How To Repair A Textured Bumper

Texture Ceiling Repairs and Blending

Below is some helpful information on the procedure to fixing a texture /popcorn ceiling. Weiler Painting specializes in texture matching with popcorn and stucco ceilings of various finishes. If you accept whatever questions or need a professional repair job, don't hesitate to give me a call. Experience gratis to send me a few digital pictures of the area and I tin usually estimate repairs via electronic mail.

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Diagnosis:

Properly diagnosing your ceiling impairment is the start important footstep in deciding how to properly proceed. Determining the source of the damage to your texturized ceiling is the important kickoff footstep before moving forrard. One of the nearly common sources of damage to texturized ceiling is water harm from above.

*Moisture Damage

If this is the case there are several things to consider. Is the source of the leak been contained resolved? Is the drywall and insulation above the ceiling been properly dried? Morever, if the moisture has been a longer term problem or a slow leak that wasn't noticed for a longer period of time in that location is probably mildew that should be dwelt with prior to repairing the ceiling. Mildew and mold spores can be a serious wellness business and should be inspected by a professional and cleaned up respectively.

*Smoke Damage

Another mutual problem people face up with their ceilings is that yellowing effect caused by 2^nd hand fume from years of exposure. This yellow stain will not go away from just spraying your ceiling and there important steps to follow to insure that this stain does not bleed through.

Treatment:

* Spot Repair

If the impairment to your textured ceiling is isolated to a small region of the ceiling it tin commonly be blended in with the other texture. Exercise Non waist your money and buy droplets texture ceiling in a can which are available at nearly home improvement stores. They will end making a mess and you will be disappointed with the result. Information technology is best to become a professional to come in with a proper texture machine that volition alloy the texture in with the existing texture. Its still a messy task and the whole are volition have to exist covered in plastic and sealed off from the rest of the room. Notwithstanding, when done right you lot can look 90 percent match to the sometime texture and it will look similar cipher was e'er done. Also keep in listen that after the new texture is applied the entire area will have to be painted as the new texture will be a different shade of white than the residuum of your ceiling.

*Removing old texture

If you take to or desire to remove all of your old texture you must be prepared for a big messy job. The all-time and most efficient way to remove the old texture is a multi-step process that I will now describe. You outset want to cover all your floors and whatsoever remaining article of furniture in the room to protect them. Y'all volition than need to spray the sometime ceiling texture with some warm water to soften the existing texture making information technology easy to scrape off. Using a large drywall putty pocketknife you can than began scraping off the one-time texture. If this proves to be difficult retreat the ceiling with some warm water until the old texture is soft and easy to scrape off. Once all the one-time texture has been scraped off you tin can clean upwardly the mess and let the ceiling properly dry before re-texturizing.

*Priming and Prep

Make sure to patch any large scratches and marks in the ceiling that may have been caused from scraping off the former ceiling texture. One time the ceiling is patched and lightly sanded you are now fix to apply a primer coat. This tin be either rolled or sprayer on and is of import to seal in the onetime drywall besides as any stains that may yet be apparent. Brands such every bit bullseye, Zinsser and Killz are some popular primer sealers and come up in water based formulas.

*Equipment Needed

As mentioned earlier you will need a widy putty or taping knife for scraping and patching. You volition also need a couple rolls of two inch painters tape, painters plastic to cover the walls, a pocketbook of spray texture and compressor with hopper gun. The spray texture mix can be bought at most major building supply stores and comes in fine, medium or coarse texture. It might be a good idea to practice all your prep and primer steps before renting your compressor and hopper to minimize rental costs.

*Texturizing Spray

You will have to mix your powdered texture mix to the right consistency in order to do it correct. You volition desire to bring it to the consistency of a thick pancake mix as this volition allow it to stick properly to the ceiling without running and give the desired textured wait. Hold the hopper gun eighteen-24 inches away from the ceiling and systematically spray the entire ceiling from one cease to the other. Once done become back over any spots that seem inconsistent or light to even out the look. Once your happy with the look make clean out your equipment earlier it dries.

*Painting the Texture

One time the texture is dry out information technology might be a good idea to paint over the texture terminate to seal it in and alter the color of the texture. Some are happy with the unpainted look of textured ceilings merely it unremarkably gives a duller await do to the fact that the texture mix is a deadening cream color. If you are not happy with the color of the textured ceiling spray and are looking for a more brilliant white or a unlike color altogether than yous will want to spray the ceiling with a quality ceiling pigment.