Painting Bathroom Walls
I am having a problem with the paint on the walls of my bathroom. There is a small window in the bathroom which I keep open, but there is no ventilation system, so it gets pretty steamy in there when I take a shower. As a result, the paint on the walls is cracking and…
I am having a problem with the paint on the walls of my bathroom. There is a small window in the bathroom which I keep open, but there is no ventilation system, so it gets pretty steamy in there when I take a shower. As a result, the paint on the walls is cracking and I’m going to need to do some serious touching up/repainting to keep it from getting worse. But I am wondering if this is just going to be a temporary solution.
My question is: is there anything I can do to treat the walls or use a different kind of paint to avoid this kind of thing from happening in the future? I currently have a “pearl” finish paint on the walls, and it was just painted a year ago. Would a semi-gloss be better? Or is there any other solution?
use an oil based low oder killz you will get a better base dries fast for recoat also dave
thanks for all the great advice! i think my plan of action is to scrape/sand as much as i can (esp the bad areas) then prime with killz or the like. after that it sounds like i can use the pearl-finish paint i already have… seems that the root of the problem is that the walls may not have been properly primed before painting. if i totally missed something, please let me know. and again, thanks to everyone for their helpful feedback.
Having been in the retail paint business (Janovic), yours is not that unusual a problem. My advice: scrape and sand any loose paint; fill in any cracks or depressions with spackle (not joint compound), let dry for a day or two; 2 light coats of primer…Zinsser 1-2-3, let dry for 4 days between coats; top coat with 2 coats of “Perma White” (Satin or Semi=gloss).
Start from scratch. Get as much of the old paint off as you can. Then prime it with KILZ – which has various formulae … 2 coats … then your finished paint. And see if you can rig up an exhaust fan in the window.
Can you add an exhaust fan? I had a similar problem in my house. The fan seems to take care of the problem.
I had that problem on the painted walls above my shower.
We scraped off all the stuff that could be loosened, replastered, primed it (with killz or something like it) and painted with latex semi-gloss.
Eggshell finish is fine too if you don’t like the semi look.
It’s all about the good prep, I think.
“Killz” has always been reccommended for bathroom paint. Consumerreports rates it the highest I think too.