Do I need to use Kitchen Paint?

JennyW_2

We've removed an internal wall in our flat to give us a through kitchen/lounge. Now I already have in mind the colour I want to use in the lounge but need to take this colour through to the kitchen for continuity. Thing in, I wont be able to match this colour from any Kitchen Paints range but am I going to have to use a kitchen paint?

The paint will be going on bare walls (no wallpaper or tiles) or am I going to end up with problems?

dora37

I don't know technically what is the correct answer, however we have always had our kitchen painted and we have always used normal emulsion and its looks great!

BobProperty

Some time back I asked about "kitchen" and "bathroom" paints on another forum and the general gist of the replies was that it's a marketing thing for DIYers. Professionals will use good quality emulsion - end of.

Skint1

We just use silk emulsion because it's wipe clean. Some places give it fancy names like Kitchen Paint and charge more for it.

JennyW_2

thanks guys :beer:

I will be using a paint from the Crown range so reckon that's good enough then.

misgrace

You will be fine with ordinary emulsion, 'kitchen paint' is a big con, cause the same properties are the same in silk paint, but you pay through the nose for it.
I have painted loads of kitchens with 'dulux matt', thats wipe clean too, and there has never been any problems.

nickj_2

if you don't like the silk finnish , try the dulux soft sheen or crown equivilent , they aren't as shiny as silk , but you can wipe them .. do get your paint at a trade merchant rather than diy store

she_grinch

Kitchen and bathroom paint are a soft sheen finish but have ingrediants added to shrug off steam,condensation runs and tea and coffee stains etc whereas standard emulsions do not. Also as they are a soft sheen finish they are wipeable unlike standard matt. You can use standard soft sheen but would simply have to recoat earlier as we did in the good old days.:cheesey:

RedOnRed

I made a big mistake of using Homebase's own Kitchen & Bathroom paint a few years ago. In next to no time it looked rubbish and has always appeared to perform poorly in a damp situation.

misgrace

she_grinch wrote:

Kitchen and bathroom paint are a soft sheen finish but have ingrediants added to shrug off steam,condensation runs and tea and coffee stains etc whereas standard emulsions do not. Also as they are a soft sheen finish they are wipeable unlike standard matt. You can use standard soft sheen but would simply have to recoat earlier as we did in the good old days.:cheesey:

Like you say she grinch, in the good old days, paint has come on leaps and bounds, dulux especially, they have one out which is guarenteed for 10 years I think it is, it has teflon in it, I have used it, and you get a mark on it and you wipe it off, it doesnt take the paint or leave a mark, you wouldnt notice you had wiped it.
Dulux has brought out wipable matt now for the last few years, admittidly people bought silk or soft sheen cause it was easy to wipe down, but you would have to have really good walls to use it, even the bathroom paint has a sheen to it, and it will show up every imperfection.

Depends also on your family when you buy bathroom and kitchen paint, if you have loads of baths and showers or do loads of cooking, then perhaps it might be safer to go for the bathroom and kitchen paint, but I have painted a good few kitchens and bathrooms and only used the bathroom and kitchen paint twice, the other times its been matt.