Hi there,
I've been reading the posts here with interest, and wish I'd found this site at the beginning of the week!
I'm decorating my daughter's bedroom. We are newly moved into an Edwardian housing association property, hasn't had much love or attention over the past 20/30 years.
I've stripped the flaking satin ceiling paint. In most parts it came away in sheets leaving a chalky coating beneath. I filled, sanded and then washed the ceiling before emulsioning it this morning. An hour later I discovered large stains coming through the emulsion. Went to B&Q bought some Zinsser BIN. When I applied this to the ceiling the new emulsion started flaking off on the roller. So I once again scrapped the ceiling but the white chalky stuff was pretty much impossible to remove completely.
I carried out a test patch of the sealer on the freshly stripped area and it seemed OK so have now coated about 1/3 of the ceiling in sealer before running out! (I only bought a 1l tin as it said it would cover 12m2) My problem is that now it has dried, the finish is far from smooth, more like an 80s paint effect where sand is added to emulsion! I plan to seal the rest of the ceiling with the Zinsser and daren't sand it all down again for fear it will lose it's adhesion. Any suggestions for how to get a decent finish that doesn't look like stipple paint?
thanks
I've been reading the posts here with interest, and wish I'd found this site at the beginning of the week!
I'm decorating my daughter's bedroom. We are newly moved into an Edwardian housing association property, hasn't had much love or attention over the past 20/30 years.
I've stripped the flaking satin ceiling paint. In most parts it came away in sheets leaving a chalky coating beneath. I filled, sanded and then washed the ceiling before emulsioning it this morning. An hour later I discovered large stains coming through the emulsion. Went to B&Q bought some Zinsser BIN. When I applied this to the ceiling the new emulsion started flaking off on the roller. So I once again scrapped the ceiling but the white chalky stuff was pretty much impossible to remove completely.
I carried out a test patch of the sealer on the freshly stripped area and it seemed OK so have now coated about 1/3 of the ceiling in sealer before running out! (I only bought a 1l tin as it said it would cover 12m2) My problem is that now it has dried, the finish is far from smooth, more like an 80s paint effect where sand is added to emulsion! I plan to seal the rest of the ceiling with the Zinsser and daren't sand it all down again for fear it will lose it's adhesion. Any suggestions for how to get a decent finish that doesn't look like stipple paint?
thanks