painting a ceiling

[alecgreen]

Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a large ceiling

Best Regards

Alec

[Stuart Noble]

Standing on the floor with a roller, if only because it's easier to see the bits you've done

[gazz]

if those diy shows are owt to go by, with a 1/4 inch paintbrush.

[meow2222]

Too vague. What is it you want to know about: preparation paint choices application

[Rednadnerb]

Assuming you're using a roller on a pole. Start at the window working on say 1 square metre at a time and work back towards the room, that way it is easier to see where you have painted. I advise using matt paint, it is much more forgiving.

[TheOldFellow]

Michaelangelo uses wooden scaffolding, lies on his back and paints fresco for large ceilings (Sistine Chapel, for instance).

The key is a safe working platform, and keep a wet edge.

R.

[Rod]

Apparently not on his back!

Contrary to popular belief, he painted in a standing position, not lying on his back. According to Vasari, "The work was carried out in extremely uncomfortable conditions, from his having to work with his head tilted upwards". Michelangelo described his physical discomfort in a humorous sonnet accompanied by a little sketch.

Michelangelo's illustration to his sonnet

?Here like a cat in a Lombardy sewer! Swelter and toil! With my neck puffed out like a pigeon, belly hanging like an empty sack, beard pointing at the ceiling, and my brain fallen backwards in my head! Breastbone bulging like a harpy?s and my face, from drips and droplets, patterned like a marble pavement. Ribs are poking in my guts; the only way to counterweight my shoulders is to stick my butt out. Don?t know where my feet are- they?re just dancing by themselves! In front I?ve sagged and stretched; behind, my back is tauter than an archer?s bow!?

[Alang]

I use a flat emulsion and a 150mm paintbrush off a ladder. Do about a sq metre at a time and don't over stretch. Work from one corner of the room in grid sections. Have plenty of coffee breaks. Take your time. It will all be done eventually

Or get the wife to do it

[Andrew Gabriel]

Also, wear safety glasses when using a roller. I was quite alarmed at the amount of paint spray they collected, and you don't want that in your eyes. ISTR someone in this NG a long time back had to have some paint removed from their eye surgically.

[Alang]

I never use a roller. I've never found one that doesn't spray paint all over the place. 6 or 8 inch brush and take your time.

[chris French]

In message , Alang writes

I have a sort of shield that covers part of the roller and catches a lot of the spray. not overloading the roller and not rolling to fast also helps.

standing on the ground with a roller on a long pole is so much easier than up ladder brushing, or rollering for that matter

[Mr Fuxit]

It's not the roller that sprays paint, it's the knob on the bottom of the pole!

[Bob Mannix]

Well put! I always use a roller (as do decoraters) - after cutting in of course. You get some droplets but a much quicker, better finish.

[Alang]

Its the roller. No matter how slowly you wrk them they still throw off paint flecks

I always get a better finish with a big brush. Although I once used a stirrup pump and bucket of snowcem to do a workshop. I was 16 yrs old. Great fun. Everything was white from floor to roof including one of the leccy's coats that hadn't been moved :)

[george (dicegeorge)]

minds think alike...

[Alang]

[Rod]

Well, that's possible better than Keith Boadwee.

(Search Google Images - with 'safe' off - if you need explanation... :-) Obviously not work safe. Restrict yourself to text for explanations.)

[Alang]

I have women and young people present