2nd FLOOR FLOOD
#1
04-18-12, 09:34 AM
2nd FLOOR FLOOD PLEASE HELP!!!
I had my second floor bathroom to flood into the first floor kitchen saturday night. I have been drying out both with a fan & opening windows downstairs and upstairs. Today i went to paint my ceiling assuming it was dry. The ceiling started to peel off. Anyone's help would be greatly appreciated.
#2
04-18-12, 10:29 AM
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Probably wasn't dry yet, I'd give it a few more days.
That said, do you know what type of paint was on the ceiling? If it has oil based and you want to cover it with latex, you'll need an oil based primer first.
Probably wasn't dry yet, I'd give it a few more days.
That said, do you know what type of paint was on the ceiling? If it has oil based and you want to cover it with latex, you'll need an oil based primer first.
#6
04-19-12, 03:26 AM
Not wanting to jump the gun so to speak, but now is a great time to remove the popcorn ceiling. It is so dated. It will probably scrape off the wet area just fine. Throughout the remainder of the room, use a spray bottle of water and lightly soak a 3'x3' area, and scrape it off with a wide sheetrock taping knife into a cardboard drink flat ( about 1'x2'x3" tall), dumping it occasionally. It won't be totally "unmessy", but once you are done, you can finish and smooth out any boogers and repaint.
#7
04-19-12, 04:11 AM
Whenever a popcorn ceiling gets wet [either from water above or high humidity] it looses it bond with the ceiling. I agree with Larry that now is a good time to get rid of it. You could scrape what's loose, spray new popcorn and then repaint but there is no guarantee that what appears to be solidly attached won't come loose when the wet paint hits it 
We can pretty much rule out any adhesion issues from oil base enamel.
We can pretty much rule out any adhesion issues from oil base enamel.
