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How to Paint a Ceiling

With the right tools and a little preparation, a ceiling can be painted without difficulty.

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Preparing a room for painting will save on cleanup time and will make the finished job look professional.

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Chipped and damaged wall edges are ugly but easy to repair with a little joint compound and a smooth, sanded finish.

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Spackle Shows through Paint

…spackled the seams and sand them smooth(so what I thought). Now after the prime and two coats of paint, I can still the spackle outlines. I dont know what to do at this point? Another problem encountered was some places the paper bubbled. …

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spackle..........

…defect....... Is the paint just showing a difference in shade and tone....... OR is the real problem the spackle has left a visible "hump" or "ring-around-the-patch" or maybe a too smooth slick of plaster.... For seamless…

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Unsanded spackle

Yes , you can. Just lightly sand the area, to try to get a better finish, then apply spackle over the rougher area to smooth it out. May take 1 or 2 coats, put it on thin each time. Sand down after each applicaton…

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