We just about to have our bathroom refitted. It was a horrible 70s or 90s corner suite in beige with matching beige bathroom paint which hadn't been particularly well applied to, well, anywhere. Lumps, drips, flakes, mould and all sorts...
There's no more mould, as we do use the window when warm enough, but have had a super duper humidity controlled fan which is left on trickle at all times. Now the steam doesn't even get a chance to settle on the walls where as previously it was running down the walls for half the day causing the flaking and mould growth...and no more damp smells!
I've sanded it all back as much as I can and we now have nice smooth walls again. My wife wants it repainting in white since its a small room to increase the lighting.
So far I've done a ought first coat in one emulsion we had leftover to give her an idea of what it will look like in white.
Now I need to select the best type of paint to finish it in properly, and desperately don't want to use bathroom paint, as I, (a) hate the way it doesn't apply nicely, and (b) hate the finish of it!
Is emulsion fine? All the wet areas around the bath, shower over bath and sink are being tiled appropriately, I.e. full height for shower, splash back for sink etc.
Or should we still consider something stronger like eggshell finish?
There's no more mould, as we do use the window when warm enough, but have had a super duper humidity controlled fan which is left on trickle at all times. Now the steam doesn't even get a chance to settle on the walls where as previously it was running down the walls for half the day causing the flaking and mould growth...and no more damp smells!
I've sanded it all back as much as I can and we now have nice smooth walls again. My wife wants it repainting in white since its a small room to increase the lighting.
So far I've done a ought first coat in one emulsion we had leftover to give her an idea of what it will look like in white.
Now I need to select the best type of paint to finish it in properly, and desperately don't want to use bathroom paint, as I, (a) hate the way it doesn't apply nicely, and (b) hate the finish of it!
Is emulsion fine? All the wet areas around the bath, shower over bath and sink are being tiled appropriately, I.e. full height for shower, splash back for sink etc.
Or should we still consider something stronger like eggshell finish?
