Painting & Decorating

Which type of paint/emulsion and best colour, any help would be appreciated

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.08 PM

I have re-written the question to better explain the situation. Hi, I live in a flat on the first floor of a 5 storey block of flats. The block was built in about 1946, it is pre-cast concrete. Over the last 6 years there have been so many instances of water ingress that I've lost count. This is such a problem that I can't even think about having the place decorated until the problem(s) is(are) sorted. Because each ingress stains over the top of the previous ingress I can't prove that there have been/are many ingress instances so this is what I will have to do to prove my case: paint the wall take photos of the newly painted area wait for water ingress take a photo of the staining paint the wall take photos of the newly painted area wait for water ingress take a photo of the staining paint the wall take photos of the newly painted area wait for water ingress take a photo of the staining repeat, repeat, repeat until I have enough proof to get my complaint properly dealt with. I want an emulsion type and colour that will cover/block the staining but will also show the new staining, so that they can't claim that it is old staining 'breaking through'. At the moment one area is light green, one is lemon and one is white. So, which colour and which type of emulsion would best show up the new ingress stains.