White painted rendered wall

[newgirl68]

Hello,
I am rendering a garden wall and want to paint it white. Can anyone recommend a good quality paint? I have been told about k-rend which is apparently very low maintenance and wouldn't need re-painting for years! Not sure how accurate this is! I have seen the finish on a sample and it has a rough finish and I would rather have a smooth finish (think Greek or Spanish villa). Does anyone have any experience of k-rend or any other paints for rendered walls?
Thanks

Pliolite oil-based paints are generally considered to wear the best.However many decorators don't like using them.I think we started off with Johnstons [which was very thick and difficult,maybe it had been sitting arround for a few months] and carried on with a trade pliolite that the local builders merchants had in stock which was really easy to use.House are fairly exposed round here and the builders yards reckon that this will last arround 10 years before having to be repainted.

all masonry paints last for years.

Same as when painting bare plaster, which is too absorbent for paint to adhere properly, the first coat or two should be thinned with 20% water so that it soaks in. You will know when you have killed the suction because the wall no longer sucks the moisture out of the brush. Once you have applied mist coats the following coats go on easier. I prefer to apply at least two mist coats and two unthinned topcoats.

The mist coats do not cover, and leave little colour on the wall, because they soak in. The thinned coats go on very fast and dry almost immediately.

I usually get Dulux, they say it lasts "up to" 15 years.

You can get it mixed to colours of your choice, but the off-the-shelf ones are cheaper. White is usually cheapest of all. The paint-makers change the range of off-the-shelf colours every few years. Own-brands are usually only in a few popular colours.

"Brick red" does not look like brick.

That's great, thanks very much for all that info!