Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Best Regards

Alec

alecgreen wrote:
Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Best Regards

Alec

Standing on the floor with a roller, if only because it's easier to see
the bits you've done

"alecgreen" wrote in message
...
Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

if those diy shows are owt to go by, with a 1/4 inch paintbrush.

alecgreen wrote:
Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Best Regards

Alec

Too vague. What is it you want to know about:
preparation
paint choices
application

http://www.wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Paint


NT

On 16 Feb, 19:11, alecgreen wrote:
Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Best Regards

Alec

Assuming you're using a roller on a pole. Start at the window working
on say 1 square metre at a time and work back towards the room, that
way it is easier to see where you have painted. I advise using matt
paint, it is much more forgiving.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:11:25 -0800 (PST)
alecgreen wrote:

Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Best Regards

Alec

Michaelangelo uses wooden scaffolding, lies on his back and paints
fresco for large ceilings (Sistine Chapel, for instance).

The key is a safe working platform, and keep a wet edge.

R.

TheOldFellow wrote:
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:11:25 -0800 (PST)
alecgreen wrote:

Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Best Regards

Alec

Michaelangelo uses wooden scaffolding, lies on his back and paints
fresco for large ceilings (Sistine Chapel, for instance).

The key is a safe working platform, and keep a wet edge.

R.

Apparently not on his back!

Contrary to popular belief, he painted in a standing position, not lying
on his back. According to Vasari, "The work was carried out in extremely
uncomfortable conditions, from his having to work with his head tilted
upwards". Michelangelo described his physical discomfort in a humorous
sonnet accompanied by a little sketch.

Michelangelo's illustration to his sonnet

“Here like a cat in a Lombardy sewer! Swelter and toil!
With my neck puffed out like a pigeon,
belly hanging like an empty sack,
beard pointing at the ceiling, and my brain
fallen backwards in my head!
Breastbone bulging like a harpy’s
and my face, from drips and droplets,
patterned like a marble pavement.
Ribs are poking in my guts; the only way
to counterweight my shoulders is to stick
my butt out. Don’t know where my feet are-
they’re just dancing by themselves!
In front I’ve sagged and stretched; behind,
my back is tauter than an archer’s bow!”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling

--
Rod

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onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:11:25 -0800 (PST), alecgreen
wrote:

Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Best Regards

Alec

I use a flat emulsion and a 150mm paintbrush off a ladder. Do about a
sq metre at a time and don't over stretch. Work from one corner of the
room in grid sections. Have plenty of coffee breaks. Take your time.
It will all be done eventually

Or get the wife to do it

In article ,
Rednadnerb writes:
On 16 Feb, 19:11, alecgreen wrote:
Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Assuming you're using a roller on a pole. Start at the window working
on say 1 square metre at a time and work back towards the room, that
way it is easier to see where you have painted. I advise using matt
paint, it is much more forgiving.

Also, wear safety glasses when using a roller.
I was quite alarmed at the amount of paint spray
they collected, and you don't want that in your eyes.
ISTR someone in this NG a long time back had to have
some paint removed from their eye surgically.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

On 17 Feb 2009 14:40:54 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
Rednadnerb writes:
On 16 Feb, 19:11, alecgreen wrote:
Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Assuming you're using a roller on a pole. Start at the window working
on say 1 square metre at a time and work back towards the room, that
way it is easier to see where you have painted. I advise using matt
paint, it is much more forgiving.

Also, wear safety glasses when using a roller.
I was quite alarmed at the amount of paint spray
they collected, and you don't want that in your eyes.
ISTR someone in this NG a long time back had to have
some paint removed from their eye surgically.


I never use a roller. I've never found one that doesn't spray paint
all over the place. 6 or 8 inch brush and take your time.

In message , Alang
writes
On 17 Feb 2009 14:40:54 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

In article
,
Rednadnerb writes:
On 16 Feb, 19:11, alecgreen wrote:
Hi

Can any one please tell me what the best and correct way to paint a
large ceiling

Assuming you're using a roller on a pole. Start at the window working
on say 1 square metre at a time and work back towards the room, that
way it is easier to see where you have painted. I advise using matt
paint, it is much more forgiving.

Also, wear safety glasses when using a roller.
I was quite alarmed at the amount of paint spray
they collected, and you don't want that in your eyes.
ISTR someone in this NG a long time back had to have
some paint removed from their eye surgically.


I never use a roller. I've never found one that doesn't spray paint
all over the place. 6 or 8 inch brush and take your time.

I have a sort of shield that covers part of the roller and catches a lot
of the spray. not overloading the roller and not rolling to fast also
helps.

standing on the ground with a roller on a long pole is so much easier
than up ladder brushing, or rollering for that matter
--
Chris French

Also, wear safety glasses when using a roller.
I was quite alarmed at the amount of paint spray
they collected, and you don't want that in your eyes.
ISTR someone in this NG a long time back had to have
some paint removed from their eye surgically.

I never use a roller. I've never found one that doesn't spray paint
all over the place. 6 or 8 inch brush and take your time.


It's not the roller that sprays paint, it's the knob on the bottom of
the pole!

"Mr Fuxit" wrote in message
...


Also, wear safety glasses when using a roller.
I was quite alarmed at the amount of paint spray
they collected, and you don't want that in your eyes.
ISTR someone in this NG a long time back had to have
some paint removed from their eye surgically.

I never use a roller. I've never found one that doesn't spray paint
all over the place. 6 or 8 inch brush and take your time.


It's not the roller that sprays paint, it's the knob on the bottom of
the pole!

Well put! I always use a roller (as do decoraters) - after cutting in of
course. You get some droplets but a much quicker, better finish.


--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:07:52 -0000, "Bob Mannix"
wrote:

"Mr Fuxit" wrote in message
...


Also, wear safety glasses when using a roller.
I was quite alarmed at the amount of paint spray
they collected, and you don't want that in your eyes.
ISTR someone in this NG a long time back had to have
some paint removed from their eye surgically.

I never use a roller. I've never found one that doesn't spray paint
all over the place. 6 or 8 inch brush and take your time.


It's not the roller that sprays paint, it's the knob on the bottom of
the pole!

Its the roller.
No matter how slowly you wrk them they still throw off paint flecks

Well put! I always use a roller (as do decoraters) - after cutting in of
course. You get some droplets but a much quicker, better finish.

I always get a better finish with a big brush.
Although I once used a stirrup pump and bucket of snowcem to do a
workshop. I was 16 yrs old. Great fun. Everything was white from floor
to roof including one of the leccy's coats that hadn't been moved

I always get a better finish with a big brush.
Although I once used a stirrup pump and bucket of snowcem to do a
workshop. I was 16 yrs old. Great fun. Everything was white from floor
to roof including one of the leccy's coats that hadn't been moved

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwgMV5ES92E

great minds think alike...

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:07:10 +0000, "george (dicegeorge)"
wrote:


I always get a better finish with a big brush.
Although I once used a stirrup pump and bucket of snowcem to do a
workshop. I was 16 yrs old. Great fun. Everything was white from floor
to roof including one of the leccy's coats that hadn't been moved

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwgMV5ES92E

great minds think alike...

LOL

Alang wrote:

Although I once used a stirrup pump and bucket of snowcem to do a
workshop. I was 16 yrs old. Great fun. Everything was white from floor
to roof including one of the leccy's coats that hadn't been moved

Well, that's possible better than Keith Boadwee.

(Search Google Images - with 'safe' off - if you need explanation... :-)
Obviously not work safe. Restrict yourself to text for explanations.)

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:49:52 +0000, Rod
wrote:

Alang wrote:

Although I once used a stirrup pump and bucket of snowcem to do a
workshop. I was 16 yrs old. Great fun. Everything was white from floor
to roof including one of the leccy's coats that hadn't been moved

Well, that's possible better than Keith Boadwee.

(Search Google Images - with 'safe' off - if you need explanation... :-)
Obviously not work safe. Restrict yourself to text for explanations.)

No thanks.
I have women and young people present