How To Prepare Artex Ceiling For Painting
Now your ceiling is ready for painting.
How to prepare artex ceiling for painting. This will remove any dust and grease and help the new coat of paint to adhere to the wall. Mask the edges and around any fixtures such as lights or alarms. Bod1 Member Have a couple of jobs where I have to paint lightly textured artex ceiling in 10 year old houses.
Time for a cuppa and some brekkie. Step 1 7am. Skip this step if youve got an Artex ceiling.
Paint the artex surface with PVA adhesive as this will help the plaster stick and slow down the moisture absorption. In fact when removing it you apply water to the surface to soften it prior to scraping it. To avoid paint flaking I would recommend thinning out the fist coat with water say 15 to 20.
Another indication of whether it has been painted is visible brush or roller marks in it. Try and re-fill the area with a good water proof filler and try to make a patten in it. Dilute the PVA with a 11 ratio with water and mix well Using a large emulsion brush paint the PVA solution on the ceiling and leave the PVA to dry roughly one hour.
Protect surfaces on and adjacent to the Artex ceiling by covering them with a low-tack painters tape. Apply at least two coats of paint to fully cover. This means the surface is not completely flat which can make painting a bit more difficult.
Pour 9 litres of emulsion paint into the bucket. Once the compound has dried lightly sand the surface to smooth it out. For ceilings that have not been previously treated or from which the coatings have been removed wallpaper old paint whitewash etc a competent cleaning procedure is necessary.
