Do I need special kitchen paint?

hazybubbles

Just mist coating the bare plaster in the kitchen at the moment, but for the top coat do I need to use special kitchen paint?

I was hoping to continue the colour through from the adjacent room which is done in a pale green silk finish paint however on looking at the options in the kitchen and bathroom section the choices seem very limited and there was nothing even vaguely like the green I have been using. It also seems pretty expensive!

chunkychocky

Yes you will be better off using a paint designed to tolerate steam and heat. When we painted our kitchen years ago I got Dulux kitchen paint made up to the colour I wanted. I chose the colour from a different company's paint chart and Dulux matched it.

loracan1

I've used Dulux endurance paint before now in my kitchen, it resisted the steam from the kettle, grease from the cooker and all manner of children's fingerprints in the dining area. I have one of the kitchen paints now (only because I liked the colour) and there is absolutely no difference in performance.

nickj_2

although paint comapnies do make kitchen and bathroom paint i've always used normal emulsion - soft sheen is good as it's more wipeable than matt , unless your kitchen suffers from extreme steam/ condensation you will be ok with this

busiscoming2

I have never used a special kitchen or bathroom paint. I use silk emulsion.

olly300

busiscoming2 wrote: »

I have never used a special kitchen or bathroom paint. I use silk emulsion.

You can use a vinyl silk emulsion but most places sell Kitchen and bathroom paint for same/similar price.

Aberdeen_Painters

Endurance should do the job.The dulux bathroom\kitchen paint isn't very good at coverage(alot of vinyl added so it does it job).On jobs like this we tend to use a matt finish first then apply the expensive stuff on top.It's not a good idea to apply this stuff on newish plaster.I would suggest 2 coats of matt first then apply the kitchen bathroom paint.Thinning down the first coat around 10%,apply the 2nd coat straight or 5% thinned then apply the bathroom\kitchen paint.You can try and coat with the kitchen finish but it doesn't cover well and you will be a taking a risk if your mist coat hasn't sealed the walls properly.Basically high vinyl content paints form a skin,that's good but if it's sitting on dry plaster it's not.You would probably find it coming off in weak areas when you 2nd coat,not worth the hassle.Even a colour close to the finish colour in matt would be ok.Sometimes B&Q sell off paint cheap as it is the wrong colour but there might be a colour that suits you to apply a couple of coats of matt.Vinyl sheen would offer a similar level of protection but the kitchen specific paint carries a guarantee against mould I believe.