Special color for the bathroom?
Do you want to renovate and also repaint the bathroom? Now you are wondering if you should use a special paint for the bathroom? Yes, that's for the best, because the bathroom is a damp room and mold can quickly build up.
Why you should use a special paint in the bathroom
The bathroom is a damp room because water is used most of the time. When taking a warm shower or bath, steam is generated, which is deposited on the walls and humidifies them.
- Because not in every bathroom window is located for ventilation, the moisture can penetrate there particularly well walls set.
- Due to the warm climate in the bathroom, mold in particular can develop well there, because it prefers warm and humid places.
- Painting with conventional wall paints can also cause water stains to appear very quickly, as these arise from the steam that is created when showering or bathing.
- Everyday life in the bathroom often creates more dirt and this should be washed off. Conventional emulsion paints are not scrub-resistant and, for this reason, are not suitable for the bathroom.
- Therefore, you should definitely use special paint for the bathroom, this will Damp room paint called. This is scrubbable, has a high wet abrasion resistance and has a bactericidal and fungicidal effect. This means that these special paints contain ingredients that make the paint resistant to mold.
- The washing and scrubbing resistance of these colors is given in grades that are very similar to the school grading system. Colors of grade 1-2 are suitable for the bathroom, because they have a very high wet abrasion resistance.
- Damp room paint contains special chemical fungicides that prevent mold stains or mold from building up on the walls. These fungicides kill the spores of the fungus. However, you must note that these colors can only be tinted to a limited extent, because too much colored paint weakens the fungicide so that it can no longer work. Therefore, please pay close attention to the information provided by the manufacturer. You cannot simply paint over a wall that is infected with mold, you first have to fight the mold.
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How to use the special color
You can generally get this damp-proof paint in different tones in every hardware store. The handling is no different from the conventional color. However, this damp room paint often takes a little longer to dry than normal wall paints, so you should wait a while before using the bathroom. This gives you the opportunity to design your bathroom according to your taste without having to worry about mold.
