"alec green" wrote in message
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Hi

I have a bedroom ceiling thats has been painted with Wickes Flexible
Ceiling Paint (basically latex type paint), can this be plastered
straight over?

Thanks

Alec


No, and you have just discovered why latex paint should never be used on any
surface that you don't intend completely rebuilding a few years down the
line.

Choices:

1) try and get it off with heat gun = time consuming, stinks to high heavens
and makes a complete mess.

2) put up with the uneven, rough-as-a-bear's-arse texture until you move

3) re-plasterboard and skim

You /can/ skim over it as it is, but it doesn't stick well to plastic and
will crack up and fall off in sheets within a few years