painting ceiling

[steve]

plastered my kitcken ceiling. being quite a novice i messed it up a little. instead of reskimming the ceiling i simply pollyfilled the mistakes and sanded. i sealed the ceiling then painted with crown white kitchen paint. first coat up and some of the parts where i have pollyfilled, you can really see. quite bumpy looking when caught in a light source.

i am wondering will another coat help. should i sand the painted high spots and apply another coat.

ive heard about polycell basecoat i am thinking of buying some, will this help smooth out the high spots and is it ok to apply over my crown painted ceiling. thanks!

[deano]

Steve,

Is the paint you have used a silk, or anything with a 'sheen'? If yes, then try coating with a very 'Matt" based paint... this can hide a mutlitude of sins.

HTH

deano.

steve wrote:

[Stuart Noble]

Quite the opposite IME. The light bouncing off the sheen is what helps to mask the flaws

[Rednadnerb]

Must disagree. Any paint with a sheen will show every flaw depending on the direction of the light. Try matt emulsion.

[deano]

makes two of us then. I know from sheening a bad plastered ceiling in my kitchen. Repainting in Matt worked a treat.