removing ceiling emulsion

[kent]

The ceiling paint in our bathroom has flaked badly in places but in others it is sound and would take a lot of scraping to remove. Is there a quick way to remove this sound paint? Thanks for any suggestions.

[kent]

The ceiling paint in our bathroom has flaked badly in places but in others it is sound and would take a lot of scraping to remove. Is there a quick way to remove this sound paint? Thanks for any suggestions.

[George]

I tae it you ean 'unsound'paint?

It taes the best part of an hour or two to remove the paint using nitromors and a scraper.

I've done it....:-) and this ceiling is bigger than your bathroom.

[kent]

Thanks. I did mean SOUND. We can scrape off the unsound paint, it's the rest that we want to get off so that it has all been removed. Can you use nitromors on a plastered ceiling painted with emulsion?

[George]

the rest that we want to get off so that it has all been removed. Can you use nitromors on a plastered ceiling painted with emulsion?

Well thats what I used to remove it,ie the gell type and the inexpensive stuff you can buy cheaper. ae sure its the gell before buying it as the liquid will go everywhere bar the ceiling. :-)

I've even taken the covings emulsion off now,down to the plaster.

[George]

Paste the nitromors onto the ceiling in as much as you thin you can handle? then with a sharp scraper sweep it along the area you have coated with NM,dont scrape back&forth as there's always that chance of gouging the ceiling.

Scrape it in one fell swoop,it really does come of easy.

[Stuart Noble]

A bitch of a job given that it slops everywhere and attacks anything synthetic, including plastic sheeting and gloves.

[George]

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You should have bought those Aldi dust sheets a couple of weeks ago. ;-)

I got some on me nipple when I started this.

[Anna Kettle]

Try using a steam wallpaper stripper. I have just been using that for the first time instead of chemical strippers and it worked just fine though as its my first experiment I dont yet know if it would work in all circumstances. Mine was emulsion paint over limewash

Anna

[John Rumm]

Bet you felt a tit!

[RW]

angle grinder

[kent]

Thanks for all your words of wisdom. Today my wife removed the rest of the paint using a scraper and lots of elbow grease! I knew there would be a simple solution!!