Painting the utility room - Which paint? Latex paint?

Hello,

Our interior plasterers recommended that we paint our utility room before anything is installed there, such as the heating, sink, surface-mounted sockets, electrical box...

It is then much easier and looks better afterwards because you don’t have to paint around everything with small brushes. Makes sense.

The question would be whether to use special paint. It is also a room where laundry is dried, the heating is on, and water flows.

Should we use latex paint because of that, or is regular paint sufficient?

Also, it only has a small basement window.

And the second important question: does the plaster on the ceiling and wall have to be completely dry first? If yes, how do I know if it is dry enough?

It is a rough plaster.
Can you just paint over it? Do you also have to use special paint?

The screed will have been laid only for a few days, but I think that doesn’t matter. However, cement screed was chosen here because of the moisture.

Thank you very much for your advice!

The surfaces must be dry. Prime concrete if necessary.

For painting, you can use good emulsion paint from the specialist trade.

Silicate paint is definitely recommended. It has the advantage that, unlike dispersion paint, it is and remains vapor permeable, so the walls can "breathe," even if several layers of paint are applied over the years. Furthermore, silicate paint is wonderful to apply because of its consistency and it covers very well. In our technical room with rough plaster, one coat was enough. Only in the living rooms did we paint twice with silicate paint for aesthetic reasons.

One more small note: When rough plaster is painted, small pieces of plaster come off and end up in the paint bucket via brush and roller. Therefore, you should definitely not paint smooth walls afterwards with this paint, as all the crumbs would stick to the smooth wall.

Sorry, that is really nonsense. Silicate paint for basements, especially utility rooms, is not necessary. Firstly, it is very expensive, and secondly, there are also dispersion paints that are diffusion-open.

Bookstar is right. Of course, you could also use Demeter organic paint, the famous Moonlight White, based on quark, for 200 euros per bucket... phew.
Primer, dispersion, done. The plaster has to be dry, so visually dry; it really only is completely dry after one year.
But that takes time.
Yes, drying laundry... I recommend you to rather put a dryer in and make drying laundry the exception. You bring mold into the house, no matter what paint. K.

Ok, thanks for your answers. I have had good experience with "Schöner Wohnen Polarweiß" and still have half a bucket of it, although it is 5 years old. Probably dried out anyway. According to the description, it is a "water vapor permeable professional interior dispersion paint". So can I use it? Regarding drying laundry: In my parents' house, laundry was regularly dried in the "laundry room". That was just a basement room with a small basement window where the heater was also located. There were never any mold problems there. Oh yes: And always paint the ceiling first, right?