Repair of the apartment can not do without putty. This material has become indispensable when preparing various surfaces for painting, wallpapering, etc. Puttying the ceiling is more difficult than walls, because the hands should always be high and tense, so fatigue comes faster. However, this does not mean that such a task is arduous and difficult to achieve. Puttying the ceiling with your own hands is quite possible. With the right approach, such work can be done no worse than a professional. The video putty ceiling in this will help.
Contents
- Preparation of the work surface
- Material and tools
- Application method
- Video puttying the ceiling with your own hands
Preparation of the work surface
The first step is to prepare the ceiling for the putty. For this, it is necessary to remove the layers of paint, whitewash, old wallpaper, etc. from the surface applied earlier. If, in a ceiling there are cracks, small apertures, they also need to be carefully cleaned and closed with the same putty or plaster. The main condition - the ceiling should be maximally cleaned. Puttying the ceiling of gypsum board with your own hands does not require preliminary preparation of the surface, as plasterboard can be puttyped right away.
It is desirable, beforehand, to apply primer. You can use a roller or a moclot. This will ensure better adhesion of putty to the surface. If there are large cracks in the ceiling, plastering of the ceiling is carried out in these places. On this, the preparatory work is over and you can proceed to the main phase.
Material and tools
First, you need to determine which shpaklevka will be used. It can be sold as:
- dry powder;
- ready mix.
The powder is mixed with water, thus a ready-made putty is obtained. The finished mixture is already diluted and can be immediately applied. You can use both powder and mixture. Quality, to a greater extent, depends on the manufacturer.
Tools required for laying ceilings:
- spatulas( wide and narrow);
- bucket, pelvis( if powder is used);
- whisk and drill for mixing( if powder is used);
- stepladder, table;
- Trowel with fasteners.
Putty is the starting and finishing:
- The starting putty is coarse-grained. It is applied to a coarser surface and in the presence of small differences, cracks.
- Finishing putty - fine-grained. It creates a smoother surface, so it is applied last layer. If the ceiling of plasterboard, then you can putty only finish. Some use only starting, but, here everything depends on the ceiling lining.
Puttying the ceiling with your own hands for painting, sure, involves the application of finishing putty, followed by an ideal, leveling the trowel, because after painting any flaws will be clearly visible.
Application method for puttying
First, use a narrow spatula to evenly distribute the putty on a wide spatula. Then, with jerky movements, evenly apply the putty on the ceiling at an acute angle. The sharper the angle, the thinner the applied layer will be. To apply a subsequent layer, you must wait for the previous one to dry.
After drying the last layer, the putty ceiling is rubbed with a special mesh. Remove all flaws and make the plane as flat as possible.
It is recommended not to apply a layer more than 4 mm. The number of layers, the choice of putty, primer is determined after inspecting the surface of the ceiling.
For a practical study of the whole process, you can see photos and videos of self-leveling ceilings.
Ceiling paint for the ceiling with your own hands
Ceiling made of plasterboard:
