Paint ceiling guide
To paint ceiling of your home, you require great patience and expertise to give the painting a finishing and smooth touch. Actually painting the ceiling is much more strenuous than the walls, because while painting the ceiling, you are constantly working out your arms, legs and especially back.
You can paint the ceiling by several ways depending on your creativity and comfort level. However, one thing is for sure that you require at least one day for painting the ceiling of your home. Now the question arises can you do it yourself or you need some professional for the job? Off course, you can do it your own by following some simple steps.
Paint the ceiling in few simple steps:
Painting the ceiling actually does not require much creativity rather it demands methodical work. Hence, just consider these points to get that perfect ceiling you always dreamed of in your home.
- First step towards painting the ceiling is to decide whether actually your ceiling needs a makeover or painting. If your answer is yes, then go ahead and buy a good quality and durable paint, which is water proof and dirt resistant.
- Select a perfect instrument like spatters, or roller extensions to reach and paint the ceiling. Nevertheless, be careful and prepared that while you start painting, paints will drip.
- To give your ceiling a nice finishing it is better to divide the ceiling in small, equal portions and finish each portion separately. For the corners, use small brush as bigger instruments might end up leaving some space on these intersectional points without paint.
- Try not to experiment with different colors as far as you are selecting paints for your ceiling. In fact, white paints are the best as it gives a finished look and facilitates higher light bounce, giving better light to your entire room.
4 Responses to “Paint ceiling guide”
I’ve been reading the professional way of painting a smooth ceiling. They recommend to cut in edges not all at once, to ensure that I get a wet edge to roll into. My question is: while I’m cutting in the next section of edging, what is happening to the rolled edge in the center of the ceiling I just finished rolling? Wouldn’t that be drying too fast, and I’d end up with a visible roller lap in the areas of the ceiling not near the walled edge?
By Samuel Fowlow on Nov 1, 2009
Samuel, this is a question none of the websites seem to answer, and is a problem I have. I think cutting all the edges first so you can concentrate on the rolling is the better way.
By Francis Mariani on Feb 7, 2010
I tried painting my living room ceiling with a titanium high gloss to get a shine. I used a roller to apply the paint 2 times. The rolled edge still shows up very vividly. Is there a technique to apply and not get the roller edges?.
Thanks
Earl
By Earl Miller on Feb 17, 2010
I think the best option is go with a flat sheen, that will help hide roller marks. Otherwise, just be careful you overlap on wet edges as you go, and aligning the roller direction to the light helps. Be careful you put enough paint on the roller, if you push and squeeze it makes roller marks more likely. I agree with Francis, I always cut everything in first, let it dry and then roll. That works with flat finishes, not sure about gloss.
By Dennis Ingram on Apr 3, 2010