In message , Charles Middleton
writes
Dear all,

Another one of my questions.....

I am about to start painting my bathroom. Do I really need to use special
bathroom paint or will any old emulsion suffice?

Chatting in the pub the other night the theory was that if I didn't use
bathroom paint then the moisture in the bathroom would penetrate the
standard emulsion into the plaster and give me possible damp/mould problems.

Has anyone any experience of using either bathroom / standard paint in
bathrooms and what are the effects?

I used standard vinyl silk emulsion in ours about 4 years ago. It has a
shower in it so plenty of humidity at times. I've never had any problem
with it at all.

I do have a humidity controlled extractor fan as well, but I don't think
that makes any difference to the paint.
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Chris French, Leeds