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4th March 2005, 11:05 AM #1
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plaster boards flaking
Hi,
Has anyone got an experience to share on how to fix ceiling plaster boards (old type, I think it is called fiber plaster because it has hair-like material in it) that have bits and pieces of paint chippings off it? It looks like the moon surface from a distance
I tried to sand them of, but that will take for ever and the ceiling has got mouldings in it.
Thanks.
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4th March 2005, 02:49 PM #2
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Hey Man, this is the woodturning forum, get yourself below to the renovatipons depaartment..... we up here are way too smart for plus... plarst... er..... Gyprock.
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5th March 2005, 10:44 PM #3
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Sounds like you have a big job ahead of you & I think it starts with a paint scraper.
A scraper will get results on loose & flaking work faster & cleaner than sand paper.
Then you can progress to filling & sanding.
cheers
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5th March 2005, 10:52 PM #4
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And then you will be able to use a flat ceiling paint which will also mean that the imperfections are less noticable from floor level.
Originally Posted by soundman
Craig (who hates painting the patterned ceilings in his house
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7th March 2005, 08:06 AM #5
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It should be reasonably easy to scrape back the offending areas and skim coat it. Any good plasterer should be able to skim coat at a very resonably rate.
If your ceiling is flaking from a rose or fancy cornice, then the skim coating gets a lot more fiddly but not so bad......
or then you could do what I did...replaced the old ceiling with new plaster and replica cornice. Total cost approx $300 for a 4.2 X 4.6 bedroom.
Cheers
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7th March 2005, 11:44 AM #6
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Emulsibond
Have a look at this web site.
These guys have products that allow paint to stick to anything even chalky surfaces.I had a very bad fibrous plaster kitchen ceiling.I scraped and sanded as much as possible then touched up the bare areas with emusibond acrylic binder.
I then used one of the skim coat products and a large broadknife to fill the indentations.Then a primer sealer over the patches.
I painted it up and a perfect job.Seven years lated there is no sign of lifting.
http://www.floodaustralia.net/
micko
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