Hi

I have a couple of hair line cracks in the plaster on my ceiling, can
anyone please suggest the best way to deal with them.

Thanks

Alec

alecgreen coughed up some electrons that declared:

Hi

I have a couple of hair line cracks in the plaster on my ceiling, can
anyone please suggest the best way to deal with them.

Thanks

Alec

Paint some diluted PVA, making sure it soaks in to the crack. Repeat perhaps
once more until it looks like it's solid. Worked for me.

Or, the old fashioned way: cut out the crack with a knife, inverse V shape
and fill.

Wait around - probably more suggestions coming...

alecgreen wrote:
Hi

I have a couple of hair line cracks in the plaster on my ceiling, can
anyone please suggest the best way to deal with them.

Thanks

Alec

Take some filler on the tip of your finger, wipe along the crack, wipe
off any excess crud, done.

Dont follow the often given advice of digging the crack out wider, it
merely makes it worse, takes more time to fill decently, and makes any
imperfections more visible. Modern fillers stick well enough without
gouging the plaster.


NT

wrote:

alecgreen wrote:

I have a couple of hair line cracks in the plaster on my ceiling, can
anyone please suggest the best way to deal with them.

Take some filler on the tip of your finger, wipe along the crack, wipe
off any excess crud, done.

Dont follow the often given advice of digging the crack out wider, it
merely makes it worse, takes more time to fill decently, and makes any
imperfections more visible. Modern fillers stick well enough without
gouging the plaster.

Whilst this will undoubtedly make things look fine after
repainting, perhaps the bigger question is, how long will the
repair last?

One could argue that better preparation might result in a longer
period before the crack reappears, due to whatever movement
caused it in the first place.

OTOH, if it is going to happen anyway, a finger full of filler is
the least possible effort expended on a recurring task.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

Chris J Dixon wrote:
wrote:

alecgreen wrote:

I have a couple of hair line cracks in the plaster on my ceiling, can
anyone please suggest the best way to deal with them.

Take some filler on the tip of your finger, wipe along the crack, wipe
off any excess crud, done.

Dont follow the often given advice of digging the crack out wider, it
merely makes it worse, takes more time to fill decently, and makes any
imperfections more visible. Modern fillers stick well enough without
gouging the plaster.

Whilst this will undoubtedly make things look fine after
repainting, perhaps the bigger question is, how long will the
repair last?

One could argue that better preparation might result in a longer
period before the crack reappears, due to whatever movement
caused it in the first place.

OTOH, if it is going to happen anyway, a finger full of filler is
the least possible effort expended on a recurring task.

Chris

No filler is going to stop the ceilng moving, regardless of how its
applied. IME filler pressed in by finger it stays there when the
ceiling moves, it doesnt fall off. IOW theres no advantage in damaging
the plaster further.


NT

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:15:15 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

Thus spake alecgreen ) unto the assembled multitudes:

I have a couple of hair line cracks in the plaster on my ceiling, can
anyone please suggest the best way to deal with them.

Tell the people in the room above to make love a little less energetically.
;-)

Ah, but seriously... personally I'd use a gauging tool to widen the cracks
into grooves, then use a proprietory filler on them before repainting.

If there is flexing in the ceiling then use a flexible filler
otherwise the cracks will reappear. BTDTGTTS.

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