I've just stripped the lining paper off a ceiling as it was in poor condition.
My question is - what's my best option to decorate the ceiling? Lining paper or fill & sand?
The ceiling has a few long cracks but is otherwise quite level. It has two thin layers of paint, both of which are peeling in many places. There are also quite a few discs (bigger than £2 coin size) of plaster on top of the paint, and other similar-sized discs of brownish-yellow type stuff which is rock hard (might be glue of some kind?). Some of these discs flicked off with the scraper when I removed the paper, but some were too hard.
I could probably sand the discs without too much trouble, and filling the cracks won't take too long, but the peeled paint is what I'm more worried about, as I've tried sanding that flat before and it took forever and made an awful lot of dust.
I'm hoping someone will suggest some kind of magic self-leveling ceiling paint!
So, fill & sand or lining paper?
My question is - what's my best option to decorate the ceiling? Lining paper or fill & sand?
The ceiling has a few long cracks but is otherwise quite level. It has two thin layers of paint, both of which are peeling in many places. There are also quite a few discs (bigger than £2 coin size) of plaster on top of the paint, and other similar-sized discs of brownish-yellow type stuff which is rock hard (might be glue of some kind?). Some of these discs flicked off with the scraper when I removed the paper, but some were too hard.
I could probably sand the discs without too much trouble, and filling the cracks won't take too long, but the peeled paint is what I'm more worried about, as I've tried sanding that flat before and it took forever and made an awful lot of dust.
I'm hoping someone will suggest some kind of magic self-leveling ceiling paint!
So, fill & sand or lining paper?