Paint flaking on Artex

[DerbyBorn]

My bathroom has a Artex ceiling - sort of little stalagtites. I noticed the white emulsion is flaking a bit over the shower.

Any suggestions before re-paint?.

[Harry Bloomfield]

DerbyBorn expressed precisely :

Seek out a paint suitable for kitchens and bathrooms, they have more moisture resistance.

[GB]

Do you have an extractor fan?

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

that sticky paint for sealing...can't remember the name of it ......I used it in the living room when the artex came off as I emulsioned it years ago...some mess.....but it stopped it and the emulsion went on fine .....

something like this

[Chris Bartram]

Artex Stabilex is similar, I think. I've used that on distemper.

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

yes that will work well ......

[tabbypurr]

give it a good brush. Or consider getting a plasterer to skim over it after knocking off the bulk of the danglies.

NT

[Steve Walker]

If it is old enough, it may contain small amounts of asbestos, so best left undisturbed. You can apparently get test kits.

Getting something to stick over it without abrading the existing loose surface could be difficult. An alternative could be a suspended ceiling below it.

SteveW

[Vir Campestris]

Some Artex contains asbestos, and is best undisturbed.

Andy

[Peter Parry]

Improve the ventilation by fitting one of the low power low noise fans designed to be left on for most of the day. If you don't fully get rid of the water vapour in the bathroom the ceiling paint will flake. As the area over the shower is the wettest in the room near it is where the paint will flake first. The older noisy fans fitted to the light or with moisture sensors do not run for anything like long enough to clear all the moisture.

[DerbyBorn]

GB wrote in news:po8lh2$s7i$ [e-mail]:

Yes - in the ceiling and venting outside

[Andrew]

Overskim the artex with proper plaster, and repaint with proper bathroom paint.

Stop using the shower and have a bath instead, every Sunday night, like clockwork.