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Painting bathroom floor

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  • Norman_Castle
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    Vinyl is a perfect floor covering for a bathroom. Waterproof and easy to clean. Why are you considering painting the floor? A painted floor will wear and crack quite quickly and become marked and dirty.
  • twopenny
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    There's a reason why people stopped painting floors.

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    Linoleum would be my choice for bathroom, for warmth and hygiene.
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  • plumb1_2
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    GDB2222 said:
    Yes, maybe satin is better.  Floors often used to be painted,  when I was a child. 

    The ply is waterproof. 
    Ya and the floor was made from solid wood and not laminated wood in the past.
    Waterproof so it’s Marine ply? And not internal ply?
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  • GDB2222
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    plumb1_2 said:
    GDB2222 said:
    Yes, maybe satin is better.  Floors often used to be painted,  when I was a child. 

    The ply is waterproof. 
    Ya and the floor was made from solid wood and not laminated wood in the past.
    Waterproof so it’s Marine ply? And not internal ply?
    I think it’s WBP, rather than marine ply. 
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  • shiraz99
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    GDB2222 said:
    Yes, maybe satin is better.  Floors often used to be painted,  when I was a child. 

    The ply is waterproof. 
    Floorboards maybe but not ply.
  • shiraz99
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    edited 25 July 2022 at 10:44AM
    GDB2222 said:
    plumb1_2 said:
    GDB2222 said:
    Yes, maybe satin is better.  Floors often used to be painted,  when I was a child. 

    The ply is waterproof. 
    Ya and the floor was made from solid wood and not laminated wood in the past.
    Waterproof so it’s Marine ply? And not internal ply?
    I think it’s WBP, rather than marine ply. 
    WBP is not waterproof, weatherproof yes (hence the name) but it would still require a preservative to prevent water damage.
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