On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 06:10:33 -0800, bruce_phipp wrote:

Fortunately, the edges of the ceiling do not have an artex pattern.
There is a plain band around 2 ins. wide.
As I understand it, I should be able to buy some artex, ready-made or
otherwise, sand the offending areas down and just "paint over" with
artex. I could then emulsion the whole ceiling, if the new patch was
too bright.

Bruce

Ah - that was exactly like my flat. I would think that would be quite easy
to get a decent result in that one case

Timbo