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Advice for wrinkled ceiling from roof leak
Posted on 12/31/20 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 12/31/20 at 1:25 pm
A lot of my ceiling looks like this:
There are a lot of patchwork paint jobs with bad color matches all over. I need to paint every room’s ceiling in the house. But I imagine these wrinkles are a larger project than simple paint.
My intuition says to sand it off then paint, but obviously the texture won’t be right.
Any suggestions?
There are a lot of patchwork paint jobs with bad color matches all over. I need to paint every room’s ceiling in the house. But I imagine these wrinkles are a larger project than simple paint.
My intuition says to sand it off then paint, but obviously the texture won’t be right.
Any suggestions?
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Posted on 12/31/20 at 1:55 pm to StringedInstruments
Seal it from the attic side and use a mold repellant and bleach. Re-texture and repaint.
And of course you need to fix the leak first
And of course you need to fix the leak first
Posted on 12/31/20 at 2:15 pm to idlewatcher
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Seal it from the attic side
Do you mean use a sealant over the back of the drywall? Or to look for some kind of gap or opening and fill it?
Posted on 12/31/20 at 2:20 pm to StringedInstruments
Yes the right way is to get it all sanded down or you can skim coat it with new compound, then texture it all the same, then paint. If it’s mostly the same texture except for some small areas you can just skim those areas and repaint the whole ceiling.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 3:54 pm to StringedInstruments
Fix roof leak first.
Scrape off peeling texture.
Use joint compound to float area scraped to bring up to the level of surrounding ceiling surface.
Sand edges to blend in and remove any streaks once the compound dries.
Use a roller made for applying texture and do your best to blend it in with existing texture, and go a bit heavy as it will shrink a bit as it dries.
Once satisfied with results, paint the repaired spot first to get a coat on it and then paint the entire ceiling.
ETA: When texturing, use a bit of water to thin the joint compound so it will flow easier when applying to the ceiling.
Scrape off peeling texture.
Use joint compound to float area scraped to bring up to the level of surrounding ceiling surface.
Sand edges to blend in and remove any streaks once the compound dries.
Use a roller made for applying texture and do your best to blend it in with existing texture, and go a bit heavy as it will shrink a bit as it dries.
Once satisfied with results, paint the repaired spot first to get a coat on it and then paint the entire ceiling.
ETA: When texturing, use a bit of water to thin the joint compound so it will flow easier when applying to the ceiling.
This post was edited on 12/31/20 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 12/31/20 at 9:44 pm to gumbo2176
as others have said except try this ....if texture has you worried...they have texture in a spray can and it comes in eggshell which is what it looks like you have..
Posted on 1/1/21 at 7:02 pm to StringedInstruments
Whenever I'm faced with drywall issues I try to avoid them all together. That ceiling looks like a good candidate for some beaded board.....
Posted on 1/1/21 at 7:17 pm to dragginass
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That ceiling looks like a good candidate for some beaded board.....
Guess you didn't notice all that crown molding that would have to come down first, then get re-installed and calked to the walls and probably leading to having to paint the entire room over again.
Posted on 1/1/21 at 9:15 pm to gumbo2176
I'd still rather do that than drywall! I'm too much of a perfectionist on certain materials. But anyway, take a deep breath....
This post was edited on 1/1/21 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:08 am to gumbo2176
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Guess you didn't notice all that crown molding that would have to come down first, then get re-installed and calked to the walls and probably leading to having to paint the entire room over again.
Lowering things should not result in necessity to paint the walls again. The crown will likely need attention from removal and reinstallment, but moving downhill on a wall should leave clean wall below.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 8:38 am to MoarKilometers
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but moving downhill on a wall should leave clean wall below.
Still going to be gaps where the crown doesn't contour to the wall and those will need calking if doing it right. And that alone may make it necessary to paint the walls.
In all the times I've installed crown, I've never gotten it to lay so tight to the walls that no calking was needed------and I've hung lots of crown.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 11:04 am to gumbo2176
Pull down crown call a dry wall company have them install 1/4 in drywall over the whole ceiling you could try to get a level 4 finish on that ceiling but it will fail just cover it up move on
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