How To Professionally Paint A Ceiling

5 professional painting tips to help you paint your ceilings like a professional painter and very fast.

How to professionally paint a ceiling. If you arent going to paint the walls use painters tape to protect the wall or use the brush to cut in a nice straight line along the walls edge. The best way to paint a ceiling is to use a paint roller and work in grid-like sections of 3 square feet to 5 square feet each. Smooth over and feather edges of scraped paint with sandpaper.

Wipe off the sanding dust with a damp rag or sponge Of course if you have textured ceilings you wont be sanding or wiping with a damp rag. Come watch The Idaho Painter sho. Lightly sand your entire ceiling.

Starting in the ceiling line brush into the corner and feather paint 2-3 inches and down onto the wall. Before removing the entire water damaged ceiling a. Scrape off any old peeling paint with a paint scraper for walls.

This is the most important step to a smooth professional paint job. Run the tip of a slotted screwdriver around the perimeter of the ceiling scraping off a little bit of the texture. Move quickly from one section to the next to ensure the paint along the edge doesnt dry before you do the overlap.

How to paint a ceiling with a roller starts by working from the outside in from a window or corner. For a textured ceiling. When it comes to choosing good decorators filler I highly recommend Toupret Interior Filler used by most professionals mixes effortlessly easy to sand and doesnt flash.

Pros have a simple solution. For smooth ceilings use a low nap roller. For links to purchase the products in this video CLICK SHO.