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Cracks in the ceiling

4 years ago

Just moved to an old house and this was the delightful ceiling under the wallpaper. How can I prepare it ready for painting? Lovely great big cracks and lots of old paint. Thank you

Comments (4)

Ribena Drinker
4 years ago
I think it's just gonna be a lot of elbow grease. I suspect you'll have to sand the paint off and use a load of filler for the cracks. They say that good, diligent prep is the way to achieve a good finish.

Alternatively you could put lining paper of it. You could also consider having the ceiling skimmed, but I'm not sure how practical that would be.
Jonathan
4 years ago
The crack is probably along a joint. I would get a plasterer to replace the tape, skim over that section and any other rough areas too
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AL PAINTING
4 years ago
skimming the ceiling would be best option, plasterer should help with this.
Sonia
4 years ago
Definitely get a plasterer to skim it. I think they would pva the ceiling first and then skim. Easily done in a day. My stepson is a plasterer and I know he did that with ours. Looks lovely now!

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