Painting/hiding gray pipe insulation in the basement.

[Martin_355]

Hello.

I have removed all the insulation around the water pipes due to the renovation of the water pipes. A decontamination company removed all the insulation because of asbestos.
The new insulation is gray.
I want it in white.
Is it possible to just paint over the gray, what kind of paint should I use, or do you have any other suggestions?

 

[Hjulbent]

Depends entirely on what kind of insulation it is. If it's a plastic sheet surface, it usually tends to be a bit gray. A picture of it would be good, so you might get a better answer.

 

[major_tom]

could be PE foam, they are also gray

 

[Fotografen]

As far as I remember, there are white covers for pipe insulation?

 

[Fotografen]

Something like this?
https://bevego.se/kategorier/teknisk-isolering/ytbekladnadssystem

 

[Hjulbent]

Something like this?

It's plastic sheet and not completely white, they have a gray tone in them

 

[Martin_355]

I was thinking of something similar to pipe insulation available at biltema and bauhaus.

https://www.biltema.se/bygg/vvs/rorinstallationer/rorisolering/rorisolering-2000023027

https://www.bauhaus.se/catalogsearch/result/index/?cat=481&q=Rörisolering

 

[Hjulbent]

Thought of something similar to pipe insulation

They can be painted with regular wall paint, might get a bit pitted and bumpy, maybe apply 2 coats.

 

[Martin_355]

Okay. but the pipe insulation won't lose its function if you paint it, will it?

 

[Hjulbent]

Absolutely not, the only thing you do is paint a shell on it, the inside is the same.

 

[Kustvägen]

You can wrap white ropes tightly around - boathouse style type.