WC question
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Since this is the WC forum - perhaps I can ask about bathroom paint.
I need to paint my bathroom, is there a special kind of paint for this, being as it is a high-humidity room and (especially in FL) prone to mold and mildew? -
Us something that is semi gloss or high gloss as it is thicker. I love the Kilz brand for bathrooms. Easy to wipe down and clean.
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@kweenkmatt
Yes, you can get special paint, or do what Addie said and use semi gloss or glossy. I personally always use Olympic Premium paint, because it is zero VOC. It costs more, but it's worth it, IMHO.
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@Dominica VOC - does that stand for zero volatile organics?
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Semi-gloss is good stuff. Flat is not a good idea in pretty much any case. High-gloss for a bathroom you will not like. Too much shine for such a small space. A good earth tone for a bathroom is nice. Avoid darker colors. As much as I'm a winter, a spring/summer color is better for smaller spaces unless you do a two-tone room. But semi-gloss is your best bet. High-gloss is not really necessary.
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I'd put down a nice thick coat of primer down (Kilz or Zinser) let it dry then sling on some enamel semi gloss. hard as a rock after it dries and well..it's an epoxy. VOC be damned
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Primer isn't really necessary. Using an extra coat of paint accomplishes the same thing. Primer is an illusion most of the time on interior walls. Unless you're going from brick red to eggshell, and even then, you don't need primer overall.
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@ajstringham said:
Primer isn't really necessary. Using an extra coat of paint accomplishes the same thing. Primer is an illusion most of the time on interior walls. Unless you're going from brick red to eggshell, and even then, you don't need primer overall.
Not entirely true. Primer is less expensive than regular paint, so if you are painting a large room, it is more economical to do a coat or 2 of primer before 1 coat of the main paint. I have found that no matter what color paint you are painting over, you need 2 - 3 coats of regular paint, even if you use one of those "all-in-ones".
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@Dominica That's true. Two is bare minimum. Three is really best. If you're doing a new house and just putting a base on, two is okay as most people will paint over that and most people are just putting the base on with eggshell. Oh, that's what I meant earlier btw. Semi-gloss for bathrooms. Eggshell for most of the house.
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@Dominica As far as primer though, the paint will still give better coverage.
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TSP works for prepping the area even for primer.
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@ajstringham said:
@Dominica As far as primer though, the paint will still give better coverage.
Obviously, but the point of primer is that it's a lot less expensive to use as a base upon which to paint. That having been said, I don't normally use it because I hate cleaning brushes.
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@Dominica WHAT?! I love cleaning brushes! No lie. The smell of fresh paint and the smell of freshly cut wood. inhales I LOVE it. When you walk into a construction area and tell they're doing framing because you can smell the sawdust from 2x4s getting cut, that's better than any perfume/cologne to me.
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I am covering a darker colour in my bathroom with a might lighter shade, so I suspect a primer coat might be needed.
Was considering priming with kilz first and then a layer on top of that.
I have had paint chips taped to the wall since the first week of January, was expecting to have taken action on this by now. Have been a busy bee lately.
The colour I am leaning towards is "frostwork". I don't know if that translates to a pantone colour. -
Actually, yes it does: Sylvan Green
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@Katie Primer can be used but it's up to you. Are you painting it yourself? Bathrooms are the biggest pain in the @$$ things to paint. If you don't have one, and you're doing this yourself, get a cigar roller for doing behind the toilet, etc. Makes it a LOT easier.
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@Dominica - TSP = Trisodium Phosphate. Google it.
