Hello,
I’m just repainting some of my artex ceilings with a fresh coat of Dulux White Vinyl Matt emulsion (the trade stuff). I’ve done the dining and living room ceilings without any problems.
I then painted the hallway, came back after a while and saw cracks in the paint in a few places. I pressed these areas and could feel the paint had also come away. I don’t have any leaks or condensation problems. So I’m guessing the original layer of paint I painted over wasn’t keyed/ bonded to the artex very well (?) so when I painted over this it came loose, sagged and cracked (?) How can I fix this?
I’ve started to strip the paint off down to the artex and was then hoping to prime the artex surface (1 part water 4 parts paint or use some other solution, any recommendations?) and then repaint. However after stripping about 1 square meter, I can see this is going to take near forever to strip all the paint from a rough textured/patterned artex ceiling. Is there an easier way of doing this? Are there any solutions that will help remove the water based emulsion paint but not the layer of artex?
An alternative is to just strip patches of paint where the cracks have appeared and leave other areas which seem relatively sound. However, how would I then repaint/fill these bare artexed patches in so they are level and blend in with the areas I didn’t strip? I don’t think sanding would be an option on a roughly textured artex ceiling.
Also my house was built in 1995, so can I safely assume the artex will not contain asbestos? as with the paint stripping I'm probably digging away at some of the artex too.
Thanks.
I’m just repainting some of my artex ceilings with a fresh coat of Dulux White Vinyl Matt emulsion (the trade stuff). I’ve done the dining and living room ceilings without any problems.
I then painted the hallway, came back after a while and saw cracks in the paint in a few places. I pressed these areas and could feel the paint had also come away. I don’t have any leaks or condensation problems. So I’m guessing the original layer of paint I painted over wasn’t keyed/ bonded to the artex very well (?) so when I painted over this it came loose, sagged and cracked (?) How can I fix this?
I’ve started to strip the paint off down to the artex and was then hoping to prime the artex surface (1 part water 4 parts paint or use some other solution, any recommendations?) and then repaint. However after stripping about 1 square meter, I can see this is going to take near forever to strip all the paint from a rough textured/patterned artex ceiling. Is there an easier way of doing this? Are there any solutions that will help remove the water based emulsion paint but not the layer of artex?
An alternative is to just strip patches of paint where the cracks have appeared and leave other areas which seem relatively sound. However, how would I then repaint/fill these bare artexed patches in so they are level and blend in with the areas I didn’t strip? I don’t think sanding would be an option on a roughly textured artex ceiling.
Also my house was built in 1995, so can I safely assume the artex will not contain asbestos? as with the paint stripping I'm probably digging away at some of the artex too.
Thanks.