Repairing drywall on ceiling
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10-21-11, 05:41 PM
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Repairing drywall on ceiling
I went to look at a job today and the customer has some water damage on her pristine ceiling. She wants it repaired as such that you cannot tell there ever was a repair done. Is this even possible? I mean from my experience no matter how hard you try and no matter how many times you go over the spackle you can still tell there was a repair done. Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx
Jim
Thanx
Jim
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10-21-11, 09:30 PM
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Not knowing the type of ceiling finish makes it difficult to make any meaningful suggestions. The last ceiling repair I did for a buddy of mine (he fell through the attic, onto the dining room table, while trying to hook up his swamp cooler!), I was able to almost perfectly match the brocaded (knock-down) finish that the ceiling had. It wasn't perfect, but the average eye couldn't detect where the repair had been made. One of the tricks was to remove the existing texture well past the new drywall patch, and then float 2 layers of mud on the tape before trying to texture everything. I've always had better luck using a steel concrete finishing float for texturing, and not hitting it too soon, after applying mud from a hawk with a drywall trowel.
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10-22-11, 04:00 AM
There isn't any reason the repair can't be made and not noticeable! As long as the repair is flat/even with the rest of the ceiling - it's just a matter of texture. Even a slick finish ceiling is likely to have some texture from the paint roller. If you describe [or better yet a pic] the type of ceiling finish/texture we can help you further.
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10-22-11, 01:33 PM
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The ceiling is very smooth. It is a newer house and looks like it only had one paint job done on it. Unfortunately I do not have a pic.
Thank you all for your replies.
Jim
Thank you all for your replies.
Jim
