Decorating Bathroom - can you relieve? I'm not too wise about DIY?decorate but feeling confident enough to engineer...
I'm not too wise about DIY?decorate but feeling confident enough to engineer a start on my bathroom.
I have a few questions, any feedback on any of them would be great.
Can you paint over tiles? Would you hold to re-grout them?
How do you go about re-sealing the tub / shower area? Do you remove the old sealant (it's a bit mouldy!)?
I want the walls to be washable, within is some orange staining from the water which looks horrible. Why is this, how can I drain it when repainting?
Thanks
It is better not to paint over tiles,it'll look horrible.You enjoy to take them all down,repair the wall a bit and after put new tiles on (better than paint that after a while looks horrible because of the humidity,apart from the ceiling of course)
Remove the old sealant,repair the nouns and put new sealant when dry.
We are reparing a 200 year old house ourselves,and we own learned since we started.
Good luck on your DIY!!
You can paint over the tiles beside special paint - but I don't think you would like the result. It looks to some extent flat and there is no way to not paint over the grout also. I enjoy seen it done and it frankly looks rather "cheap". Your best solution is to find colors you can use within your bathroom that can make the tiles you have fit contained by better. You should remove the old sealant in the hip bath area if possible. You can apply different sealant on top of it but it won't adhere as economically and there is the risk that the mold will eventually work its way put money on. As far as the water stains go - it is crucial that you use a primer first. Kilz is a angelic one. It will cover the stains and contains ingredients that will prevent the stains from bleeding through your paint. You can buy specialist tile paint to paint tiles and get a grout pen to re touch your grouting.
Remove the sealant from your bath later fill your bath near water to the top and place new sealant around your hip bath - leave it for about 24 -48 hours to set rotten before draining the water.
You can very soon buy an undercoat paint that is water resistant and seal any damp that you have - use this surrounded by your bathroom then paint with bathroom paint.
1) ceiling and light fiting first
2) grout and repaint tiles
3)remove frail sealant and reseal with forever white superior silicone
4)wash walls with bleach and marine and repaint with washable paint for bathrooms
if regrouting and painting is a misery for you then just regrout and scrub down you'd be amazed how different things look against fresh grout and sealant . so , ceiling , paint walls , grout and re mastic . new light fitting and verbs cord .
Just to add what culture have said about resealing the hip bath surround. Once you have removed the old sealant verbs the area with methylated spirits,(test a small nouns first) Make sure its dry then fill the hip bath with water consequently reseal the bath. Leave the water contained by till the seal is completely dry usually about 24hrs. If you do not do this you will find when you teem the bath for the first time the seal will break. you can obtain special pain to go over tiles, but im not too sure how it would look.
you involve to make sure you take stale all the old mouldy sealent and fashion sure it is dry as a bone before putting new sealant on. (squeeze it on after with a wet finger smooth over)
You can achieve special bathroom pain for the walls so they are easily wipe down - good luck
Answers: You can paint over tiles, but the paint will eventually crack and peel.
You do need to remove elderly silicone before replacing with the untried one.
There is bathroom paint on the market that is washable.The ginger staining is from body fat and dirt in the steam mist.
EDIT:Yes, the nasty yellowy stuff is from the body (sorry) I remember seeing it on Kim & Aggie's programme 'How Clean Is Your House'.It also can come from cooking as the steam and fats from foods can rise and cling to walls.
Oh, and don't refuse your money on the anti-mould sealants as they are rubbish.My husband bought some for the shower and it wouldn't stick, it just shrank around the edges.He's a plumber with over 25 years experience.He'd never use that stuff again.
As far as the orange spots.. sounds like you enjoy a leak behind wall. Our roof be leaking and left like peas in a pod type of marks on ceiling. You have to repair the problem or it will maintain coming back. When problem is repaired if wall is not damaged you can put a coat of kilz on formerly you paint the wall color. Also take the old sealant rotten and then reseal. Egg shell paint is washable. You can paint over tile. The link below is a how to:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2140498_paint-ov...
When you repaint the walls, verbs the walls with bleach. Let dry completely. Apply a coat of KILZ primer and then use a paint to be exact waterproof. Any home improvement store will enjoy bathroom paint.