'Normal' Paint vs 'Bathroom' Paint?

[MiniMan64]

Just in process of finishing off redecorating the bathroom and we're going for the highly original concept of slapping all the walls with a nice white finish to cover over the multi-coloured patch work of st and plaster that was there before.

With that in mind we did a couple of layers with some cheap emulsion we had kicking around and the wall was soaking it up like a sponge but there's a pretty good covering on there now.

Question is though, is it worth sticking on a decent coat of 'bathroom' paint from B&Q as the final covering or will the boggo emulsion do the job okay with another few coats to get a good finish?

Is it worth the extra, the old paint doesn't seem to go too far even though it's a small room.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Is your bathroom well ventilated? One of my summer jobs is to repaint the bathroom ceiling as even with the window open after showers and the fan on the ceiling has mould spots on it.

Bought some "bathroom paint" for it which is supposed to be mould resistant.

[GingerWizard]

Really it all depends on how well ventilated your bathroom is. As a rule however i have always painted the celing in "Dulux Brilliant White Weathersheild", or Brewers-Albany range in the same guise.

[Jonny_]

Some time ago I gave my bathroom a hasty lick of paint to tide it over until I get round to completely gutting it and tiling the lot. On the walls I used some cheap Wickes trade beige emulsion that I had lying around, and on the ceiling I used some "Bathroom and kitchen" white matt emulsion - Johnston's, I think it was.

18 months or so down the line, and I've twice had to attack the walls with mould and mildew remover (it gets pretty bad when the weather's very cold) yet had no cause to touch the ceiling, even directly above the shower where it's subject to lots of steam and condensation.

So on this basis I'd say the bathroom-specific paint is worthwhile, unless you intend to redecorate regularly