Do you paint pipes?

lagi

Currently painting my kitchen and i am carefully avoiding all my nice new copper pipe work and my friend thinks i should paint them the same colour as the walls.

Anybody do this and is this ok for the actual pipes?

Some you won't see when kitchen is fitted, but the ones they are on about are some from the boiler which will show a little from above the new fitted cupboard going to upstairs and the radiator tails.

diable

Paint the pipes the same colour as the walls, they will discolour in the long term.

Debt_Free_Chick

Same colour as the wall/skirting - whatever is behind them .... unless you intend for them to "stand out" as a "design feature" .....

misgrace

Obviously you would want the pipes to be the same colour as your wall colour, specially if they are against them, but before you emulsion any bare copper pipes, you must give them a coat of oil based undercoat first.

If you dont, and you just emulsion, the pipes will turn green and discolour.

lagi

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

Same colour as the wall/skirting - whatever is behind them .... unless you intend for them to "stand out" as a "design feature" .....

Ok i get the message, probably because they are all nice and shiny at the moment i was reluctant to spoil them.

Thanks Misgrace, i would have just emulsioned them, better look for a small tin of undercoat then.

Rosebery_2

Paint them in an oil based gloss or eggshell finish the same colour as the wall paint. Emulsion won't work for the reasons stated previously. Undercoat doesn't flex with expansion and contraction the way that gloss or eggshell does so it will also crack in time.

Cheers

Becles

My ex-inlaws had central heating fitted in their house. All the copper pipes are on display and unpainted, and they get polished most days. I must admit they do look a bit odd.

olias

Becles wrote: »

My ex-inlaws had central heating fitted in their house. All the copper pipes are on display and unpainted, and they get polished most days. I must admit they do look a bit odd.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Olias

john-306

Box the pipes in, it will look much better

Rosebery_2

john-306 wrote: »

Box the pipes in, it will look much better

Box in radiator flow and return pipes??? You havin' a laff??

littlerose12345

Rosebery wrote: »

Box in radiator flow and return pipes??? You havin' a laff??

Just come across this thread, is there something wrong with boxing in pipe as we were intending to do just that :S