Thread: Bathroom Ceiling...

Originally Posted by kidzpca

yes I used kilz

Did you bleach/clean all mold/mildew prior to painting with Kilz? or just paint over existing mold/mildew with the Kilz?

That may be why it keeps coming back....

What about a pressed tin ceiling? or a putting wood, which I think is very pretty.

You can use "green" board which is a moisture resistant sheet rock. Use a gloss paint that is easier to wash on a regular basis. To make things easier, you can use a sponge mop to wash your ceilings instead of having to climb up with a rag or sponge.

Originally Posted by tngirl

You can use "green" board which is a moisture resistant sheet rock. Use a gloss paint that is easier to wash on a regular basis. To make things easier, you can use a sponge mop to wash your ceilings instead of having to climb up with a rag or sponge.

They actually make a mold/mildew resistant drywall now. Its at lowes.
We used that in our upstairs. We have actually be told NOT to use "greenboard" by some stores in bathrooms. Which is funny/stupid when thats what its promoted for. lol
But we have a high moisture content in our house. Our bathroom has high moisture as well. My dh used metal corner strips when we built our new bathroom and they actually rusted and caused condesation/mold on the drywall. He has since ripped that out and redid most of it. We still get a few spots where he did NOT redo. Yes I would use a moisture resistant kilz.
semi or gloss paint so you can just wipe any mold or condestion that starts to appear.

We had a similar problem with a bathroom in our old house. We had bleached it...our cleaning crew bleached it regularly.

We were later told that the mold actually grows in the walls and that bleaching only killed/bleached the top layer.

We were told that Kilz was a great primer and would cover the stains, but that it really wasn't an anti-fungal product. What was recommended to us was an anti-fungal treatment which gets added to the paint. It came in a little plastic container...almost like you would get ketchup in...or samples of shampoo. We snipped off the top and squeezed it into the Kilz. And then mixed it in. It can also be added to actual paint and it doesn't effect the color or consistency of the paint at all.

After we did that...the mold never returned.