How can I smooth out my ceilings to get them ready to paint?
#1
11-13-14, 09:10 PM
How can I smooth out my ceilings to get them ready to paint?
Hello,
This is my first post on the boards so I would like to say a big "Hello" to you all.
My wife and I have just bought our first home. The home was built in 1993 and is structurally sound - it just needs a few cosmetic touches to make it more cozy.
The first problem is that the ceilings in some of the rooms are not smooth. We would like to repaint the ceilings after smoothing them out.
Here is a picture of one of one of the rooms which provides a general idea of the current situation:
After doing a bit of digging around on the internet and asking other people it seems that there are a few options available to us:
1. Hack away the parts of the ceiling that have bobbled out, refill with Spackle, and sand down to make the surface smooth.
2. Apply a skim coat over the whole surface.
3. Install drywall over the top.
The current ceiling is pure concrete and has never been coated with concrete effects such as Popcorn etc. however, it does have two coats of paint on it that were applied by the previous owners.
Can anyone recommend the best way of fixing this problem by myself? Having never applied a skim coat or drywall before I am a little apprehensive about methods two and three. Then again, I am not sure if method one would give a perfectly smooth finish.
Finally, my wife and I are not currently living in the house so we don't need to be worried about any dirt and mess.
Many thanks for any help or advice that you can provide.
Mark
This is my first post on the boards so I would like to say a big "Hello" to you all.
My wife and I have just bought our first home. The home was built in 1993 and is structurally sound - it just needs a few cosmetic touches to make it more cozy.
The first problem is that the ceilings in some of the rooms are not smooth. We would like to repaint the ceilings after smoothing them out.
Here is a picture of one of one of the rooms which provides a general idea of the current situation:
After doing a bit of digging around on the internet and asking other people it seems that there are a few options available to us:
1. Hack away the parts of the ceiling that have bobbled out, refill with Spackle, and sand down to make the surface smooth.
2. Apply a skim coat over the whole surface.
3. Install drywall over the top.
The current ceiling is pure concrete and has never been coated with concrete effects such as Popcorn etc. however, it does have two coats of paint on it that were applied by the previous owners.
Can anyone recommend the best way of fixing this problem by myself? Having never applied a skim coat or drywall before I am a little apprehensive about methods two and three. Then again, I am not sure if method one would give a perfectly smooth finish.
Finally, my wife and I are not currently living in the house so we don't need to be worried about any dirt and mess.
Many thanks for any help or advice that you can provide.
Mark
#3
11-14-14, 03:51 AM
Scraping off the high spots and skim coating would be the best fix. You can skim coat a section at a time if the whole ceiling is too intimidating for you. If it's just select areas you can probably get by with just addressing those spots.
#4
11-14-14, 07:55 AM
Group Moderator
A skim coat of joint compound, not spackle.
You didn't say you would use spackle for the skim but some people think it's good for more than just small holes so I wanted to make sure.
You didn't say you would use spackle for the skim but some people think it's good for more than just small holes so I wanted to make sure.
