Painting ceiling and paint started to become tacky
Anonymous user 01/03/2024 - 2.49 PM
I recently painted a sitting room ceiling for a friend of mine. While applying the paint via a good quality roller the paint started to become tacky on the ceiling. In some parts it was perfect but in others it was tacky and was not sticking. The more I ran over it with the roller it got more progressively worse. The end result looked like patches on the ceiling. I was using Dulux Matt Paint. I tried turning off the heating in the room and even bought another brand new high quality roller and also thinned the paint out, but I only ended up with the same bad results! Ironically I painted the kitchen room ceiling which was part of the same room and there was no problems in regard to oil or grease build up on the ceiling. Could someone please give some expert advice on why this is ?
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
The ceiling seems like it needed a good wash with sugar soap as it sounds like either cooking residue or tar from cigarettes. It may even nead to be sealed with an oil based undercoat or primer. If you keep coating it with water based paint, it will never get any better.
Answered22 December 2015
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Anonymous user
Hi, is it a kitchen ceiling? If so, it could be fat on there from cooking etc, there are primers available for covering this, a DIY store or paint store would be able to point you in the right direction
Answered10 February 2014
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Anonymous user
If it’s tar from smoking I always use a good oil based undercoat from Johnstone’s , add 10% thinners to it ( basically to make it easier to apply and less sticky ) and apply evenly over affected surface to seal it and create a barrier . If it’s paste residue you must wash with sugar soap first or it will certainly return . Then after the undercoat mix or sugar soap apply 2 coats of a good trade vinyl Matt emulsion ( not diy stuff as they are 2 totally different products ) then job done . If you’ve got yourself a good honest tradesmen he will always advise customers before he starts the job to save you money and time ! If you get the oooh and ahhh cowboy painters who have no idea the proper process then try someone on my builder
Answered31 January 2019
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Anonymous user
Go buy a primer from the shop remove grease with sugar soap prime the celling wait for it to dry fully and then apply 2 coats of emulsion
