Spray emulsion on ceiling ?

[Coz]

I've got artex on my ceilings and I would like to paint them. They've never been painted and they are smoke/nicotine free.

Any advice on painting them?

I did brush paint the small en-suite ceiling and that took ages, now for bigger areas I'm considering using a spray gun.

The spray guns I've seen in the local DIY stores seem to be only for garden use, one specifically stated that it was not suitable for emulsion paint. What's so 'special' about emulsion paint?

Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

 

[breezer]

use a roller

 

[Zampa]

Its not so much that emulsion is special..its just a lot thicker...and those DIY spray things just wont work...unless you want a spotty effect finish.

I use an airless spray for emulsion...you need something like that to spray with...to give you an idea of the differnece...an average presuure washer handles about 1500....with water.....an airless handles 3600 psi....with paint.

As breezer says..use a roller....on a stick.

 

[Coz]

Thanks for the replies.

A roller you say, a long-hair one then I guess as the artex has a 'drip' effect. It would lose some of it's effect as the rolling will break off most of the 'points' which in turn will get painted back onto the ceiling.

Hmmm... 2 passes I guess, once with a dry roller to break the points then again with paint.... sounds reasonable.

A stick? I'm 6'3" !!

 

[confidentincompetent]

Thanks for the replies.

A roller you say, a long-hair one then I guess as the artex has a 'drip' effect. It would lose some of it's effect as the rolling will break off most of the 'points' which in turn will get painted back onto the ceiling.

Hmmm... 2 passes I guess, once with a dry roller to break the points then again with paint.... sounds reasonable.

A stick? I'm 6'3" !!

You've got what we call a bare artex ceiling m8. You need to gently scrape off them stringy bits with a broad spatula/scraper first. The stringy bits are really runs from too much artex. Next stage be carefull to treat as for bare plaster i.e Thin first coat of emulsion then give a more rounded coat when first coat is completely dry. The first coat will soften artex and needs to be completely dry before 2nd coat. use a heavy pile roller it's easier than spray.
good luck

 

[Zampa]

Two coats!..bounce it...once'er!

 

[Coz]

You need to gently scrape off them stringy bits with a broad spatula/scraper first.

Really? Then I'll leave it as it is !! Doing that would ruin it, IMHO

If you consider each 'drip' on the artex as a miniature inverted mountain the use of the scraper would cause all these to be like table top mountain, not an effect I particularly want. This is why I was originally considering spraying.

 

[Zampa]

You wont notice it hardly...what I think CC was talking about is long thin stringy bits that hang down....they will break off with a rooler anyway......but they will end up flying off the sleeve in all directions, or sticking to the ceiling

 

[confidentincompetent]

Thanks for the replies.
Hmmm... 2 passes I guess, once with a dry roller to break the points then again with paint.... sounds reasonable.
A stick? I'm 6'3" !!

You need to gently scrape off them stringy bits with a broad spatula/scraper first.

Really? Then I'll leave it as it is !! Doing that would ruin it, IMHO

Really? Then I'll leave it as it is

Good Idea Lofty.

 

[confidentincompetent]

Two coats!..bounce it...once'er!