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Al Bundy

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The paint will be your first line of defense against moisture.
The spackle does not matter much but if you have the inclination one
of the dry mix types like durabond 90 will perform better than the
premixed buckets.
Anything you spackle will likely flash when painted so you will want
to prime and scuff sand it first.
wrote:
I am planning on repainting one of my bathrooms. It is a smaller
sized bathroom with a fiberglass tub insert, toilet, and sink. The
walls appear to be drywall but someone once told me that special
drywall is used for bathrooms.

My plan was to spackle some of the wall imperfections, sand, prime
the walls and ceiling and then repaint in my color of choice. I do
have the following questions though.

- Is it safe to use spackling mud in a bathroom or is there a special
mud I should use due to the higher concentration of moisture?

- Is there a special primer that should be used for a bathroom?

- Is there special paint that needs to be used for bathrooms?

Be nice to also mention that many dry mixes (like Durabond 90) are like
rock and not sandable.