If it's what we refer to as a "popcorn" ceiling, the only fix is to wet it down with a sprayer and scrape it off.
Dan > On Oct 24, 2013, at 7:04 PM, "WILTON" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 'Bought a rental house middle of June, 1980; a master sergeant retiring from > Air Force moved out of base housing into the house July 4th weekend, 1980; > moved out 'bout 3 months ago. 'Started painting interior of the rental house > today. > > For more than 60 years that I have been involved with houses in some manner - > designing, building, restoring, repairing, inspecting, owning, buying, > selling, renting (for myself and to others) - I have been lucky enough not to > hafta paint a ceiling with the sprayed-on textured crap. I have never used > it in any house I built, and have not had to deal with it until today. > Interior of the rental house is badly stained with nicotine - all the > ceilings are stained tan/beige - need to paint 'em. 'Started painting a > ceiling with a roller this afternoon. Immediately as I came back with some > overlap across the just-painted area laid down with the first stroke, texture > on the ceiling in the just-painted area stuck to the roller in big flakes and > sheets 2 to 3 inches square. The wet paint causes it to easily come off if > you touch it again while it's wet. > > Any of y'all painted one of these crappy ceilings? Am I gonna hafta spray it > with water and scrape it off with a putty knife? How 'bout spray painting > it? If spray-painted, will it get heavy enough before it dries that it'll > fall off. > > Wilton > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
