Hi

I have a hairline crack across my living room ceiling which is annoying but bearable. However previous attempts at filling and sanding to disguise It has left a wide band across the ceiling which looks a lot worse than the crack itself. What can I do to cover this band and hopefully make the whole thing less noticeable?

Thanks

Alec

On 12/02/2014 20:48, alec green wrote:
Hi

I have a hairline crack across my living room ceiling which is annoying but bearable. However previous attempts at filling and sanding to disguise It has left a wide band across the ceiling which looks a lot worse than the crack itself. What can I do to cover this band and hopefully make the whole thing less noticeable?

Thanks

Alec


Age of property? Strategy and prospects of success are different for
plasterboard and lath and plaster.

I believe it's plasterboard

On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:48:44 PM UTC, alec green wrote:

Hi
I have a hairline crack across my living room ceiling which is annoying but bearable. However previous attempts at filling and sanding to disguise It has left a wide band across the ceiling which looks a lot worse than the crack itself. What can I do to cover this band and hopefully make the whole thing less noticeable?
Thanks
Alec

First, hairline cracks are caused by differential movement due to temp & RH, and nothing can be done to stop them. Any attempt to prevent future cracking doesnt work. Unfortunately many ignore this, and only cause damage trying to stop future movement.

The solution is to fill/level the band of damage. Do it well & its invisible. Its much easier IME to level the filler when its applied, not sand it later. If the cracking is extensive it can be easier to skim the whole ceiling.

When future hairline cracks occur, just wipe the crack with a finger with a bit of filler on. No gouging


NT

In message , alec
green writes
Hi

I have a hairline crack across my living room ceiling which is annoying
but bearable. However previous attempts at filling and sanding to
disguise It has left a wide band across the ceiling which looks a lot
worse than the crack itself. What can I do to cover this band and
hopefully make the whole thing less noticeable?

When you say a wide band, why is this visible?

Do you mean you can see the egdes of the band, or is it because of the
different material/absorption/texture that it shows.


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Chris French

"alec green" wrote in message
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Hi

I have a hairline crack across my living room ceiling which is annoying but
bearable. However previous attempts at filling and sanding to disguise It
has left a wide band across the ceiling which looks a lot worse than the
crack itself. What can I do to cover this band and hopefully make the whole
thing less noticeable?

It has cracked because no scrim was applied when it was plastered, ie cowboy
job.

All joins in plaster boards hould have scrim over the joint (Looks like a
loose weave bandage)
Any builders merchant will have it.
http://www.randjbuildershardware.co....ing/scrim.html

You won't fix it except by grinding off the plaster over the joint, applying
scrim and replastering.
You will need PVA on the old plaster and in the plaster you apply.
(Polyskim is a lot easier, you can add PVA to thattoo)