Masonry paint crazing ?

No, no cracks previously. It sounds like this is borderline acceptable for professional work, considering the render is difficult to paint. I believe they rollered it btw.

In my professional opinion, rolling such a heavily textured surface is not a good move.

The use of a roller would certainly explain the visible pin holes and cracks. A roller is unable to force paint in to the crevices, hence my previous mention of "stabbing" the paint in

It is however, at a guess, 4 to 10 times faster than a brush given that much of the rolling could be done using extension poles rather than having to climb a ladder and use a brush.

It may be worthwhile looking for paint cracks at the parameters of the wall, in short, the areas where they would have had to have used a brush for cutting in. If there are no cracks in the paint in those areas, then it increasing looks like the cracks are a function of the use of rollers.

The fact that the previous finish had no crack is encouraging though. I don't think the new paint will fail if the old paint is still protecting the cement work.

I assume that you still have some of the paint left over. Why not use a fairly stiff brush to apply a coat to a sample area. If no cracks, then ask them to come back and apply a final coat by hand.

I have no idea how much they charged you, but I wouldn't have (knowingly) left it like that. The cracks may not have visible when they left though.

You refer to the quality of finish as possibly being borderline. I think it is substandard. But again, I have no idea how much they charged you, nor do I know how long they spent painting the walls.
 
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It was two guys charging 150 a day each. Not cheap?

I've had a reply from Dulux themselves saying it's caused by the walls not being sealed and the application being too thick.
 
It was two guys charging 150 a day each. Not cheap?

I've had a reply from Dulux themselves saying it's caused by the walls not being sealed and the application being too thick.

Having been previously painted, the walls were already sealed.

I agree that the paint was probably too thick.

£300 per day for two men doesn't really mean much given that I don't know how large the job was or how long it took them.

If you are convinced that you paid the going rate rather than getting a cheap job, then perhaps do as I suggested, namely brushing a sample area yourself. Assuming that it doesn't crack you will be able to point it out to your decorators and ask why the paint they applied ended up cracking.
 
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Not sure why the size of the job has any bearing in it but for reference it was £1200 total and it's a bungalow. They apparently took 4 days, or 8 man days.

Thanks
 

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