Painting new bathroom ceiling

steveandel

We've had our bathroom ceiling skimmed a few days ago and it now looks dry enough to paint. We were planning on using white 'kitchen and bathroom' emulsion paint. Do I still use a diluted coat of this first as a mist coat or should I use normal emulsion for this?

andyhop

you cant dliute the dulux bathroom paint

we would 50/50 mix with water and dulux white matt, 1 solid coat of white matt and top coats of bathroom paint

andrew-b

After our bathroom ceiling was skimed and dried out i did ours with 2 coats of Dulux Supermatt - following instruction on the tin watering down 1st coat more than 2nd (you could also use Gliddens Trade Matt). Should be a matt paint without vinyl content...the standard Dulux matt paint has vinyl content. Then 2 coats of Dulux white bathroom paint on top straight out the can.

andyhop

andrew-b wrote: »

After our bathroom ceiling was skimed and dried out i did ours with 2 coats of Dulux Supermatt - following instruction on the tin watering down 1st coat more than 2nd (you could also use Gliddens Trade Matt). Should be a matt paint without vinyl content...the standard Dulux matt paint has vinyl content. Then 2 coats of Dulux white bathroom paint on top straight out the can.

In the many years of bathroom fitting we have done we have yet to have a failure with Dulux matt when used to prime.

andrew-b

Well i have used dulux non-supermatt matt myself in our kitchen on fresh plaster and it was ok. If the plaster isn't dried out enough there is a risk of any paint with vinyl content flaking off again. I would think it's more likely to be a problem with thick replastering jobs that take longer to dry (possibly several months in winter months) than a couple of mm of skim If it does flake off then its a right pain in the butt to deal with so worth a few extra quid IMO. Any doubts, ask the professional decorators what they use