ᐅ Painting a (concrete) ceiling – is surface preparation necessary?
Created on: 28 May 2019 17:45
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M4rvin
Hi everyone!
We have a precast concrete ceiling (Filigran slab) and since we decided to do the painting work ourselves, we also need to prepare the ceiling...
There are many different approaches out there.
Priming – filling (joints and surfaces) – applying painting fleece – painting is probably the most thorough and best method.
A friend told us that it’s often enough to just fill the joints and then simply paint... Is this a viable option? Has anyone tried this themselves?
Thank you very much
M4rvin
We have a precast concrete ceiling (Filigran slab) and since we decided to do the painting work ourselves, we also need to prepare the ceiling...
There are many different approaches out there.
Priming – filling (joints and surfaces) – applying painting fleece – painting is probably the most thorough and best method.
A friend told us that it’s often enough to just fill the joints and then simply paint... Is this a viable option? Has anyone tried this themselves?
Thank you very much
M4rvin
M4rvin schrieb:
What do you mean? The entire ceiling, the whole surface?
I could do that, but it takes a lot of time... I was thinking more along the lines of having the ceiling plastered as usual once the walls are plastered. It’s a very common process in many houses (around here, it’s almost always done this way, even with delicate ceilings).
M4rvin schrieb:
What do you mean? The entire ceiling, the whole surface?
I could do it, but it takes a lot of time...
Is there any advantage? The primer is cheaper than paint...
Filling the joints is not easy, but I think with the right tools you can achieve a decent result. Use a cheap paint. It directly adds pigments to the material. Then paint once with good quality paint from a professional supplier, and you’re done. Saves one coat.
Our painters always do it that way. Labor is what costs the money.
M4rvin schrieb:
Oh, so you mean I should ask the plasterer how many “cases of beer” it would cost to plaster the ceiling? This won’t be solved with cases of beer.
My painter filled and sanded the basement ceilings. We painted them ourselves.
He got us a painter’s paint (mipa “blue bucket”) for 3€/liter (about $3.20 per liter); compared to that, Alpina with the cat is nothing. You won’t manage the filling and sanding yourself.
Tip from the painter: mix 2 parts painter’s paint, 1 part primer, and 1 part water. That’s your primer coat. After that, you only need to paint once more.
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Grantlhaua29 May 2019 10:25Zaba12 schrieb:
Tip from the painter: 2 parts paint, 1 part primer, and 1 part water. That’s your base coat. After that, you only need to paint once more. This was also recommended to us at the MIPA shop. Have you tried it yet?
Basically, there are two options: filling only the joints or skimming the entire ceiling. When only the joints are filled, there is always a chance that an edge becomes visible under raking light (especially if the work isn’t very precise). In our basement, we only fill the joints, and in the rest of the house, we skim the entire ceiling. Applying a plaster finish to the ceiling is of course also possible...
Grantlhaua schrieb:
This was also recommended to us at the MIPA shop. Have you tested this already?
Basically, there are two options: either fill just the joints or cover the entire ceiling surface. If you only fill the joints, there is always a chance that under grazing light, an edge will become visible (especially if the work is not very clean). In the basement, we only fill the joints, but in the rest of the house, we cover the entire ceiling. Skimming the ceiling would of course also be possible...Yes, I have. We applied the first coat ourselves. In the basement rooms, a second coat isn’t even necessary because of this. In the hobby room in the basement with underfloor heating, it will be painted again. But I will dilute the paint with water even there.Similar topics