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General => General => Topic started by: Grahamm on 14 March 2016, 10:55:46 pm

Title: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: Grahamm on 14 March 2016, 10:55:46 pm

A question for the Foc-U font of all konwledge.

I need to repaint part of a ceiling, but I want to replicate what is already there (see attached pics, one's with flash, the other without)

Can anyone tell me how to reproduce this so it matches? Thanks.

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: alan09 on 15 March 2016, 07:19:39 am

Hi Grahamm that looks like either stipple or popcorn artexing plenty of videos on YouTube that should help you out.

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: taylor on 15 March 2016, 08:47:14 am

it is artex but very old and worn, you wont match it so re plaster the whole ceiling bringing it up to date,     sorry mate sometimes the truth hurts. ;)

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: Fazerider on 15 March 2016, 10:06:15 am

Yes, it's Artex... virtually impossible to repair and get a decent match to the pattern.
Worse yet, it contains asbestos (unless it's very recent), so removal is a specialist job.
Plastering over it it probably the cheapest option, but masks the problem rather than solving it.

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: BBROWN1664 on 15 March 2016, 10:10:01 am

:agree

plaster over it.

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: celticdog on 15 March 2016, 03:40:03 pm

 :agree
 plane/scrape off the high spots (don't sand). wear a mask, bond with PVA then skim.

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: chaz on 15 March 2016, 08:56:56 pm

looks like it's been finished with a foam paint roller, you would have to get the mix just right to match it, even then it would take some blending in, plaster overskim would be best, as already said?

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: Grahamm on 16 March 2016, 11:13:50 am

Having done some more research and asking, it seems to be just Artex with a stippled finish, so I've bought a repair kit and I'm going to give that a go and see what happens. I can always paint over it afterwards so it's less obvious :)

Thanks for the advice.

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: His Dudeness on 16 March 2016, 08:18:48 pm

Don't look up

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: dazza on 16 March 2016, 08:46:04 pm

Quote from: taylor on 15 March 2016, 08:47:14 am

it is artex but very old and worn

Because you do get a lot of wear on the ceiling  :rolleyes  Have you had Lionel Richie round by any chance ?

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: celticdog on 16 March 2016, 09:18:05 pm

Raise your hand if you think the ceiling fan is too low.

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: Oldgit on 19 March 2016, 01:07:48 pm

aye the basta** is always dancing on the ceilin

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: alan09 on 19 March 2016, 01:53:40 pm

Quote from: Oldgit on 19 March 2016, 01:07:48 pm

aye the basta** is always dancing on the ceilin

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-hnHxDl1Pn8 :D :D

Title: Re: Ceiling painting finish
Post by: taylor on 19 March 2016, 08:12:32 pm

dazza what I thought was the celing has been painted a few times so to match it would involve a lot of work.       ;)