Anti mould/fungus paint recommendations

MrsManda

Hello everyone,
can someone recommend an anti-mould paint for internal walls?

thanks
Amanda

KSB235

We used the Ronseal anti-mould paint on our bathroom ceiling (the room is not very well ventilated so we had black mould across a lot of the ceiling). It's not cheap as it is so thick it doesn't go very far, it's almost like melted plastic in consitency. But its brilliant and a year later no mould has returned except in the small patches my other half missed when he was painting

One large tin (think it was about £15.99 at the time) covered a ceiling that's about 3 x 4 metres.

foundationsmcr

KSB235 wrote: »

We used the Ronseal anti-mould paint on our bathroom ceiling (the room is not very well ventilated so we had black mould across a lot of the ceiling). It's not cheap as it is so thick it doesn't go very far, it's almost like melted plastic in consitency. But its brilliant and a year later no mould has returned except in the small patches my other half missed when he was painting

One large tin (think it was about £15.99 at the time) covered a ceiling that's about 3 x 4 metres.

We've used some previously (not the above mentioned stuff) but it was useless.

Does the Ronseal product allow you to paint over, or is it to be used as a final coat? We have some mould on our bedroom ceiling which needs to stopped!

WestonDave

We've used Zinsser Perma White on our bathroom ceiling which used to show mould every few weeks (just on a last strip near the wall where it was cold) - its supposedly guaranteed for 5 years - ours has done 9 months so far with no evidence of the mould coming back. Its not cheap and you'll have to get it from a specialist supplier - most decorators merchants will have it, DIY sheds won't, or you can get it online. You can't paint over this with normal emlusion as the mould can feed on the normal paint - having said that where I was a bit messy down the wall, and then recoated the wall, I have noticed a bit of mould on the wall paint but none right on the join so its clearly protecting to a degree. If you want colours then you either tint the Perma White with colour (you can apparently do it pastel colours) or you buy an anti mould paint additive to go in normal emulsion. I've seen ones at condensationproducts.co.uk recommended on here before.

keystone

WestonDave wrote: »

We've used Zinsser Perma White on our bathroom ceiling

Best stuff there is IMHO.

Cheers

foundationsmcr

WestonDave wrote: »

We've used Zinsser Perma White on our bathroom ceiling which used to show mould every few weeks (just on a last strip near the wall where it was cold) - its supposedly guaranteed for 5 years - ours has done 9 months so far with no evidence of the mould coming back. Its not cheap and you'll have to get it from a specialist supplier - most decorators merchants will have it, DIY sheds won't, or you can get it online. You can't paint over this with normal emlusion as the mould can feed on the normal paint - having said that where I was a bit messy down the wall, and then recoated the wall, I have noticed a bit of mould on the wall paint but none right on the join so its clearly protecting to a degree. If you want colours then you either tint the Perma White with colour (you can apparently do it pastel colours) or you buy an anti mould paint additive to go in normal emulsion. I've seen ones at condensationproducts.co.uk recommended on here before.

Sounds like just the stuff I need, thanks for this!

dampdaveski

Holy moly!
Condensation & mould treatment is a major part of my business at this time of year
the most cost effective way to deal with it is to put a paint additive in whatever paint YOU want to use
a sample of suppliers are
www.condensationproducts.co.uk
www.twistfix.co.uk
www.dampness-info.co.uk
www.i-sells.co.uk/anti-mould-additive-for-emulsion-gloss-paint-50-ml

I have my main supplier in there but in the interests of being objective (and remembering there is a minority of brainlesss inbred halfwits who live on this forum only to spam people trying to help) I shall let you make your own mind up
pm me if you want anymore info

good luck
DD

Johnjohn

Some of these paints and additives will work for a while, but will be limited in their effectiveness. The Zinnser one is supposed to be good, though. You really need to deal with the condensation that it causing the mould. To that end you need to increase the wall tempertaure (e.g improve insulation, keep the heating on low even when you are out), reduce moisture production (e.g. stop drying clothes indoors), increase ventilation (e.g. extractor fans, cooker hoods, keep windows open a little).