Painting radiators

[FumiYamamoto]

Have you done it and does it work? Friends have told us that it discolours but I don't know if they used the correct paint.

My plan is to pain the radiator the same colour as the walls (pale yellow)

I did it in our previous place. I used radiator paint, same colour as the regular emulsion we used on the walls on that room (both Dulux, I think). Never discoloured in the 5 years we lived there.

satinwood paint will do

not emulsion, which dirt sticks to, and not gloss, which looks cheap, and cracks. Oil gloss generally discolours more than water-based gloss, btw.

I've done it a few times. first time I used white gloss which did discolour. since then I've used hammerite radiator paint and it's been fine.

thank you, will try it then.

I paint all our radiators - I hate them being a different colour to the walls, it makes a feature of them. and bog standard radiators are not attractive imo. once painted the same colour as the wall they just blend in and the eye doesn't really see them.

I use emulsion and have never had a problem with cracking or dirt sticking. I use a good quality washable matt emulsion so they can be cleaned.