On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 05:20:26 -0800, bruce_phipp wrote:

Steaming off the painted-over-wallpaper in my kitchen has left the edges
of the artexed ceiling in disrepair. The artex has melted off/ is
peeling off in places.

I was going to patch the faulty bits with polyfilla, then emulsion. But
a quicker option may be to patch directly with artex.

Can artex be bought in small pots? I gather it is like thick paint which
can be brushed on...

Hi

I had to do a "bodge" on artex due to a water leak from above flat
dislodging a bit near a plasterboard joint. I managed to do it "well
enough" (TM) with PVA, slightly thinned polyfilla, a stiff brush and a
couple of thick coats of matching paint (all of which I had to hand) . It
wasn't very good, but I rarely noticed it as it was basically "lumpy and
white" and in line with the rest of the ceiling.

Yes - you can tubs of ready mixed artex. You have little chance of getting
100% blend into the original pattern, but if you've only damaged the bit
round the edge then with a bit of fiddling you should get a good enough
result. If it doesn't go as well as you hoped, I suppose you could
probably over-artex the whole ceiling to get a consistent result.

HTH

Timbo

Bruce

PS: Please don't tell me to remove the whole artex ceiling -- I actually
like the look of 70s artexed ceilings! One day they'll come back into
fashion...

Flares did ;-