Bathroom needs decorating on a shoestring

[Myriad2112]

My chimney breast was leaking water down my bathroom wall. The leak has been fixed but I'm left with no money and brown stained plaster. Is there a cheap and easy way of covering it up without getting a decorator in. By the way I've had very little experience with DIY.

[laurence2]

What do you mean ''Brown stained plaster''?


How is the rest of your bathroom decorated firstly

[moonshadow]

International Paints make a stain block paint or spray, when it dries just paint with emulsion. You can buy it in B&Q and Homebase.

[laurence2]

Or you can you an undercoat paint {white if you like} as a base coat first, it will stop any such water stain showing through, then Emulsion after if thats what your going to do.

Everyone normally has some sort of undercoat paint lying about in the garage, so it works out very cheap

[chazza]

Get a kitchen and bathroom paint to withstand the steam!

[Myriad2112]

Thanks for the interest,
The rest of the bathroom is painted apart form the the tiles around the bath. The paint peels off like rubber leaving a pink (and brown, where the damp stains are) plaster wall with small amounts of crumbling - polyfiller job?
Can I paint right over it or does it need wallpaper or re plastering?

[terence7556]

one of the modern version s of polyfilla is called easifill �10.50 a bag from b&q, in a green/white bag. dont smooth it flat like plaster but leave it heaped, its easy to sand down, this material is excellant