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Hi, I have a utility room which in the past was un-heated
and also had little ventilation. The previous occupants did their
drying in there (one of those ceiling things) as well as washing etc.

This caused a decent amount of mould on the rather fantastic
swirly patterned plaster ( a job for future rectification ).
Having added heating and adequate ventilation I would like to
paint the walls with something resistant to mould.

There will still be a washing machine and vented tumble-dryer
in use so I expect a certain amount of air moisture etc. Would
I be best off using an exterior water based masonry paint or is
there a suitable mould/damp resistant interior paint on the market?

T.I.A for any advice.

--
The man who smiles when things go wrong
has thought of someone to blame it on.

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Nitro® wrote:
Hi, I have a utility room which in the past was un-heated
and also had little ventilation. The previous occupants did their
drying in there (one of those ceiling things) as well as washing etc.
This caused a decent amount of mould on the rather fantastic
swirly patterned plaster ( a job for future rectification ).
Having added heating and adequate ventilation I would like to
paint the walls with something resistant to mould.

There will still be a washing machine and vented tumble-dryer
in use so I expect a certain amount of air moisture etc. Would
I be best off using an exterior water based masonry paint or is
there a suitable mould/damp resistant interior paint on the market?

T.I.A for any advice.

If you have sorted humidity, don't worry about paint. Mould will not
grow unless the walls are basically wet.

Paint recommendation please...
 

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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If you have sorted humidity, don't worry about paint. Mould will not grow
unless the walls are basically wet.


I am just erring on the side of caution, as mould had gotten
into the plaster I want to avoid it coming back through.
But like you say, as long as the humidity is under control it
shouldn't be a problem I guess.

Cheers.

--
The man who smiles when things go wrong
has thought of someone to blame it on.

Paint recommendation please...
 

Nitro® wrote:

Hi, I have a utility room which in the past was un-heated
and also had little ventilation. The previous occupants did their
drying in there (one of those ceiling things) as well as washing etc.

This caused a decent amount of mould on the rather fantastic
swirly patterned plaster ( a job for future rectification ).
Having added heating and adequate ventilation I would like to
paint the walls with something resistant to mould.

Why bother? If you have taken steps to prevent future mould growth
by providing ventilation and heating, there doesn't seem to be any
point in making the walls mould-resistant - there will be no mould
for them to need to resist!

Paint recommendation please...
 

Nitro® said the following on 29/08/2010 12:02:
Hi, I have a utility room which in the past was un-heated
and also had little ventilation. The previous occupants did their
drying in there (one of those ceiling things) as well as washing etc.
This caused a decent amount of mould on the rather fantastic
swirly patterned plaster ( a job for future rectification ).
Having added heating and adequate ventilation I would like to
paint the walls with something resistant to mould.

There will still be a washing machine and vented tumble-dryer
in use so I expect a certain amount of air moisture etc. Would
I be best off using an exterior water based masonry paint or is
there a suitable mould/damp resistant interior paint on the market?

T.I.A for any advice.


Hi,

Before you do anything you should try and clean it then ... it is a
choice. I tend to use Crown Trade products for DIY (Not much Dulux
because in the past the local trade counter was not friendly to DIYers,
times have changed though ;-) )

For Crown see:
http://www.crowntrade.co.uk/Products...s/default.aspx

For Dulux put "mould" in the search box
http://www.icipaints.co.uk/products/...rade/index.jsp

Regards
Charles

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Nitro® wrote:

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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If you have sorted humidity, don't worry about paint. Mould will not
grow unless the walls are basically wet.


I am just erring on the side of caution, as mould had gotten
into the plaster I want to avoid it coming back through.

Ah. That's different. You want to stain stop ..

I would be tempted, though I have never tried it, to use caustic or
bleach on the wall to take the mould dyes out first.



But like you say, as long as the humidity is under control it
shouldn't be a problem I guess.


That for future growth, yes, but to eliminate from existing, try bleach.
Cheers.

Paint recommendation please...
 

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:02:31 +0100, Nitro® wrote:

Hi, I have a utility room which in the past was un-heated
and also had little ventilation. The previous occupants did their
drying in there (one of those ceiling things) as well as washing etc.

This caused a decent amount of mould on the rather fantastic
swirly patterned plaster ( a job for future rectification ).
Having added heating and adequate ventilation I would like to
paint the walls with something resistant to mould.

There will still be a washing machine and vented tumble-dryer
in use so I expect a certain amount of air moisture etc. Would
I be best off using an exterior water based masonry paint or is
there a suitable mould/damp resistant interior paint on the market?

T.I.A for any advice.

The reviews on this are good:

http://www.wickes.co.uk/High-Perform...nt/invt/214284
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

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On Aug 29, 12:02*pm, Nitro® wrote:
Hi, I have a utility room which in the past was un-heated
and also had little ventilation. The previous occupants did their
drying in there (one of those ceiling things) as well as washing etc.

This caused a decent amount of mould on the rather fantastic
swirly patterned plaster ( a job for future rectification ).
Having added heating and adequate ventilation I would like to
paint the walls with something resistant to mould.

There will still be a washing machine and vented tumble-dryer
in use so I expect a certain amount of air moisture etc. Would
I be best off using an exterior water based masonry paint or is
there a suitable mould/damp resistant interior paint on the market?

T.I.A for any advice.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...esistant_Paint


NT

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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Nitro® wrote:

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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If you have sorted humidity, don't worry about paint. Mould will not
grow unless the walls are basically wet.


I am just erring on the side of caution, as mould had gotten
into the plaster I want to avoid it coming back through.

Ah. That's different. You want to stain stop ..

I would be tempted, though I have never tried it, to use caustic or bleach
on the wall to take the mould dyes out first.

Detol mould & mildew cleared up the staining very well.

I will leave it for a couple of weeks before painting.

--
The man who smiles when things go wrong
has thought of someone to blame it on.

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"Ronald Raygun" wrote in message
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Nitro® wrote:

Hi, I have a utility room which in the past was un-heated
and also had little ventilation. The previous occupants did their
drying in there (one of those ceiling things) as well as washing etc.

This caused a decent amount of mould on the rather fantastic
swirly patterned plaster ( a job for future rectification ).
Having added heating and adequate ventilation I would like to
paint the walls with something resistant to mould.

Why bother? If you have taken steps to prevent future mould growth
by providing ventilation and heating, there doesn't seem to be any
point in making the walls mould-resistant - there will be no mould
for them to need to resist!



I was concerned that although surface mould had been
eliminated I don't want any residue coming back through
the paint.

--
The man who smiles when things go wrong
has thought of someone to blame it on.

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"Tabby" wrote in message
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On Aug 29, 12:02 pm, Nitro® wrote:
Hi, I have a utility room which in the past was un-heated
and also had little ventilation. The previous occupants did their
drying in there (one of those ceiling things) as well as washing etc.

This caused a decent amount of mould on the rather fantastic
swirly patterned plaster ( a job for future rectification ).
Having added heating and adequate ventilation I would like to
paint the walls with something resistant to mould.

There will still be a washing machine and vented tumble-dryer
in use so I expect a certain amount of air moisture etc. Would
I be best off using an exterior water based masonry paint or is
there a suitable mould/damp resistant interior paint on the market?

T.I.A for any advice.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...esistant_Paint


NT


Aspirin!

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has thought of someone to blame it on.

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On 29 Aug, 12:02, Nitro® wrote:
Hi, I have a utility room which in the past was un-heated
and also had little ventilation. The previous occupants did their
drying in there (one of those ceiling things) as well as washing etc.

This caused a decent amount of mould on the rather fantastic
swirly patterned plaster ( a job for future rectification ).
Having added heating and adequate ventilation I would like to
paint the walls with something resistant to mould.

There will still be a washing machine and vented tumble-dryer
in use so I expect a certain amount of air moisture etc. Would
I be best off using an exterior water based masonry paint or is
there a suitable mould/damp resistant interior paint on the market?

T.I.A for any advice.

--
The man who smiles when things go wrong
has thought of someone to blame it on.

Your "swirly plaster" may well be Artex which in days of yore had
asbestos in it.
http://www.removing-asbestos.com/asb...artex-removal/

You don't want to be messing around with it too much.

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"harry" wrote in message news:909d6c26-58b8-4550-bb95-

Your "swirly plaster" may well be Artex which in days of yore had
asbestos in it.
http://www.removing-asbestos.com/asb...artex-removal/

You don't want to be messing around with it too much.

It is swirly plaster, apparently the previous owner attempted
to plaster the walls and found he was none to good at it.
In order to mask his ineptitude he gave it a random swirly effect,
very distinctive....and will be a **** to remove.

I would have considered knocking off the high points and skimming
over, but the high spots are more than an inch !
Besides, next summer the whole lot is getting ripped out and divided
into a laundry and extra bedroom. The paint job is just to freshen it
up until then.


--
The man who smiles when things go wrong
has thought of someone to blame it on.

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Nitro® wrote:

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
news:i5df4g$qn4

If you have sorted humidity, don't worry about paint. Mould will not
grow unless the walls are basically wet.


I am just erring on the side of caution, as mould had gotten
into the plaster I want to avoid it coming back through.

Ah. That's different. You want to stain stop ..

I would be tempted, though I have never tried it, to use caustic or
bleach on the wall to take the mould dyes out first.



But like you say, as long as the humidity is under control it
shouldn't be a problem I guess.


That for future growth, yes, but to eliminate from existing, try bleach.
Cheers.

Paint recommendation please...
 

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:30:53 +0100, Nitro© wrote:

Besides, next summer the whole lot is getting ripped out and divided
into a laundry and extra bedroom. The paint job is just to freshen it
up until then.

In that case don't bother with a mould reistant paint. Dilute bleach
to kill anything that remains and ordinary emulsion. If it's going to
come through it'll come through in days, if not hours.

Is this "next summer" really going to be Summer 2011 or some yet to
be determined summer? If the latter bung some stain block on first,
any cheap oil based paint will do.

--
Cheers
Dave.

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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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Is this "next summer" really going to be Summer 2011 or some yet to
be determined summer? If the latter bung some stain block on first,
any cheap oil based paint will do.

Next Summer, after Christmas and our holiday is paid for!

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has thought of someone to blame it on.