And not even boat ceilings.
The prior owners of our house painted over the calcimine (sp?) on the ceilings with, I guess, ‘calcimine recoater’. This first started giving out (ie the paint falling off) in the bathroom, followed by the kitchen. In the bathroom I used a heatgun and a broad knife to get the damn stuff off, washed the ceiling, and then painted with ceiling paint. Awful job. In the kitchen we scraped, sanded, and went with the calcimine recoat stuff. So far, so good, but it’s only been 2 – 3 years… Now it’s our bedroom. I’m just wondering if anybody has any other/better suggestions. I’m concerned that the paint/calcimine/ceiling bond is going to break down some where after we’ve topcoated the damn thing with the recoat stuff.
Thanks!
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You might want to post this question over at Breaktime. It's a sister site of this one, for readers/followers of Fine Homebuilding magazine.
(There should be a link somewhere near the top of this page!)
I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone,
And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone;
I can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone,
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here. (Phil Ochs)
http://www.plasterlord.com/notebook/fcalcimine.htm
I don't have the problem but it was a good read anyway. I learned something new today. Thanks for posting the link.
hey ed,
not sure if this applies to calcimine. i have covered very old, nasty, dirty cottage cheese ceilings by skinning with 1/4", or thicker, sheet rock (dry wall).
eef
Damn, that's too much like work, LOL.
Floss, thanks for that link. Pretty much that's what we did in the kitchen. I didn't realize that the recoat stuff helps to bind the calcimine to the plaster. A most interesting read.
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