kitchen and Bathroom Paint

[sam8364]

Hi,

I recently repainted the bathroom with B&Q Matt Kitchen and Bathroom Paint on both walls and cellings. I has previously used and older version of this paint with no problems.

Now everytime we have a bath or shower you get a clearly visable film of water over the walls and ceilings which does dry off but in places collects and runs leaving streaks down the walls.

It is a small bathroom, but I have tried having the window and door open during a shower which makes no difference. We never had this problem before using this paint and nothing has changed other than the paint.

My uncle has a similar problem in a kitchen a few years ago and ended up just repainting with normal paint.

Why is this happening, is there anything I can do about. Is is best just to repaint with regular paint, will I need to do anything special to paint over this paint?

Cheers

Sam

 

[Zampa]

It could be that the areas where it isnt drying are colder...possibly cos they are in contact with an outside wall.

I dont like K&B paint, never have, I think its an over priced gimmick.

Try acrylic eggshell instead..its more or less the same thing.

Give the walls a light rub down first then roll it on using a shortsh pile sleeve.

 

[sam8364]

There are water run marks on all the walls, interor and exterior. The water leaves a stain because it is a hard water area and there is lots of chalk in it.

I am shocked by the volume of water that collects across the whole surface of the paint work. This did not happen so dramatically before and I wonder where this water went to previously.

 

[Growler]

Is it the same colour?

Is it the same time of year that you've painted it , as opposed to the last time?

It sounds like, your paint hasn't had time to "cure" properly.

 

[sam8364]

The walls are a different colour but not the ceilings. No, it is a different time of year but the tin says nothing about letting the paint cure, save leaving it four hours between coats and letting it dry for 7 days before cleaning.

Checking the tin again, I may have been a bit misleading with my first post. The paint is B&Q Everywhere paint "for all interiors including kitchens and bathrooms" in "easy clean super tough matt".

It is not pure Kitchen and Bathroom paint as used previously.