Painting - Paint prep

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snlark
12-26-03, 10:59 AM
A burning christmas candle created a smoke smoot stain on the painted drywall ceiling. Any suggestions on cleaning and paint prep?

prowallguy
12-26-03, 04:09 PM
wash it with tsp, prime it with kilz, paint it with latex
PBTroy
12-26-03, 04:10 PM
Just prime with a stainblocking primer then repaint

BobF
12-28-03, 10:03 PM
It doesn't take much effort and is well worth the time to wash the soot off first.

Then prime and paint.
PBTroy
01-15-04, 07:05 PM
My mistake TSP