Flexible grout or silicone?
The cons against silicone are that I'm bound to get it smeared over the nicely painted ceiling and it's fiddly to get up there to work in detail with the old Fugenbois (it just is - would take ages to explain why in detail, but it's over the bath which is tucked partly into a recess).
Otherwise I would have defaulted to silicone...
Grout OTOH wipes off paint nicely...
Use masking tape to keep it off the areas you don't want it on. Apply silicone, smooth, then pull off the tape.
What Sheila says. :-)
if its a painted and not tiled ceiling, WTF do you want to seal it for anyway? Grout, or decorators caulk.
If it is tiled, grout of course anyway!
Whatever is up with you people? water doesn't collect on ceilings. What is the point of sealing it?
Its probably got a massive hole for a light fitting in it somewhere as well.
The Homelux internal cove tile trim is neat. Straightens that wall ceiling join too.
Condensation collects on bathroom ceilings.
Is that the flexible stuff on a roll? Packaged with a roll of sticky adhesive?
No, this kind of thing
demountable.
The Natural Philosopher wibbled on Monday 05 July 2010 16:05
It's not the sealing, it's whether the ceiling will flex and crack along the grout line is what I thought might be a risk. Haven't done tiles to a ceiling before :)
stuart noble wibbled on Monday 05 July 2010 16:31
That looks very interesting. I could use that for a few things.
Thank you - that could be just what I need.
Last time I did this, I knocked up some mini scotia mounding on the router table, painted it gloss white, and used it like coving!
Only if they are solid concrete.
Mine are plasterboard.
The use decorators caulk, Far better.
AND you can paint it.
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