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Posted by professorpaul on November 23, 2006, 8:26 am
Those "bathroom" paints are great. MUCH less, if any, problem with
mildew, which will show up on a ceiling in a moist bathroom.
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Posted by Doug Miller on November 23, 2006, 8:54 am
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>Odd question, I'm sure, but after priming our bathroom walls and
>ceiling, including the ceiling inside the shower, we painted the walls
>a darker color, but were going to paint the ceiling white. Since the
>primer was white, is there a problem with just leaving it as is, or
>does the paint provide something that the primer doesn't. I'm guessing
>that the latex provides some water resistance, but just guessing.
You could get away with that in most rooms, but the two where you shouldn't
even think about trying it are the kitchen and the bathroom. Primer doesn't
have anywhere near the moisture resistance of finish paint, and you WILL have
mildew growing on that primer in a very short time. The best choice for a
bathroom ceiling is a high-quality gloss or semi-gloss OIL-based paint.
And next time, paint the ceiling before you paint the walls -- that way, the
roller spatters from painting the ceiling will get covered up when you do the
walls. :-)
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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
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Posted by albee on November 23, 2006, 10:54 am
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:54:59 GMT, spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
wrote:
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>>Odd question, I'm sure, but after priming our bathroom walls and
>>ceiling, including the ceiling inside the shower, we painted the walls
>>a darker color, but were going to paint the ceiling white. Since the
>>primer was white, is there a problem with just leaving it as is, or
>>does the paint provide something that the primer doesn't. I'm guessing
>>that the latex provides some water resistance, but just guessing.
>You could get away with that in most rooms, but the two where you shouldn't
>even think about trying it are the kitchen and the bathroom. Primer doesn't
>have anywhere near the moisture resistance of finish paint, and you WILL have
>mildew growing on that primer in a very short time. The best choice for a
>bathroom ceiling is a high-quality gloss or semi-gloss OIL-based paint.
>And next time, paint the ceiling before you paint the walls -- that way, the
>roller spatters from painting the ceiling will get covered up when you do the
>walls. :-)
Thanks for all the quick replys. I think I caught a slight drift
towards NOT using the primer alone :) And thanks for the additional
re: doing the ceiling first. Doh... I sure did Homer that bathroom!
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>ceiling, including the ceiling inside the shower, we painted the walls
>a darker color, but were going to paint the ceiling white. Since the
>primer was white, is there a problem with just leaving it as is, or
>does the paint provide something that the primer doesn't. I'm guessing
>that the latex provides some water resistance, but just guessing.