Bathroom paint - do I need to use it?

purplepatch

Don't like the colour choices for Dulux or Crown bathroom paint - nothing goes with our existing tiles and don't want to change them. Just wanting a freshen up lick of paint.

If I use regular dulux matt paint in there, will that cause me a problem? There is an extractor fan in there. Don't much like the shiny paint look.

Any advice appreciated as I'm DIY clueless!

misgrace

The thing with bathroom/kitchen paint is it always has a shine to it, and funny enough similar properties that are in the bathroom/kitchen paint you will find in silk paint, again shiny.:eek:

I am not telling you to use matt, or not to use kit/bath paint, but I can honestly say 99% of the bathrooms and kitchens I paint I use a good quality matt.

You have to take certain things into consideration, like, how many people in a day use the shower? or have a bath, is there ventalation?, and how high to the ceiling is the shower head

reason I am saying this is if you have kids, and they are always having showers including the parents, then the matt might not be that suitable, however, saying that, I have never had any comebacks with using matt.

What paint is on the walls now?, matt, silk?, and are you also painting your ceiling, and again what paint is on there.?

poppyolivia

I just did my bathroom yesterday and I did it in silk paint.....prior to this it was also silk and it was 100% fine apart from the rubbish job I made of it...hence why I took my time yesterday and re did it...apart from that it was ok..wooo hoooo no streaks this time!!!!


The thing about matt is it can't stay clean ie you wipe it and the colour comes off on the cloth...silk stays put!!

well thats my experience of matt...in fact I'd never buy it again til the kids have left home!!

purplepatch

It's our ensuite, only a shower cubicle in there, only 2 of us using it, kids have their own bathroom. There's matt on walls and ceiling at moment, house built 10 years ago and it's stood the test of time quite well, just that I'm bored of the magnolia that they put absolutely everywhere in the house upstairs!

So, think I'm going to use matt then - 99% can't be wrong Misgrace .

Poppyolivia (I've got an Olivia too:D) - I know exactly where you're coming from re not having matt/kids combination, but I found that by using the dulux wipe clean matt, there was a vast improvement. The paint still wipes off a little bit, but it isn't too drastic. I just sponge it very lightly indeed with a flash eraser and pray they don't mark the same bit of wall ever again!

misgrace

Hi PP, if you are going with the matt, and the paint has already been there 10 years or so, then you should be okay.

Heres a little tip.... Cause you havent had any fresh paint on for approx 10 years, when you do use the paint it will suck in quite quickly, so whatever you do, dont use your paint, (specially dulux) straight from the can.
Pour some into a container or paint kettle, and for your first coat add about 20% of water and give it a good stir, then paint your ceiling.
This will give your old paint a sealer for want of a better word, and the new paint will go on like a dream.
What you dont want is the paint to look draggy and gloopy/clumpy on your ceiling, and if you use straight from the tin, there is a chance of the existing paint cracking a little bit.

So to avoid this, do what I suggest, then your 2nd/final coat, you can still add a tad of water, again will make the finish more smoother.


BTW the best matt wipable paint to get is 'dulux real life', it really does not come off on the cloth or leave that faded dull mark look when you have wiped over it.
Its cracking stuff, a couple pounds more expensive than the ordinary paint, but if you have kids etc, I think its well worth it.:D

dld2s

I used to work in the DIY sector and Vinyl Matts were hardwearing ( I don't know how much things have changed, it was over 15 years ago) in fact you could use vinyl matt to paint ouside walls but not Vinyl silk as it wouldn't last.

purplepatch

misgrace wrote: »

Hi PP, if you are going with the matt, and the paint has already been there 10 years or so, then you should be okay.

Heres a little tip.... Cause you havent had any fresh paint on for approx 10 years, when you do use the paint it will suck in quite quickly, so whatever you do, dont use your paint, (specially dulux) straight from the can.
Pour some into a container or paint kettle, and for your first coat add about 20% of water and give it a good stir, then paint your ceiling.
This will give your old paint a sealer for want of a better word, and the new paint will go on like a dream.
What you dont want is the paint to look draggy and gloopy/clumpy on your ceiling, and if you use straight from the tin, there is a chance of the existing paint cracking a little bit.

So to avoid this, do what I suggest, then your 2nd/final coat, you can still add a tad of water, again will make the finish more smoother.


BTW the best matt wipable paint to get is 'dulux real life', it really does not come off on the cloth or leave that faded dull mark look when you have wiped over it.
Its cracking stuff, a couple pounds more expensive than the ordinary paint, but if you have kids etc, I think its well worth it.:D

Excellent, thanks for that advice. Tell me though, as hubby is making noises about getting silk, would we still do the water mixing thing with that?

I tried to get the real life paint when we did our hallway last year, but they hardly had any stock of it - I rang round the homebases and b&qs in 3 different locations and nobody had the colour we wanted. So ended up with the bog standard matt.

dld2s

Try Dulux Trade Centres, there should be one near you

purplepatch

Any recommendations re rollers, brushes or pads? There are so many products to choose from! Tempted by the pads as often find brushes drop their bristles and rollers are hard work for my weedy arms. Perhaps adding the water as misgrace suggests might make life easier though....

adandem

You can get some harder wearing matt paints, Dulux do a real life one and B&Q do their own too. I just use the wilko cheap roller then bin them when I've finished.

poppyolivia

purplepatch wrote: »

Any recommendations re rollers, brushes or pads? There are so many products to choose from! Tempted by the pads as often find brushes drop their bristles and rollers are hard work for my weedy arms. Perhaps adding the water as misgrace suggests might make life easier though....

I loved pads...done most of the house with them ...but as I said in a previous post the bathroom went streaky (with pad) so I redid in a roller and what a difference...pure flat block of colour...I can't stop going through and looking at it:rotfl: I think maybe I need to get out more!!!:D I found the pads were good for the edges but nowt can beat a steady hand and a brush for the edges and corners.



I'm soooo luvin the name Olivia but I had a boy!!:D Maybe next time;)