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| Thread ID: 87271 | 2008-02-14 23:36:00 | Painting bathroom confusion. | sam m (517) | PC World Chat |
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| 640438 | 2008-03-08 08:16:00 | Beetle - painting over wallpaper is fine so long as the wallpaper is still firmly attached to the wall - if your wallpaper isn't showing any signs of peeling, then just go for the cleaning option for now. The best product to get rid of mould spores is plain old household bleach!! Just spray the affected areas with a moderately strong solution of bleach and water (as long before the next shower as possible to give it a chance to work) and then rinse it off. You should start to see the mould discolour within a week. You may need to do this several times to get all the mould spores. You can buy special anti-mould sprays from your local hardware store, but they're pretty much just bleach. Make sure you keep the bathroom as well-ventilated as possible to help stop it coming back. When the time comes to do it properly, you can buy special paint with mould inhibitors, or an anti-mould additive you can add to normal undercoats and top coats. HTH |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 640439 | 2008-03-09 10:23:00 | The trick with acrylic enamels is to not play with them too much - traditionally, with oil-based enamels, they work best when 'layed-off' with a a brush, or rolled with a fine roller such as you're using. Oil-based enamels have better self-leveling qualities than acrylic enamels, so the trick with acrylic enamels is to load up your brush or roller sleeve with a little more paint, roll in a W-pattern to ensure even coverage, and then lay it off only once with a single 'roll' down your wall. I'm not too sure why, but with acrylic enamels, if you over-roll or over-brush, the paint tends to come back off the wall onto your brush/roller. Some hot weather thinners can make laying off acrylic enamels a lot easier even if it isn't hot. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 640440 | 2008-03-09 18:18:00 | Beetle When the time comes to do it properly, you can buy special paint with mould inhibitors, or an anti-mould additive you can add to normal undercoats and top coats . HTH Be careful with anti-mold paints though . Some contain arsenic or other heavy metals . . . and they are available for proprietary use but not in the commercial industry . . . so be careful! Some anti-fungals/molds use copper sulphate and these tend to be safer to humans and animals . . but they can impart a tangy-coppery taste/smell to the room if the paint does NOT encapsulate the stuff under the top layer . Even silicon sealers that you install in the seams-joints have arsenic in them . . . . hence the warning to not use them in food processing equipment and things like automatic dishwashers . . etc . It flakes off in use and contaminates the dishes and/or foods . One rule I have with powered ventilators for moisture and odor control is that they are capable of exchanging the air in the room (in this case the bathroom/shower) every three minutes . They can be very quiet especially if they are remotely mounted when they are that good and working well and not buzzing over your head . You must have some sort of under-door gap to allow the displaced air to be replaced or your vent will be running in a slight vacuum and lose efficiency . Try to allow air into the room from a low position, as the heated water vapor will rise and it's best to sweep the room air clear from bottom to top . I am currently working (for free, mind you) on a large auditorium with multiple bathrooms and am installing and correcting a really botched-up HVAC system, so this is fresh in my mind . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 640441 | 2008-03-11 00:54:00 | Just make sure your first coat doesn't have tram lines (caused by too much paint at each end of the roller as you apply it) . "Tramlines" are dead easy to avoid: After each reloading with paint, just roll each edge of the roller (hold at a 45 degree angle) down or across the wall in the middle of the area you are about to paint (this will leave thin lines of paint) then roll over the area as normal . The lines will disppear and there'll be no tramlines either . Been doing this for years and it works like a charm . :thumbs: Cheers Billy 8-{) [Painting tips to the gentry] |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 640442 | 2008-03-11 01:35:00 | Great tip Billy - thanks for sharing! :thumbs: | nofam (9009) | ||
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