painting a kitchen

madlyn

i'm planning on decorating my kitchen, but first i have a couple of questions.
1- do i need to use a special kitchen paint for the walls?
2- and as i cant afford to have new tiles, is the paint you can buy for tiles any good?

andyhop

For walls use dulux kitchen paint, moisture resistant and is wipeable

you can buy tile paint

Barneysmom

You don't really have to use a special paint, we've used ordinary emulsion and it's been ok.
However, the specifically made paint is good. We painted the outside of our garage with leftover kitchen & bathroom paint 8 years ago, and it's still as good as new.

As for your tiles, do you really hate them a lot? It might be an idea to give them a real good clean and polish?
Tiling paint is ok as long as you are careful.

madlyn

thanks for the replys,
i really do hate my tiles, but i could allways put on some transfers,
and dulux paint may be a bit more than i wanted to pay.
anyone ever use wilkos own kitchen paint?

Barneysmom

I haven't tried Wilkos but my mom said it's ok, she's used it.
I've used B&Q's own and it's good too. Though I do prefer Crown and it takes the knocks. You don't want to end up painting again in 6 months because the quality is poor? Better to spend an extra fiver now than have to do it all over again.

Are your tiles really naff? Maybe if you get a colour paint to compliment them, they will look better? What colour are they?

madlyn

my tiles a beige with a brown border on each tile.

Barneysmom

Mmm see what you mean. You could set yourself a challenge? Paint the surrounding walls in a nice bright sunny colour, see if it looks better.
Then maybe set yourself a challenge to save up for new ones next year.
Meanwhile paint them or learn to live with them for now?


Mine need doing. I had my tiling done by my brother-in-law. 'he's a good tiler' etc etc. But the beautiful picture tiles I chose for above the cooker are not central, they're too far to the right and the whole thing looks tat now. But I have to live with it a while longer....:o

nickj_2

make sure the walls are clean - give them a wash with sugar soap first

danmurray

Use normal softsheen or midsheen instead of the Kitchen & Bathroom paint.
K&B paint is softsheen/midhseen (depending on the brand). You'll pay more for a label that says K&B when a softsheen is all it is!

Check it out if you're in doubt but you'll not get K&B paint in a Decorator's Merchant... See, B&Q think we're gullable... maybe we are