Paint for ceiling above a shower? Paint for indoor doors? Filling in holes?
Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.31 PM
Hello,
Excuse my ignorance! These are simple questions but I'm a DIY no-hoper!
1. What type of paint should I buy fora bathroom ceiling - specifically above a shower area?
2. What is the best sort of paint for white doors? Eggshell satin wood? I think that's probably what's on them at the moment.... It's not gloss, that much I know.
3. And I have a few holes (screw sized) in a bit of plaster board in the bathroom... behind which is the toilet cistern etc. There's nothing behind the holes. They are about 4 mm deep and 6 mm wide. What sort of polyfiller or substance should I buy for them to be filled in?
Thanks so much for any advice
Cheers
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
Hi i would suggest either dulux or crown bathroom paint for the bathroom ceiling,the doors i prefer satinwood which is also an undercoat combined especially if you use the dulux paint,and any filler will fill the holes in the wall if you get a ready mixed type that will be easier for you,hope this helps
Dave
Answered16 May 2015
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Anonymous user
Hi
According to my experience the best way to seal a ceiling and better to say damp proofing is to paint one coat with undercoat gloss base to the ceiling and one coat of damp proofing paint special made for bathroom.
for holes as you said there is nothing behind them I assume to be a cavity , so
you need to pass a piece of plasterboard with a rope attached to it to the back of plaster board through hole ( before that put paste around the piece of plasterboard to hold the board to the back of plasterboard ) then pull the rope back tightly to attach to the wall and not you have a wall doubled with plaster board but hidden at the back now all you need is plaster to fill the hole which has support from behind not to fall down plaster. you can paint it if you want with same above procedure. Eggshell paint is not very durable as gloss so for bathroom use gloss base and I recommend you buy it from Layland Brand.
All best
For your doors use oilbased undercoat and oilbased satinwood for your you can get ready mixed deep hole filler al ways slightly over fill then sand down for your bathroom ceiling use bathroom paint you can also use weather shied it’s really strong as my old boss said they use it on light house