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Best bathroom paint

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SeaShell33 · 05/09/2019 21:03

Need some advice!
In our previous house I painted the bathroom walls with initially Dulux bathroom paint but it got streaks of water on it from the shower. Repainted in Velspar bathroom paint and the same happened!

In new house in the main bathroom I used standard non bathroom Velspar paint which has worked ace and no streaks of water condensation. Great!

Recently I painted the en-suite I used Craig and Rose chalk paint on the ceiling and Velspar trade paint with primer on the walls. The water vapour from the shower dropped down the sloped part of the ceiling then eventually on the walls 😭😭😭😭 I’m so gutted!

Before I painted it there were no streaks and the walls didn’t look like bathroom paint as they were a more chalky finish rather than the satin sheen of bathroom paint.
Just not sure what to do!

What paint make/ type have you all used in your bathrooms with a shower?

We have an extractor fan which is rubbish and hubby won't have the window open in there!

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minipie · 06/09/2019 21:38

Eggshell, but I don’t mind sheen in a bathroom.

PollyRoe16 · 06/09/2019 22:02

We've just used Zinsser Perma White in our en-suite. I hate the sheen of normal bathroom and this comes in a matt version but still has all the anti fungal properties in.
If you order from Decorating Centre Online they can tint / colour match the paint to any colour you want ☺️

IncrediblySadToo · 06/09/2019 22:25

Deluxe bathroom. Never again it’s far too goopy and limited in colour range I thought u coukd get it tinted, but you can’t

So now I either have to leave it white or risk putting a different paint over the top (I want grey, but none of their bathroom paint greys as they don’t go with the tiles)

Has anyone successfully painted over the Dulux bathroom paint?

PollyRoe16 · 06/09/2019 22:47

@IncrediblySadToo not delux, but just painted over Valspar bathroom paint with the zinsser Permawhite tinted to farrow and balls stiffkey blue. It's got its own built in primer so no problems at all.

Best bathroom paint
SeaShell33 · 07/09/2019 12:36

Thank you so much everyone! Smile

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IncrediblySadToo · 28/09/2019 09:04

@PollyRoe16. Thank you. I’m tempted!

Did you use the Estate Emulsion?

Your bathroom looks fabulous! Love the colours 😊

IncrediblySadToo · 28/09/2019 09:21

@PollyRoe16 just ignore me! I’ve now added coffee & a few more brain cells have engaged! 🙄🤣

TiddleTaddleTat · 28/09/2019 13:52

I'm going to have a go with little greene intelligent eggshell on walls of my kitchen - is recommended also for bathroom walls.

SeaShell33 · 28/09/2019 15:27

I ended up using Zinsser matt and am super pleased with the results Grin

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