How to Apply Textured Ceiling Paint
- 1). Remove all furniture from the room, or move it away from the walls and corners and cover it well with plastic sheeting. Cover the floor with drop cloths.
- 2). Remove any peeling or chipped areas on the ceiling with your five-in-one tool. If your ceiling is stained, wash it with a bleach-and-water mixture (one capful of bleach per gallon of water), and allow it to dry.
- 3). Fill in any cracks or dents with spackle, smoothing the spackle over the area with a spackling knife. Allow to dry for 30 minutes, and sand the repair with fine sandpaper. Prime any spackled areas with a coat of acrylic latex primer, and allow to dry for two hours.
- 4). Paint the border and trim areas of your ceiling by hand with an angled painter's brush. Paint at least 4 inches out from corners, fans, lighting fixtures and walls.
- 5). Apply a thin coat of paint with the short-nap roller, using the roller extension pole. Allow to dry for 15 minutes.
- 6). Apply a decorative paint layer with the looped texture roller, again using the roller extension pole. Apply this layer slowly, using moderate pressure on the roller. Work in small sections (no more than 4 square feet), blending each section with the next section while the paint is still wet.
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