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Roller peeling paint off ceiling...

  • 07-05-2014 9:20am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    ...painted a few bedrooms and all was going grand until I came to the bathroom in an en suite. Had to scrape off and seal an area where there was mould (and thanks for previous tips given here). However, the roller has managed to tear strips of paint off the ceiling in one or two areas, broken them up and scattered them, so now left with 2 unsightly mottled patches of about a square foot each. I guess the original paint was not thin enough to bond to the plasterboard, or perhaps because it was in a bathroom the plaster board was not dry enough first time out.

    Is it just a question of sanding down, painting and drying until the area is built up again? How many coats of standard matt paint should see it even out or is that just see how it goes?


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  • #2
    onlyme!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 280 ✭✭onlyme!


    I think you've answered it yourself!

    rollers can pull paint off surfaces where the paint ain't sound, take it easy when rolling over that bad area if you know what i mean, you may want to paint the whole ceiling to finish off!


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Bah...

    The thought of painting it all again...I guess I might just paint a large enough area around it so it blends in better.

    Thanks though.


  • #4
    onlyme!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 280 ✭✭onlyme!


    big ceiling then! i was thinking bathroom = small ceiling!

    Yeah you could get away with that too as the ceiling paintwork is new you might not notice, i would feather out the edges with the roller when rolling!


  • #5
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Bah...

    The thought of painting it all again...I guess I might just paint a large enough area around it so it blends in better.

    Thanks though.

    Its an en suite. Surely the ceiling is not that big ?


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    It's not that big...but I'm very lazy!


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  • #7
    homer911
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭homer911


    Similar problem here, but I scraped off all the loose paint. I used some poly filla to try smooth the edges, about 5 coats of paint later on top of this, they are still visible..


  • #8
    Wyldwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭Wyldwood


    Had a similar problem. The painter scraped all the loose, flaky paint off, filled the resulting bare patches with stuff called Onetime, left it dry overnight while he painted another room. Next day he sanded the patches and followed with several coats of paint. You wouldn't see the patches at all. I think he used special bathroom paint but don't know which brand.


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