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cchardwick

Bathroom Wallpaper

cchardwick
8 years ago
I am going to wallpaper my bathrooms. How can I keep the wallpaper behind the hot towel rails from peeling? Is there a product I can use that will seal the wallpaper, like a silicone or a glaze? This is for Portugal, which can be a bit damp as well. Thanks very much. CCH
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    Mauro Perucchetti Ltd
    8 years ago

    My experience is that wallpaper will not endure in a bathroom with moisture, especially when in a climate such as Portugal with hot and cold.

    We recently venetian plastered a house in the Algarve which is a great choice for bathrooms, which get wet and experience hot and cold temperatures.

    Venetian plaster can give colour and texture to the room, making it feel luxurious and warm.


    Comments (6)

    • cchardwick
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Thank you very much for your comment. The house will have underfloor heating on most of the year so it will not be damp. I think we will risk it. I have wallpapered all of our bathrooms in the UK and it seems to hold pretty well. We shall see.......
    • minnie101
      8 years ago

      Hi. I haven't used it personally so can't comment on effectiveness but I know ŷou can use decorators varnish to seal wallpaper (polyvine)

    • cchardwick
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Thanks very much. I will try to get some Polyvine and see if it works. Hopefully we can get it Portugal or England.
    • cchardwick
      Original Author
      6 years ago
      The Polyvine works. We wallpapered the bathroom and then added a layer of Polyvine. Perfect. No problems. But you have to have someone who knows what they are doing apply the Polyvine. We had to bring it in from the U.K., by the way.....
    • PRO
      Create Perfect
      6 years ago

      I also have some experiance with polyvine and regularly recommend it to my clients who have all given me positive reviews.

      http://www.polyvine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=170&lang=en 

      Good job.

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