Painted wallpaper ceiling looks like parched earth!
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Painted wallpaper ceiling looks like parched earth!
I bought an old house that was last updated in the 50's. The walls and ceiling are covered in wallpaper that has been painted.
I tried to paint the ceiling today using Sherwin Williams Eminence ceiling paint- it's a flat acrylic latex paint. I put on one coat of paint and the finish was terrible... it looked like cracked, parched earth (I tried to upload a picture but it wouldn't work). I thought it would look better once I did the second coat, and it did initially after application.
However, after a couple of hours it has dried to look the exact same way as the first coat... lines criss-crossing and spider-webbing out.
I've spent so much time on this project today so I'm feeling discouraged... Is there any paint I could use to cover over these two coats and make the finish even out? How do I fix this?
I tried to paint the ceiling today using Sherwin Williams Eminence ceiling paint- it's a flat acrylic latex paint. I put on one coat of paint and the finish was terrible... it looked like cracked, parched earth (I tried to upload a picture but it wouldn't work). I thought it would look better once I did the second coat, and it did initially after application.
However, after a couple of hours it has dried to look the exact same way as the first coat... lines criss-crossing and spider-webbing out.
I've spent so much time on this project today so I'm feeling discouraged... Is there any paint I could use to cover over these two coats and make the finish even out? How do I fix this?
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The ceiling should have been primed prior to your paint application. You might have some success using a quality primer sealer now, which will give the top-coat ceiling pant something to bite to without crazing. Two coats of primer might be needed to hide the cracking.
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Primer or paint alone doesn't generally hide cracks. One of the main reasons for paint to crawl on any given substrate is a surface contaminant. I'd suggest sanding some of it and see what happens.
btw - how well wallpaper strips doesn't really depend on plaster versus drywall but how well the substrate was sealed before it was papered.
Primer or paint alone doesn't generally hide cracks. One of the main reasons for paint to crawl on any given substrate is a surface contaminant. I'd suggest sanding some of it and see what happens.
btw - how well wallpaper strips doesn't really depend on plaster versus drywall but how well the substrate was sealed before it was papered.