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Need to decorate a house 1890, covering a very cheap original ceiling

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.54 PM

I live in a 1890 house which has, what seems to be, a ceiling made of something like compressed cardboard, with tape across joins. Can this be covered over in some way?

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Fk Murray Decorating

Rating: 5 out of 5

Swanage

Without taking down ceiling and reboarding, and plastering . I would recommend caulking over the tape or the whole ceiling with joint filler rubbing down , and painting

Answered6 December 2017

Anonymous user

Sounds like the joints have been fiber fused and filled in with joint compound. There’s a product on the market you can buy it’s a filler base skim coat Easy to put on and it’s sandable if you put it on too think. Hope that helps Any other questions or advice I’ll be here to help

Answered8 December 2017