How to paint the ceiling roller

The most budget ceiling repair is its painting. For painting, you can use a brush or roller. If the technique of working with a brush is simple and clear, then the technique of using a roller has some peculiarities. How to paint the ceiling roller correctly, read below.

We choose tools for work

Before you start painting, you need to prepare everything you need:

• Paint tank. It is better if it is a special painting bath - a ditch.
• Step ladder. Need when painting areas with a brush. Painting with a roller from a ladder is inconvenient.
• Brush. It will be necessary for coloring of difficult places and corners.
• Telescopic handle for the roller. Allows to paint the ceiling from the floor, which saves time and effort.
• Roller. From the choice of the roller depends on the quality and speed of painting.

Now in any hardware store provided a large assortment of rollers, different in shape, size and materials.

How to choose a roller

• The roller should have a comfortable handle with non-slip coating. The optimal size of the handle is from 35 to 50 cm.
• For painting the ceiling roller suitable with the size of the drum from 25 to 40 cm. A smaller size will increase the operating time, and the larger is not very easy to use.
• A special place is the choice of fur coats for the roller. It can be both synthetic and natural. For the ceiling, it is better to choose a natural drum coating, it absorbs well, makes it easy to remove excess paint and evenly paints the surface.

When purchasing a roller, it is necessary to know that a short nap is used for smooth surfaces, a long one - for a relief surface. Velor roller leaves bubbles and is not suitable for painting the ceiling. Foam rubber absorbs paint poorly and requires frequent wetting, which complicates the painting process and leads to the appearance of stains.

Ceiling preparation

The more thoroughly the surface preparation is done, the better the paint will fall, and the easier the painting process will be.

At the first stage you need to clean the surface:

• If the ceiling is covered with whitewash, then it must be washed off. The thick layer needs to be moistened and cleaned with a metal spatula. This process is rather dirty and time consuming.
• If the surface is covered with wallpaper, then they are moistened and removed with a spatula. To facilitate the process, you can add soap to the water or use a special wallpaper remover.
• If the ceiling is covered with tiles, then remove it with a spatula and clean off traces of glue.
• Ceiling painted with water-based paint should be checked for durability of the coating. To do this, moisten a small portion with water and try to clean it off. If the paint is easily peeled off, the entire surface is treated.
• If the surface is covered with resistant paints, then they can be removed with a grinding machine.

After clearing the ceiling from the old finishing materials proceed to the primer and putty. All cracks are deepened with a metal spatula and covered with a putty. The surface is coated with primer. This will give the strength of the surface, improve adhesion to the paint.

Paint roller

Before you start painting with a roller, with a brush paint the corners and other difficult places on the ceiling.

For high-quality painting of the ceiling with a roller, you need to apply paint in 2 layers. It is desirable to paint the first layer with more liquid paint. It serves to fill the smallest pores.

The paint is poured into the cuvette, the roller is dipped and several times rolled over a special ribbed wall of the container so that the glass has excess paint and there is no splashing. The draft layer is applied perpendicular to the window. Strips of paint should be applied parallel to each other with an overlap of 5-10 cm.

The direction of the second layer is perpendicular to the first. This will prevent the appearance of streaks and make the surface uniform.

The coloring technique is quite simple; in addition, you can watch the video.

Tricks of staining with roller

Why do professional painters have painted surfaces without streaks and have no gaps? What are the tricks of working with a roller?

• In order for the paint to fall flat, it must evenly saturate the roller. Therefore, be sure to roll it over the cuvette after dipping.
• Before you start painting, you need to roll the roller. To do this, several times it is dipped in paint and undergo any unnecessary surface.
• Quickly - this is how to paint the ceiling with a roller. Maximum 30 minutes. If you do overlap on the wet strip, then there will be no traces. If the roller climbs on the dried part, then stripes are formed.
• If you look at the ceiling at a right angle, then spots and unpainted places are not visible. To detect defects you need to inspect the ceiling from different sides and from different angles.
• Often, the defects try to mask with several strokes of thick paint. From such actions, the ceiling gets even more negligence. The best way to get rid of stains and gaps is another layer, but made with more liquid paint.
• The repeated paint coat is applied only on the dried surface. Therefore, it is better to make the coloring in the afternoon, so that the next day in the morning to repeat the coloring.

These paint roller tricks will help you paint the ceiling yourself quickly and efficiently.