How To Prep And Paint A Bathroom Ceiling

Use a patching compound to even out the bathroom walls and the ceiling.

How to prep and paint a bathroom ceiling. Use a small paintbrush to paint in and around lights fans ceiling roses and cornices. Once your bathroom ceiling is clean its time to prime and seal. A good DIY cleaning solution for your bathroom ceiling is three parts water to one part bleach.

Empty some bathroom paint into your tray and evenly apply this over your roller. You dont want it dripping with paint but keeping it wet helps prevent lap lines. For a textured ceiling.

The most important thing to know about prepping a bathroom for painting is that the walls and ceiling must be 100 percent dry before starting. Roll the main part of the ceiling with a medium-nap roller. Take a paint roller and paint tray using it to apply your first coat.

Using a paintbrush cut in around lights fans moldings and shower trim first. Some areas will have a layer of paint where others wont. Never use the shower before painting a bathroom.

Roll on a light coat of paint going in one direction and overlapping strokes. Painting ceilings is a pain. Start in a corner and with a 2-inch trim brush paint about three feet along one wall then the adjoining wall.

If you want your hard work to pay off you need to know how to prepare a ceiling for paint. This is a horrible job on a ceiling so make sure you wear a dust mask and protective glasses for your safety. There is nothing worse than puttin.