Bathroom paint advice please

Aug 17, 2019 Last reply: 6 years ago 10 Replies

Bathroom paint advice please



The walls are Multifinish Plaster (over blue water resistant boards (stuck over kingspan with firefoam))



Something that will stand up to splashes and steam better than emulsion..



thanks, George


Bathroom and kitchen paint designed for steamy atmosphere?

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the paints that cope with that better are gloss & eggshell.

NT

About a year ago, "Smithski" posted what I found to be a valuable advisory link about paint:

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I've got a further question on paint in bathrooms (I was about to post it when I saw this thread appear):

I'm renovating an old (60s) bathroom: I need to do the the minimum amount of work (too many other commitments).

Currently the bathrooms is papered with vinyl wallpaper. Can I strip this off, put up lining paper, and then paint that lining paper to achieve "a classy, modern look"?

Cheers John

yes. Obviously getting it reskimmed nets a truer surface, but that will work

I hope it well venitaled and/or insulated - cold simngle brick outer walls are a magnet for condensation.

My walls are all painted where they arent tiled with farrow and ball matt emulsion.

Its fine.

Yes. But I certainly wouldn't. Condensation on walls frequently plus water-based adhesive are not a wise combination.

You tell us, does your 1960s bathroom look classy & modern? (I suspect not.)

NT

I didn't know you could tile with Farrow and Ball matt emulsioin. Do Dulux do a similar thing?

This isn't just any old matt emulsion. This is Farrow and Ball matt emulsion.

Yeah, but if you don't keep the roller perfectly straight, you get wonky grout lines ...

Absolutely, it's full of commas.

Absolutely - guaranteed free of commas

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