ᐅ Silicone Resin or Emulsion Paint – Which Is Better for Interior Walls?

We are about to move into our 8-year-old condominium and currently have painting quotes on the table to have the entire interior of the 4.5-room apartment repainted white. The walls have a rough plaster finish and are white in good condition. The paint could probably last another 1-2 years without needing a new coat, but since the apartment will be empty anyway, it would be nice for it to feel "fresher."

Now that we have the quotes from painters, I notice that the cheaper offers usually specify silicone resin paint, while the more expensive ones mostly use interior dispersion paint.

Painting costs, compared to the purchase price of the apartment, are almost negligible, so I don’t want to save in the wrong place. Could someone advise me on which type of paint is best to use for standard interior rooms?

Silicone resin paint really for interior use? That’s usually for façades.

Inside, there is silicate paint.

The crucial factor should be which type of paint is already applied: if it is a dispersion paint, it generally only makes sense to apply another proper dispersion paint, since in my opinion silicate paint can no longer chemically bond, and theoretical advantages like vapor permeability are anyway negated by the substrate.

I will rule out exterior paint containing biocides for now.

That’s how it is. And it’s probably latex paint on it. With woodchip wallpaper, you might say, okay, I’ll just take the wallpaper off the wall, and then there’s no more latex paint on it, so I’m free to choose something new. But it’s painted on plaster—how do you plan to remove the old paint...? What kind of companies offer you something like that, while a beginner forum has to explain everything to you? That should be their job. K.

I always use dispersion paints when I paint.