How to paint the ceiling

First of all, you need to tell about the tool that will be required for painting. It will be necessary Roller width 50-70 centimeters, special tray for paint and stepladder. Roller is better to choose with a long pile. Do not buy a foam rubber tool, since such a roller leaves bubbles during painting. A sign of a good cushion is the absence of deformation during compression, and try to pull out the villi from it, if this is possible, continue the search. In addition, the roller should not have any seams, otherwise there is a risk that the ceiling will remain strips after the application of paint.

In order to make it as easy as possible to paint the ceiling, remove all furniture from the room or cover it with polyethylene. Also, remove the chandelier, and overlap the floor with the walls. Purchasing the paint is best with a small margin.

Now you can start preparing the base. The ceiling must be cleaned, removing the surface from the whitewash. After that, the surface of the ceiling should be thoroughly wiped with a wet rag to remove dust. If there are any defects on the ceiling, they must be repaired with putty.

The next stage of painting the ceiling is a undercoat. This procedure is necessary for the paintnot absorbed, but remained on the surface of the ceiling. Typically, apply two coats of primer. However, one must remember that the second layer, like the paint, is applied after the primer has completely dried.

Begin painting the ceiling from the far corners of the entrance to the room. It should be noted that they need to be painted with a brush,Because the roller can simply damage the surface of the wall near the corner. Brush should be dipped in the paint by about half the pile, and then paint with its help 3-5 centimeters from the corner. It is recommended in this way to paint the entire perimeter of the room so that the line of joining the walls and ceiling looks beautiful and neat.

Before using the roller, you need to pour the paint in a special tray. Next, soak the roller with paint. Now you can start painting the main part of the ceiling: roll the surface evenly with a roller, periodically dipping it in a tray with paint. Painting the ceiling follows parallel lapped strips by about 10 centimeters.

As for drying, for this it is necessary to darken the windows and very tightly close them. The room should not have a draft. Do not turn on the heating devices yet. This, though, will speed up the drying process, but there is a risk of drying the paint, which will lead to the formation of cracks and a change in its color.

It is worth noting that after painting very often there are small traces of the roller, spots or wrinkles. In this case, the repeated painting. First, you need to carefully inspect the ceiling atdaylight to identify all the shortcomings. Then the places of defects should be cleaned again, apply a primer on them and only then paint again.

As you could see, painting the ceiling is difficult. Therefore, if you doubt that you are able to perform this procedure correctly and qualitatively, we recommend that you seek help from specialists, which have all the necessary tools and sufficient experience of painting.