what I'd rather be doing than painting ceilings....
WoodenSpools
2. pull out my fingernails. one by one.
3. rake my yard with a toothbrush.
perhaps by now you can see that I'm fairly frustrated with my ceiling -
can't see where I've BEEN with the paint roller.
Grumpy white paint-splotched Buckeye Bev
Taria
removed before we moved into the house we are in now.
I decided since I do most of the painting around
here I could live with it rather than having to paint
ceilings. I hate to paint ceilings. DH couldn't stand
the yucky popcorn so he bought a paint sprayer and
repainted the texture a clean white. Was a reasonable
compromise. I (especially my neck) feel your pain
Bev. It will look so nice when it is done though.
Taria
Polly Esther
but there are two fairly new ceiling paints that go on a color - it seems
that one was pink and another blue. After a day or so, the color goes away.
This makes it possible for you to see where you've been and where you
haven't.
We have new cement? concrete? something board siding on the outside of
my shop. It is snow white and needs a coat of paint. It's going to be So
Hard to see where the paint has been missed painting in sunshine. Painting
by moonlight won't do either with gnats and other curious flying critters.
Wish they made an outside paint like the new ceiling paint. Polly
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KJ
the new paints for ceilings. I'll see if I can find it. One is made by
Glidden and the other is from Ace. Seemed like a neat idea.
Kathyl
Kate Dicey
>
> I don't know where I read this - maybe a very recent Consumer's Reports -
> but there are two fairly new ceiling paints that go on a color - it seems
> that one was pink and another blue. After a day or so, the color goes away.
> This makes it possible for you to see where you've been and where you
> haven't.
> We have new cement? concrete? something board siding on the outside of
> my shop. It is snow white and needs a coat of paint. It's going to be So
> Hard to see where the paint has been missed painting in sunshine. Painting
> by moonlight won't do either with gnats and other curious flying critters.
> Wish they made an outside paint like the new ceiling paint. Polly
No doubt they will one day soon! Meanwhile, just paint the shop pale
cream next time round, white the time after...
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Here's a professional few tips...
-- Make sure you have enough light. On ceilings, a strong light from the
side is fabulous, because it will reflect more off the wet paint. But ANY
time you paint, be sure to have enough light. I wish I had a dollar for
every time I went on a jobsite, including "professionals" who really should
know better, and there wasn't enough light. Most hardware stores have a high
intensity light you can set on a shelf or hang off something for about $10.
Well worth it!
-- Use an extension pole. Makes the job go 10 times faster, and that's good
for both you and the paint. Some broom handles will fit in the end of the
paint roller, but if you have to buy an extension pole, you'll only be out
about $3. Again, well worth it. (It'll leave you more time for raking that
yard with the toothbrush! LOL) And you can use that extension pole to whack
anyone who criticizes your paint job. ;-)
-- Many of the better paints now have an anti-splatter additive, and a good
roller cover will help with that, too. (And a good roller cover will also
make the job go faster. Again, more time for raking! *grin*)
-- And always remember, "It's Just Paint" (trademarked by Ragmop). If you
miss a spot, is the world going to end? Is anyone going to die or be
seriously injured? Can it be fixed? Okay, then! :)
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Yeah, the fellow that put a fresh coat of white paint on our white porch last
summer used a base coat tinted with yellow- said that way, he knew where he had
painted- I had never thought of that!
SueS
KittyG
had uneven coverage? I have done this and when I try to go over it again it
leaves a very obvious spot! Is there a way I can smooth this all out and do
"invisible" repair work?
kitty in phx
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> Guess that's better than seeing where you haven't been once it's dry! :)
>
> Here's a professional few tips...>
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Taria
demonstrate Kathy ; ) I have 4 of those clamp on work
lights that really help a lot.
Taria
Kathy Applebaum
paint. (Uh, you haven't read Tom Sawyer, have you? *snort!*)
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(which I assume is similar), there's a bit of a knack to touching up. I do
it with a brush, and "feather out" the edges, meaning you make the edges of
your touch up very dry, with almost no paint to blend it in.
My experience with both this and several "suede" paints is that a *minimum*
of two coats are needed to get the finish to look right, sometimes three.
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>removed before we moved into the house we are in now.
>I decided since I do most of the painting around
>here I could live with it rather than having to paint
>ceilings. I hate to paint ceilings.
I hate to paint, period. (Though I don't mind papering. Go figure.) So I'm
having the house painted. I plan to live here some years so it's worth it.
The walls here are/were also textured, like a light sprinkling of sand. And
the guest room had at one time been a kid's room, attest: remnants of
glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling (the glow part gone, the glue part still
there). What Tim-the-contractor did was skim coat the entire wall with
drywall stuff, then sand it smooth. Result is silky.
The bedrooms, hall, entry, and livingroom were all the same white, dingy with
age. Now the master bedroom is "white clay" (a gray-white); guest bedroom is
"hosta flower" (yummy light lavender--I have a hydrangea border selected); the
third bedroom (office) has two walls in "rosewood" (dusty red -- I will paper
the other two walls with red/green/cream plaid). Also getting new closet doors
in the three bedrooms. L.r., entry, and hall will be "white clay," too. But
I may paint one wall an accent color (sage?) eventually.
Considering that I made all these decisions in a week, I'm doing pretty well.
Nann
who is composing this message from the hallway, since the computer has been
displaced during the painting
WoodenSpools
agree good lighting is important -but when painting walls, not ceilings. I
found if I adjusted the miniblinds to cut the light reflecting off the
outside snow, it helped. And this evening with just one light on in the
livingroom I could see best all the spots/big patches I missed.
All in all a frustrating job. Think I'll go down the the sewing room and
fondle some fabric to soothe my jangled nerves.
Buckeye Bev
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Kate Dicey
I have a very good solution to painting ceilings - DH does it for me!
Walls I will do quite happily, but all our ceilings ate textures, ad a
total pain in the bum to paint!