I live in a townhome.
I was changing the water in my aquarium, i had a bucket of water sitting on a chair .. my cat came along, jumped onto the bucket and knocked it over :)
I noticed a few hours later that there was water spots on my ceiling down in the living room.
I put a fan on the water spot upstairs and it dryed pretty fast. Can i just pain over those spots with a special kind of paint?
This didn't cause any severe damage under the carpet did it?
Just wondering what the best way was, to take care of this situation without owing my apartment complex.
2007-08-07 23:44:27 · 4 answers · asked by Mike Gravel 2008! 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
EDIT: Can i "paint" over it .. sorry. I meant paint, not pain
2007-08-07 23:45:13 · update #1
Can you? Certainly. I might want to test to see if the ceiling is actually DRY. There may be insulation btween levels? For one thing; plus the drywall would dry from the room side first, then dry up toward the opposite face.
Once you know it's dry, KILZ oil based primer works in that regard (stains) AND accepts latex Over. I just did my bathroom ceiling that way.
2007-08-08 01:57:10 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, a bucket of water isn't going to cause any damage. It will dry out, no problem. Just paint it.
2007-08-08 08:51:06 · answer #2 · answered by TB28 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure you can paint over it. Use a good primer designed to cover water spots first, should work great.
2007-08-08 07:43:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would just paint the ceiling with a latex paint. thats what i would do. be careful though. usually if you paint one thing it never matches the other walls and stuff like that.
2007-08-08 09:36:09 · answer #4 · answered by matt s 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋