What can be done about water stains on a wooden vaulted ceiling? Is there a way only the stained parts can be restored? Or does the whole thing have to be done? I am hoping you’ll tell me it’s not as bad as I think it is.
Fingers crossed, Nellie
Is your wooden ceiling painted to a solid color? If so, easy to fix. I can tell you how. I'll wait for your answer. Do make sure the leak that caused the stain has been fixed and time allowed for it to dry well.
Absolutely. A friend just replaced sheet rock and did painting and sealing after stopping the leak.
I would expect the poster is talking about a stained wood ceiling. Otherwise, what's the point to a wood ceiling? In which case, IDK if you can refinish just one section. It depends on how badly it's stained, for how long, etc. If the leak was brief and the damage minimal, I'd say the chances are probably pretty good. If it's been leaking for 5 years and it's all black, I'd say not so good. If it's possible, might be able to just refinish the one section, but put a coat of urethane over the whole thing.
Are you Julie?
How long has it been drying since the leak was fixed. Drying can take a long time, because it only dries on the surface and water can have soaked in all over the place.
My friend waited a year.
Is your wooden ceiling painted to a solid color? If so, easy to fix. I can tell you how. I'll wait for your answer. Do make sure the leak that caused the stain has been fixed and time allowed for it to dry well.
I was hoping you would respond, Gary. It isn’t painted. It’s natural wood that has been sealed I believe. It may have to be painted though. I’ll see what the other responses are and try To figure this out.
Nellie
Trader_4 said
I would expect the poster is talking about a stained wood ceiling. Otherwise, what's the point to a wood ceiling? In which case, IDK if you can refinish just one section. It depends on how badly it's stained, for how long, etc. If the leak was brief and the damage minimal, I'd say the chances are probably pretty good. If it's been leaking for 5 years and it's all black, I'd say not so good. If it's possible, might be able to just refinish the one section, but put a coat of urethane over the whole thing.
It is a stained wood. The damage area is large But it is in sections. I don’t think we can do this Ourselves. What do you suggest? I’m completely Puzzled about the whole thing
Thank Nellie
Find a trim carpenter who does this kind of work. They may be able to sneak those boards out if they are normal tongue and groove. Then the decision will be whether they should be refinished or replaced. My wife (a builder) says this is what happens when you don't seal decorative lumber on all 6 sides before you put it up. ;-)
That sounds like the idea. A finish carpenter or similar, someone who does decorative woodwork.
Wood ceilings and walls are often painted. It's for the texture not the grain showing plus painted will brighten up the room.
Sorry so long to respond. Sounds to me like you either need to paint it all or replace at least one section. You'll never be able to sand that out for touchup. Good luck getting a good match to the other sections though.
I suggest you call first a few painters and see what they say and get (free) estimates to restore. I don't think it possible. That stain goes deep. I wouldn't take that job as I know it won't come out perfect.
One more *very important* thing. If you opt to replace any wood and have it finished to match the other sections, be sure to tell the carpenter to leave all scraps of the new wood.
Painter will use those as samples to experiment with the color to make sure it matches the old. Once it goes on the ceiling, too late to change.
If you're going to paint it anyway, you may as well use drywall.
I curse the previous owners of my house who painted the woodwork.
Cindy Hamilton
Well, as I said, painting paneled wood on walls or ceilings is for that richer look rather than just a plain flat surface.
Most times I see this, or have done it, it's an older house where originally the owners wanted the wood grain look then eventually tire of it and want to brighten up the room and get it painted. You would be surprised just how much the room looks brighter and larger.
Also new owners might not want that dark room at all and get it painted.
I painted my walnut stained kitchen cabinets to white, and a nice pastel aqua on the walls. Boy oh boy, what a huge difference that made. My small dark kitchen just really opened up and appears so much larger. I still love it.
I'm doing the vaulted ceiling of our kitchen/dining area with Southern Yellow Pine "car siding" - 1x6 beveled edge tongue and groove boards . The color is very light and the finish is a Minwax crystal clear waterborne product . We haven't decided on cabinet wood species , but it will NOT be stained dark . I like white oak ... but A/C fir has it's merits too . Whatever we use will be finished light in color . This is a big room at 24x24 , with a lot of windows on the southern exposure , and we want it light and bright . I've lived in enough older houses with small rooms smaller windows . Flooring throughout will be medium light solid oak .
Did our kitchen in natural grey ash. Looks pretty much like natural white oak. Did the livingroom and diningroom floors in ash as well - with a light "honey" stain. The finish on the kitchen has darkened somewhat from age/UV so it has a bit of a "honey" tone to it as well. With the ash borer infestation ash lumber is very plentiful - and I used a local mill - so the ash flooring was a significant savings over oak
I like ash , but it's not common here . Oak - red and white , Hickory , some Maple . And I've got a patch of sweet gum that's probably close to a full acre or more and mostly big trees but around here it's considered a trash tree . I've worked with gum before , it can be quite beautiful . The problem would be finding someone to mill it into flooring for me at a reasonable cost . Then there'd be the cost of sanding/finishing , and the mess ... I think I'll stay with my original plan and install 3/4 prefinished oak . Being able to do this myself is saving me a ton of money . I figure when this place is finished it'll be worth between 3 and 5 times the cash I spent .
My ash flooring was all per-finished. Sweet Gum makes beautiful trim. My wife's house when we got married was all gum trim. Give you a good excuse to buy a nice portable saw-mill, planer and shaper - - - -
I can get it milled into boards , there are sawmills all over the place here . It's machining it into flooring planks that's hard . If I were to buy the tooling to process it myself it'd be a Williams and Hussey planer with an assortment of knives . I've done literally thousands of linear feet of trims of all types on one of those , It's one of the most flexible machines in the shop , and the price is commensurate ... there's also the problem of where to use one , since I no longer have a couple of thousand sq ft of shop space .
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