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Repainting a Popcorn Ceiling
How
to Repaint a Popcorn Ceiling
By Mark J. Donovan
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Is your popcorn ceiling looking a
little dingy? Is there the occasional spaghetti sauce stain decorating your
popcorn ceiling? If so you may want to consider repainting your popcorn ceiling.
Repainting a popcorn ceiling is an
easy project for most do-it-yourself homeowners. To repaint a popcorn ceiling
you will need a paint roller with an extension, a heavy nap paint roll, a paint
tray, a 2.5” paint brush, ceiling paint, masking tape, screwdriver, large drop
clothes, and some muscle.
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Holding your hands over your head for
a few hours can get a little tiring on the arms, shoulder and neck muscles.
The first step in repainting a
popcorn ceiling involves removing all furniture and items from the room, and
removing any cobwebs and dust from the ceiling using a duster and or vacuum
cleaner.
The next step in repainting a popcorn
ceiling is to tape off around light fixtures, vents and any other electrical
fixture covers using masking tape. If you can remove the light fixtures, vents
and fixture covers even better.
Next tape around the wall edges next
to the ceiling so that you can prevent from painting the walls with the ceiling
paint.
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With the
ceiling prepared for paint, lay drop clothes on the
floor to protect it from paint drippings.
Finally,
open windows to allow sufficient ventilation while
painting.
Repainting the Popcorn Ceiling
Once the
room and ceiling have been prepared for paint,
prepare your paint roller and pour some of the
ceiling paint into the paint tray.
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First start out by using your paint
brush and cutting the edges of the ceiling. You will want to cover the first 2
to 3 inches of the ceiling, near the walls, before moving on with the paint
roller.
Once the cutting has been completed
you can then move on to the paint roller.
Roll the paint roll thoroughly into
the paint tray so that it is fully coated, however don’t put so much on that it
drips.
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Now
begin repainting the popcorn ceiling by starting
in one corner of the room and working your way
across the room in large 3-4 foot wide swaths.
Make sure when rolling the paint you move the
paint roller forwards and backwards and then in
a V pattern to ensure an even distribution of
the ceiling paint. It is important to keep
moving when painting the popcorn ceiling and not
work the paint roller too hard into the ceiling.
It is also important to not go over the same
area too much as you could begin to see the
popcorn ceiling begin to lift and separate from
the drywall.
If you feel it is necessary, apply a
second coat of paint after the first coat has thoroughly dried.
Once you have repainted the popcorn
ceiling remove the masking tape, and if necessary reattach the light fixtures,
vents and electrical fixture covers.
Finally roll up the drop clothes and
you’re finished. You’ve completed your first popcorn ceiling repainting job.
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