Painting - Ceiling painting

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bad60biscayne
12-04-05, 09:40 PM
I am redoing the ceilings in a house i just purchased. The people there smoked and i wanted to repaint the whole house. Would just spraying a new coat of ceiling paint cover the ceiling, mask any smoke odors? It is a sprayed white popcorn looking ceiling. It does have some areas that look dungy and i haven't figured out a way to clean it without destroying the popcorn stuff.

prowallguy
12-05-05, 07:02 AM
Best way to cover smoke odors/stains is a coat of Zinsser's BIN shellac primer.
marksr
12-05-05, 07:35 AM
I agree with PWG although it is possible that latex paint will cover, it really depends on how much smoke and nicotine is on ceiling/walls. You are correct that popcorn is not washable.

slickshift
12-05-05, 11:17 AM
I agree with PWG and MSr
lol

There's no good way to clean it, paint just "might" do it, the best way is B-I-N then paint