What Kind Of Paint To Use On Popcorn Ceiling

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'You tin can paint stucco ceilings?' Was a question a client asked when we were painting a condo at Yonge and Eglington in Toronto. I was quite surprised, and she said she had read that you tin't paint these ceilings because the stucco falls off. So to set the matter directly I figured I would research and write a blog nearly it. You certainly can paint "stucco" ceilings. Certain they aren't piece of cake, but it tin be done. Another surface to decorate in your home! What nosotros call stucco ceilings here in Toronto are also called popcorn ceilings, textured ceilings, cottage cheese ceilings, and stipple ceilings. Former European texture and troweled exteriors of homes are done with 'Stucco'. To keep things unproblematic and as straightforward every bit possible I'll use the term stucco for this blog.

White painted stucco ceiling — Previously painted textured ceiling

Has information technology been previously painted?

Painting stucco ceilings is more hard than painting regular ceilings. The stucco ends up flinging paint everywhere (much more painting a regular ceiling) and some of the stucco itself does fall off the ceiling likewise. Just like painting any surface, putting paint on a stucco ceiling has some tricks to it. Spraying the stucco is probably the easier way to do it, but sometimes that'south not practical (similar if in that location is furniture in the room). Considering most homeowners paint their domicile after thy move in, painting the ceiling with a roller is the just option available.

Step one to pigment stucco ceilings:

The beginning matter y'all need to do to paint stucco ceilings is to detect out if it had been painted before. When painting this Pickering home shown hither, we knew that the ceiling was previously painted. If it hasn't or you don't know, you'll need to prime it kickoff and prime number information technology with an alkyd (oil based) primer. We usually use "Odorless" by Zinsser. It'due south an oil based primer that will stop the ceiling from crumbling besides much. And by the mode, it is not odourless, it just has less odour than another primers. You'll need to use a large fluffy roller sleeve that holds a lot of pigment to paint the stucco with. Information technology would accept forever to paint stucco ceilings if yous just used a xv mm roller sleeve, and so use a 20mm or 28mm ane.

Before painting, make sure everything is covered.

Step two is to Cover EVERYTHING! When you're priming, if the stucco ceiling hasn't been painted earlier there will be some pieces that fall off the ceiling. Don't worry though, it won't be plenty to discover a difference in the texture, just you lot volition want to make sure that the expanse is completely covered under the stucco you're painting. If yous're not planning on painting the walls after the ceiling, yous'll need to tape plastic to the walls as well because otherwise you lot'll have primer and paint splashes all over.

Pigment ceiling and let it dry

Step iii is to paint the primer and let it dry. If at that place are stains on the stucco ceiling, you might want to paint over those stains with the primer, let it dry, then prime the whole ceiling. Exist enlightened that information technology will accept longer for the stucco to dry than information technology does walls. It takes longer because in that location is so much more than paint on the stucco than what gets put on the walls and because there is crevices that the paint goes into and needs longer to dry. If you're painting the walls it's non a bad idea to cut in the kickoff coat of the walls while you're waiting for the stucco to dry.

Paint the final coats

Step iv is to paint the stucco with the ceiling paint. Often when you paint textured ceilings you only demand ane coat of pigment considering the stucco easily hides the roller lines. You but have to make certain you put enough paint on of the ceiling paint. If you notice the paint didn't comprehend well enough, put another coat of pigment on the stucco ceiling. And Voila! When you lot're finished y'all will take nice, freshly painted stucco ceilings.

Afterwards reading our tips if yous don't want to pigment it yourself, give ECOPAINTING a phone call at 416 733-7767 and we'll do information technology for y'all!