How to repair minor demage to textured ceiling?

Question

When someone was painting the ceiling in one of my bedrooms, something happened to my textured ceiling (looks like stucco). Where the wall and ceiling meet, there is some like chips of something that looks like paper hanging from the ceiling. Is it paper? Can you explain what happened? And most importantly, how do I get my ceiling make to the original condition?

All I can say is the ceiling was perfectly fine before the painting. I thinking the wet roller hit the ceiling and caused something to happen, but I'm not sure.

Answer 1

If it's that styrofoam bumpy look, you can buy it in a can at the hardware store. It sprays out those bumps with the paint.

If you're saying it has a pattern that was put in with plaster, you'll have to get some sheetrock mud and use a putty knife to match it with the rest.

Answer 2

The edges of drywall -- like at the joint between wall and ceiling -- are covered with a paper (or sometimes fiberglass mesh) tape and then covered with drywall "mud" (slurry of gypsum in water) then sanded. This gives a smooth surface that matches the drywall sheets themselves.

However, sometimes the tape wasn't properly applied and can, if hit, come loose .... or there can be shifting of a wall as studs dryout and twist and this can loosen the tape. So, most likely the paper you see is the edge of the tape.

This can be fixed as a DIY project (or after reading this you may want to pay a handyman to do it!) by first removing the loose tape (cut back the loose tape with a sharp knife, going a bit into the undisturbed material on each side of the loose section).

You will need some drywall tape (it comes in rolls but some stores sell patch kits for drywall repair), drywall compound (part of the kit, or available premixed in various sized plastic tubs), a wide blade putty knife (or better a drywall tool) and a sanding block (foam with a sandpaper-like surface works well).

First wet the surface around the area where the loose tape was removed and apply a thin coat of drywall compound. Cut a piece of tape (or a sutable sized piece of the patching material from a repair kit) and embed it in the wet drywall compound. Press into place with the putty knife. Now cover with drywall compound and smooth the surface to match the wall and ceiling. Don't worry if it isn't perfectly smooth since when it dries you will sand it.

Sand the surface smooth and repeat as necessary until the edges of the old surface feather into the patched area. Now paint the wall and at least a little bit of the ceiling to match the old paint.

The tricky part (recognize that it won't perfectly match) is to try to duplicate the rough finish on the ceiling. Depending on the surface to match this can sometimes be done with a spackle paint (roll on stucco finish) applied with a special open mesh roller, or by applying wet drywall compound and "pulling" it with a sponge to form little icicles, or swirls or whatever.

It will be tricky work ... but it can be done so that only a fairly close examination will show the patch.

Good luck.

Answer 3

From what I know, you can get some "ceiling" compund at , for example, Home Depot. Simply sponge it on after the repair (see below), or use a roller (that they suggest using) for the product.

The "paper" that is hanging down is drywall tape, where the builder taped the joints. It dries out over the years (as they used the old school "paper tape" and not the new "mesh" tape). Simply dab some white glue under the tape and press it to the ceiling. It should hold.

Once you have adhered the tape to the ceiling, put some of the aforsaid compund to the affected area and then paint once dry.

Cheers,
P

Answer 4

in case you desire to make it greater trouble-free, residing house progression shops sell aerosol cans of texture. Get your restore made, freshen up loose debris around the restore. NOW, take a scrap of drywall or cardboard, and spray the feel on the scrap. you are able to alter the can to make the feel small or large. play around with the can and alter the nozzle to get as close as conceivable to the size you like. bear in mind, texture is barely used to hide strains and undesirable sanding jobs. So, if the feel is a stable length tournament, and painted precise, it is going to likely be demanding to become conscious of by potential of maximum folk. in case you have "knock down" texture, make certain which you do knock down the spray texture for the ideal seems.

Answer 5

It's hard to say from your description. It could be painters tape or tape from drywalling or something of that sort.