Walls and Ceilings - ceiling texture
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MBrady
06-07-09, 10:48 PM
I'm new at this!
I scraped off the popcorn texture from my bedroom ceiling. I want to retexture it now. I'm looking for any easy way to do this since I am inexperienced (but willing to learn!). I've been reading about Behr sandwash paint & foundation. Does this work well? Has anyone tried it? Also, there is a stain in the ceiling from a leak that has been fixed. Do I use KILZ for that? and when do I apply it? Do I paint the whole ceiling with KILZ?
Please help!!
I scraped off the popcorn texture from my bedroom ceiling. I want to retexture it now. I'm looking for any easy way to do this since I am inexperienced (but willing to learn!). I've been reading about Behr sandwash paint & foundation. Does this work well? Has anyone tried it? Also, there is a stain in the ceiling from a leak that has been fixed. Do I use KILZ for that? and when do I apply it? Do I paint the whole ceiling with KILZ?
Please help!!
marksr
06-08-09, 06:46 AM
Welcome to the forums!
Any/all water stains must be sealed with a solvent based primer. Oil base kilz will work, latex kilz will not. For real bad stains it is best to use a pigmented shellac primer like zinnser's BIN.
The stain primer should be applied before any finish paint is applied. It's ok to just coat the stain areas provided there are no other stain or adhesion issues on the ceiling. The whole ceiling should be primed but latex primer is ok if you don't want/need to use oil primer on the whole ceiling.
I'm not familiar with Behr's texture paint. I rarely use texture paint but use a gypsum based texture, primer and paint instead.
Any/all water stains must be sealed with a solvent based primer. Oil base kilz will work, latex kilz will not. For real bad stains it is best to use a pigmented shellac primer like zinnser's BIN.
The stain primer should be applied before any finish paint is applied. It's ok to just coat the stain areas provided there are no other stain or adhesion issues on the ceiling. The whole ceiling should be primed but latex primer is ok if you don't want/need to use oil primer on the whole ceiling.
I'm not familiar with Behr's texture paint. I rarely use texture paint but use a gypsum based texture, primer and paint instead.
unclejack
06-13-09, 10:10 PM
Hello! I've popcorned 5 rooms recently that all had water and cigarette tar stains on them! I used BIN primer and used this popcorn ceiling stuff that comes premixed from Lowes. It's like $20 for a 2.5 gal. bucket. Coverage is minimal because of all the "chunks" of popcorn. I recently (2 days ago) did a 8x10 room and it took approx. 1 and half buckets. Stuff works great, is easy to use, and looks great! I'm not sure of the brand but I can check the empty buckets at the other house if your interested? Only one problem! Makes a big mess!! Cover everything or move your stuff to another room until your done. The stuff likes to splatter. You have to go slow and apply upward pressure to avoid a big mess. Great stuff! Hides cracks and imperfections also! I had to fix a LOT of cracks, imperfections etc.. on my ceilings. Jack