Hi Folks
There is a very recent thread with similar issue......which I have read but just want your thoughts regardless, as every situation is different.
I have posted photos of my peeling bathroom ceiling paint here //www.diynot.com/diy/media/albums/ceiling-above-shower.25656/
The house is 30years old. Original ceiling finish Artex.
3 years ago, we employed a plasterer to prep-bond-skimcoat smooth plaster on top of the artex. He did a good job. After the plaster had fully dried, I mist coated possibly twice, probably using the basic B&Q own brand white emulsion. Top coat was B&Q 'Bathroom' paint.
New power shower fitted so there is a fair bit of steam generated inside the shower cubical and the only way it can go is upwards to get out over top of glass panel. Hence it seems to concentrate on the two patches which are peeling. Over time, the paint began to sag slightly over a small area, this got bigger until eventually the sagging paint cracked/split and just been getting bigger since. There are other areas slightly sagging but they dryout again and have not split as yet.
Grateful if someone could sense check my proposal and answer my queries.
1. Immediately after the shower has been used (paint sags during showering), scrape off the ceiling paint back to sound perimeter area (use a wallpaper scraper???)
2. Sponge the plaster with disinfectant to kill bacteria, let it dry
3. 1 x Mist coat using Macpherson trade CONTRACT matt emulsion, NOT vinyl matt emulsion
4. Mix up filler (what kind of filler???), and using a broad metal filling knife, run it along the edge of the remaining paint, pressing so hard that, apart from the step, you can see through it.
(follow perimeter of the patch with half the width of the knife on the existing paint & half on the bare patch???)
5. When filler fully dry, wipe it (don't rub) with extra fine sandpaper
6. 1 x Mist coat using Macpherson trade CONTRACT matt emulsion, NOT vinyl matt emulsion
7. 1 x top coat using Macpherson trade VINYL matt emulsion ??? Or vinyl silk??? or Contract Matt??? Would it be better just to use Contract matt for top coat as well and just let the plaster continually absorb the moisture rather than risk the vinyl paint peel off again??? My concern is that theres just too much steam rising upwards
cheers
There is a very recent thread with similar issue......which I have read but just want your thoughts regardless, as every situation is different.
I have posted photos of my peeling bathroom ceiling paint here //www.diynot.com/diy/media/albums/ceiling-above-shower.25656/
The house is 30years old. Original ceiling finish Artex.
3 years ago, we employed a plasterer to prep-bond-skimcoat smooth plaster on top of the artex. He did a good job. After the plaster had fully dried, I mist coated possibly twice, probably using the basic B&Q own brand white emulsion. Top coat was B&Q 'Bathroom' paint.
New power shower fitted so there is a fair bit of steam generated inside the shower cubical and the only way it can go is upwards to get out over top of glass panel. Hence it seems to concentrate on the two patches which are peeling. Over time, the paint began to sag slightly over a small area, this got bigger until eventually the sagging paint cracked/split and just been getting bigger since. There are other areas slightly sagging but they dryout again and have not split as yet.
Grateful if someone could sense check my proposal and answer my queries.
1. Immediately after the shower has been used (paint sags during showering), scrape off the ceiling paint back to sound perimeter area (use a wallpaper scraper???)
2. Sponge the plaster with disinfectant to kill bacteria, let it dry
3. 1 x Mist coat using Macpherson trade CONTRACT matt emulsion, NOT vinyl matt emulsion
4. Mix up filler (what kind of filler???), and using a broad metal filling knife, run it along the edge of the remaining paint, pressing so hard that, apart from the step, you can see through it.
(follow perimeter of the patch with half the width of the knife on the existing paint & half on the bare patch???)
5. When filler fully dry, wipe it (don't rub) with extra fine sandpaper
6. 1 x Mist coat using Macpherson trade CONTRACT matt emulsion, NOT vinyl matt emulsion
7. 1 x top coat using Macpherson trade VINYL matt emulsion ??? Or vinyl silk??? or Contract Matt??? Would it be better just to use Contract matt for top coat as well and just let the plaster continually absorb the moisture rather than risk the vinyl paint peel off again??? My concern is that theres just too much steam rising upwards
cheers