebble-dash sentence, Olive is the conditional pick on price. The 1 litre tin is a colour trial. None of the three is a confirmed pebbledash system.

Who should skip all three

Skip all three when the dash is loose, hollow or already on the path. A masonry film is not a glue. The repair is on pebble dash falling off. If the wall is sound, the coating sequence is on how to paint pebbledash.

Common questions

Which tin is cheapest per litre?
Sandtex Olive at £33.08 for 5 litres is about £6.62 per litre. HQC ivory at £44.90 for 2.5 litres is about £17.96 per litre. HQC baby pink at £24.90 for 1 litre is about £24.90 per litre. Olive wins on price per litre among these three tins. That still does not confirm it for pebble dash, because the listing asks the question and stores no answer.
Which listing names pebble dash?
None of the three states it. Baby pink and ivory say exterior walls. Olive asks if it can be used on pebble dash and the listing does not record an answer. Manufacturer sheets for other products do name pebbledash. Those sheets are context for how textured a wall can be. They are not the specification of these listings.
Why do the two HQC tins print different coverage?
The listings disagree. Baby pink says up to 6 m² per litre. Ivory says 10 square metres per litre. Dry time is 3 hours against 2 hours, and only the 1 litre page states a 24-hour full cure. There is no basis for an average. Use the line on the tin you open, and expect a rough dash to take more paint than a smooth wall.
Is Olive waterproof?
The page does not give one answer. One field says waterproof. Another says not water resistant. The listing also asks whether it is weatherproof and does not store an answer. This guide does not pick a side. If you need a single water line, this listing does not provide it, whatever the price per litre.
Do the Olive reviews describe a dashed house?
No. Twenty-one reviews talk about garden walls, a garage, a summer house and a block wall. They like the thickness. They do not describe a pebble-dash elevation. One buyer said the olive did not dry as olive. One order had no brush even though a brush is listed as included.
Can I use a Dulux 4–6 m² figure on these tins?
No. That band is from a Dulux Trade Weathershield smooth sheet, quoting practical coverage on pebble dash, with a much higher figure on smooth render. It is not printed on baby pink, ivory or Olive. A textured Dulux sheet goes lower still, about 3–4 m² per litre. Use those sheets only as a warning that dash drinks paint. Do not order litres from them for these tins.
Does a high review count mean the 1 litre tin was used on dash?
The 4.4 from 1,766 reviews is a large amazon.co.uk sample, and it is not a pebble-dash sample. In the first 50 reviews the surfaces are patios, fences, sheds and brick more often than a dashed house. Praise centres on coverage and low odour. The complaint that repeats is colour shift against the photo. A large count does not answer the missing pebble-dash line.

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Sources

Public UK sources used for this comparison. amazon.co.uk prices, stars and review counts were taken from the listings on 21 October 2026. The Sandtex Microseal and Dulux Trade Weathershield sheets are other products, not rows in this table.

  1. Building Conservation — pebble dash (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  2. SPAB — roughcast (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  3. Planning Portal — external walls (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  4. BS EN 13914-1:2016 sample (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  5. HSE — silica and cement (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  6. Sandtex Microseal smooth masonry paint sheet (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  7. Dulux Trade Weathershield smooth masonry paint (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  8. Weber UK — roughcast, harling and wet dash (retrieved 21 October 2026)