On Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 11:43:40 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:12:49 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:27:00 -0500, "Snags backup"
wrote:

I'm sitting here in my son's living room , where I have just replaced part
of the ceiling that got wet from an evap coil enclosure leak . Got the
drywall up and mud/taped all around , now I gotta figure out how to match
the texture . It looks like a sanded mud that's had a brush or something
swirled on the surface . Kinda random , some swirls and some more like
streaks . Applied about 1/16"-1/8" thick then swirled or whatever .
I need some suggestions , I've never done this before ...
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Snag


If you are doing the whole ceiling it is pretty much a freeform thing
but if you are trying to match existing it is art forgery. It takes a
real artist to do it.
I would get a wall paper brush and a small bucket of mud, thin it and
roll it on some scrap drywall and practice with the brush. When you
think you have a feel for it, try the ceiling.
2 other solutions - scrape the tex off the whole ceiling, or skim the
whole ceiling with mud to smooth it out.

If it's a mud texture, scraping is usually fairly easy. If it's sanded paint, that can be a lot
more difficult. Mud on plaster may pop right off. Mud on drywall might be a bit more work.

In addition, sand paint and textured mud is often used to hide a variety of sins, such as
cracked plaster. Obviously, any exposed imperfections would need to be dealt with. such
as with a skim coat.


A third option is 2/8" drywall over the whole ceiling. It's actually a
fairly common solution, believe it or not and less work than either of
the other 2.

How much work that is depends on a lot of things, such as molding around the edges,
openings into other rooms, ceiling fixtures, etc. It *could* be less work but it's not a
guarantee.

Sometimes it is a combination of scrape and drywall,
other times scrape and skim.

NASTY, any way you look at it.

Tru dat!

My daughter had her whole living room
ceiling scraped and skimmed due to a leaky gasket in the bath-tub
overflow vent above.

I scraped my kitchen ceiling. What a mess.