Painting - Textured ceiling saga- Can I switch half way across from oil to latex?
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Marie12345
06-05-06, 02:57 PM
I'm the one with the 70's house trying to paint textured ceilings, and am unsure whether or not they have ever been painted.
However, now that I've painted one bedroom ceiling, and a part of the living room ceiling, I can now totally see the difference in texture. The living room ceiling seems much harder and more durable (so must have been painted before!), whereas the bedroom ceiling was sooooo much more absorbent when I painted.
Wow - I must be really stupid! lol I've obviously done everything totally backwards so far. I painted the absorbent bedroom ceiling with latex, and couldn't believe what horror it was to do, so went out and bought the oil base paint, and did half the living room with the oil base (only to realize the ceiling was much harder, so I could probably have used the latex)!!! :wall:
Anyhow......I painted the one bedroom with a latex ceiling paint. It was a nightmare. I guess the ceiling had never been painted before, so the texture was coming off and filling up the roller.....It was a nightmare and took hours and hours (even though the room was only 10x10). I used almost the whole gallon doing the one ceiling. Anyhow, it's done. The ceiling looks fine and I'm really hoping that any previous discoloration (general yellowing, particularly around the edges) does not re-surface.
Went to Cloverdale Paints and bought Pro Fresh Stain Blocker Texture and tile Ceiling Restoration low odour alkyd, flat white and am now working on the entrance way (cathedral entrance, ceiling is way up there), living room/dining room and hallway ceilings. I cannot believe it is actually called Low Odour, because it wreaks (mind you, I've also been using paint thinner for the all the drips).
According to the container, coverage should be 300 square feet but I must have put it on too thick, because I only did about a 150 sq. feet area and have ran out of paint again. I did the area above the stairs (not fun, on a step ladder with a telescopic handle, and every so often, I'd hit the wall) and I did about half way across the living room!
Anyhow, even though I've done half the living room ceiling with that Cloverdale alkyd, I just don't want to go get another gallon........I just can't stand the smell, and the hassle of using an oil base. I'm a little nervous because I really am half way across the ceiling, but won't it be fine as long as I sort of blend the latex in to where the oil ended, so there's not a sharp definitive ending of the types of paint (the oil next to the latex). There's just no way I am going to buy a couple more gallons of the oil. This is awful. I can't believe I didn't realize how different the texture was in the living room, and didn't just start with the latex in here!
But I'm thinking this will work........Latex ceiling paint can go over the alkyd, can't it? Even though I am hoping not to have to go over all the oil that I've already done in the living room, I will have to go over part of it so that the edges blend.....
However, now that I've painted one bedroom ceiling, and a part of the living room ceiling, I can now totally see the difference in texture. The living room ceiling seems much harder and more durable (so must have been painted before!), whereas the bedroom ceiling was sooooo much more absorbent when I painted.
Wow - I must be really stupid! lol I've obviously done everything totally backwards so far. I painted the absorbent bedroom ceiling with latex, and couldn't believe what horror it was to do, so went out and bought the oil base paint, and did half the living room with the oil base (only to realize the ceiling was much harder, so I could probably have used the latex)!!! :wall:
Anyhow......I painted the one bedroom with a latex ceiling paint. It was a nightmare. I guess the ceiling had never been painted before, so the texture was coming off and filling up the roller.....It was a nightmare and took hours and hours (even though the room was only 10x10). I used almost the whole gallon doing the one ceiling. Anyhow, it's done. The ceiling looks fine and I'm really hoping that any previous discoloration (general yellowing, particularly around the edges) does not re-surface.
Went to Cloverdale Paints and bought Pro Fresh Stain Blocker Texture and tile Ceiling Restoration low odour alkyd, flat white and am now working on the entrance way (cathedral entrance, ceiling is way up there), living room/dining room and hallway ceilings. I cannot believe it is actually called Low Odour, because it wreaks (mind you, I've also been using paint thinner for the all the drips).
According to the container, coverage should be 300 square feet but I must have put it on too thick, because I only did about a 150 sq. feet area and have ran out of paint again. I did the area above the stairs (not fun, on a step ladder with a telescopic handle, and every so often, I'd hit the wall) and I did about half way across the living room!
Anyhow, even though I've done half the living room ceiling with that Cloverdale alkyd, I just don't want to go get another gallon........I just can't stand the smell, and the hassle of using an oil base. I'm a little nervous because I really am half way across the ceiling, but won't it be fine as long as I sort of blend the latex in to where the oil ended, so there's not a sharp definitive ending of the types of paint (the oil next to the latex). There's just no way I am going to buy a couple more gallons of the oil. This is awful. I can't believe I didn't realize how different the texture was in the living room, and didn't just start with the latex in here!
But I'm thinking this will work........Latex ceiling paint can go over the alkyd, can't it? Even though I am hoping not to have to go over all the oil that I've already done in the living room, I will have to go over part of it so that the edges blend.....
Marie12345
06-05-06, 03:00 PM
Sorry......Should also have mentioned that I ended up using the normal roller as opposed to the foam one. There's no way I wanted oil paint oozing through the foam onto my head while I was balancing on the step ladder with the telescopic handle.
marksr
06-06-06, 05:12 AM
You can finish with latex but......... it is highly unlikely that the paint will match although it may be easier to repaint the section you have already done, with latex than to continue with oil.
Oil base paint odor used to never bother me but after years of occupational overexposure I don't care much for it either. Use of paint thinner will increase the smell.
Coverage specs are usually for a smooth sealed surface, rough or pourous surfaces require more paint. I have always used a regular 9" roller for ceilings utilizing an 1"-1.5" nap for popcorn ceilings.
Oil base paint odor used to never bother me but after years of occupational overexposure I don't care much for it either. Use of paint thinner will increase the smell.
Coverage specs are usually for a smooth sealed surface, rough or pourous surfaces require more paint. I have always used a regular 9" roller for ceilings utilizing an 1"-1.5" nap for popcorn ceilings.