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Bathroom mould underneath paint
minicooper272
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Our flat was rented out before we bought it, and we could see the bathroom had suffered mould and that the Tennant's had scrubbed off before moving out.
We washed the walls down & painted with a mould resistant bathroom paint, but the mould started to come back around 6 months later, it's now a bit of an eye-sore, and we're about to paint again. We found out we should have painted with a damp sealing undercoat before the last time, but we didn't know at the time.
We started cleaning the mould today with a specific mould killer, but it looks like the mould is actually underneath the paint, and we're not sure how to deal with it - can we just paint over with the damp seal as is?
Because the paint is a mould resistant paint, it's not water based and doesn't come off easily, so if we need to scrub it off, how do we do it?
We washed the walls down & painted with a mould resistant bathroom paint, but the mould started to come back around 6 months later, it's now a bit of an eye-sore, and we're about to paint again. We found out we should have painted with a damp sealing undercoat before the last time, but we didn't know at the time.
We started cleaning the mould today with a specific mould killer, but it looks like the mould is actually underneath the paint, and we're not sure how to deal with it - can we just paint over with the damp seal as is?
Because the paint is a mould resistant paint, it's not water based and doesn't come off easily, so if we need to scrub it off, how do we do it?
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