Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint Review

Posted Jan 14, 2025 | Paints | 0 comments

Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould & Black Spot Paint is a product used to coat interior walls, ceilings, and woodwork, usually in rooms that would otherwise suffer with mould.

As a Professional Decorator, I’ve recently started using this product, so I thought it would be good to write an honest Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint review based on my own experience.

I’ll include loads of information about how the paint works and how to use it, but feel free to skip ahead and just pick out the information you’re looking for.

 

What is Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint?

 

It’s a durable water-based emulsion, so it can be used in any room in your home, including high-traffic areas, kitchens, and bathrooms. The recoat time is 4 hours, but this can be extended if you’re working in cold areas, or rooms with poor ventilation.

Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint is available in the UK in White from several stockists, or any colour if you order from Rawlins Paints, where you can even get matches to colours from other brands. You should apply the paint via brush, roller, or airless sprayer.

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How Does Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint Work?

 

Mould is a fungus, so it’s a living organism. It normally grows on walls that get damp from condensation. Water in the atmosphere in a building, usually from steam in a shower room, cooking food, or people and pets exhaling, condenses on the coldest surface.

Behind furniture can be particularly bad, simply because of the lack of airflow. Kitchens, bathrooms and below bay windows are also hotspots.

As these surfaces stay wet for prolonged periods, it creates the perfect environment for mould to grow.

Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint will not stop the condensation or block damp from coming into a room. But it does contain a biocide, which although isn’t harmful to people or pets, will kill mould spores on point of contact.

There are other anti-mould paints on the market, but Glixtone seems more sophisticated than the others. They use an acrylic resin and thier own fungicide and an algaecide, which forms a thermal barrier.

All the ingredients of Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint are even throughout the material.

 

How to Paint Mouldy Rooms Using Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint

 

I’m not going to overcomplicate things, simply because Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint is no more difficult to use than any other anti-mould paint.

All you need to do is dilute some Glixtone Fungi-Shield Concentrated Sterilising Solution (one bottle of solution mixes with 5L of water). Use the solution and a cloth to treat areas affected with mould. Don’t be afraid to get the walls and ceilings wet at this point. Use the solution to clean all the mould.

You must then wait 24 hours for the solution to work its magic and kill any mould spores. If there are any remaining black marks, then you should use a good quality stain block.

Once that’s dry, all you need to do is apply two coats of Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint in your chosen colour.

Always adhere to the recommended drying / recoat times when dealing with a specialist paint system like this. Especially considering the walls you’re working on may be cold and prone to condensation. A fan heater will help with the drying process.

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My Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint Review

 

I know from my own research that Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint works on mould, making it ideal for bathrooms, kitchens, rental properties, and just about anywhere else you might get mould from condensation.

I haven’t been using it long enough to put my hand on my heart and swear it’ll hold mould back for decades, but I have a lot of faith in it.

One thing I can tell you about it is its performance as a paint. You would expect a specialist product like this to underperform well in other aspects, simply because of all the other ingredients it contains. However, this isn’t the case.

The opacity in colours is great, so two coats is all you’ll ever need. The paint itself feels thin, but it flows well. It just glides off the brush or roller, so it’s a pleasure to use.

The best thing about Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint from an application point of view is the overall finish; there are no defects in the paint, it’s durable, and it has a great depth of colour. It feels strange to describe a specialist paint like this, but it looks like a designer paint once it’s on the wall. It really is good!

The opacity in white isn’t as good. The advice I’ve had is to adhere to the recoat times and expect to need an extra coat if going for a colour change.

It isn’t what I’d call expensive; I mean, at around £90 for 5L in a colour, it’s more expensive than most other durable matt emulsion paints, but if you consider its anti-mould qualities and the overall finish, I don’t think it’s too bad at all.

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Review Summary

Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint Review - Decorator's forum UK

A specialist anti-mould paint used for interior walls, ceilings, and woodwork.

Product Brand: Glixtone

Editor's Rating:
4.7

Pros

  • It’s a great way to tackle mould.
  • Good value for money.
  • Durable.
  • Waterproof.
  • Fantastic finish.
  • Easy to use.
  • Can be colour matched.
  • Great opacity in colours.

Cons

  • Isn’t widely available.
  • Doesn’t have the best opacity in white.
  • Not as durable on doors and windows as a specialist woodwork paint.
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A Recent Job

 

It’s easy for me to say, “the paint leaves a nice finish”, but showing you might give the review a bit more credibility. The pictures below are from a job I completed recently.

This is a rental property that was badly affected by mould (partly because the last tenant blocked the vents and turned the extraction fans off). The ceilings were painted using Albany AF1 Ceiling Paint and the woodwork was painted using Benjamin Moore Scuff X.

Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint was used on the walls. The colour is called Limestone by Little Greene, which we had matched at Rawlins. I followed the process, treated the walls, blocked the stains, carried out the rest of the prep, and then applied two coats of Glixtone.

It’s safe to say it turned out well. Because I improved ventilation and used Glixtone, I’m confident that the mould won’t come back.

room painted using Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint
rental property painted with anti-mould paint
Door to a rental property freshly painted
An anti-mould paint that leaves a good finish on a wall

Final Thoughts

 

I think that just about concludes my Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint review. I’m a Professional Decorator and a paint geek, and I hadn’t heard of this product until relatively recently. I don’t think I’m on my own either.

It’s a good product that can be great for landlords and problem areas in a home, and it doesn’t compromise on finish. If you have a designer or high-end home that suffers with mould and you want a contemporary low-sheen finish with no defects, then Glixtone Fungi-Shield Anti-Mould Paint is probably the paint to go for.

Posted Jan 14, 2025 | 0 comments

About the Author

About the Author

Mike Cupit has been in the decorating industry since 2002 and has mostly worked as a Trade Decorator in the domestic sector (peoples’ homes). Self-proclaimed “product geek”, Mike has a passion for paint and decorating tools. Mike now spends most of his time testing paint products and tools, comparing them to similar products on the market, and blogging about the industry in general.

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