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Redecorating

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I want to do some decorating this year when it’s warmed up a bit. I intended to do it last year but that wasn’t possible in the end, the furthest I got with that was buying the brushes. LoL. I’m going to try and redecorate my living room this year but upon inspecting it I realised my ceiling has a really nice pattern on it, looks a bit dated really but I like it.

Any-way I just wanted to ask what the ceiling is as it has grooves in it. Pictures below.

 

Is it ok to paint? Not sure if a brush will damage it as when I ran my finger across it it's a bit flaky Thinking

Does it require a certain paint?

I don’t want to damage it as it is a pretty design. Professional decorators would probably be best of course but I really want to give this a go myself as I love painting and when I decorated my room during the first Covid lockdown it came out better than I thought it would.

So if you are an expert on these things please share your words of wisdom with me. But even if you aren’t an expert still share your words of wisdom because I have no idea what I’m doing! Laughing

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Thanks for the good tip r.e. not splashing the paint all over the place. When I painted during the first Covid lockdown the mess was unimaginable! It went everywhere. The floor. Windowsill which is real wood! Absolute nightmare. I’m a messy painter.

    Thanks again for tips on the paint. I am always very careful when it comes to buying anything that has a strong smell as it can easily affect me so got be cautious with these things. Like I always have to use a roll on perfume rather than spray because of the strong scent. Thanks for your help with this.

  • in reply to Deleted User

    If you do paint over it with a brush, then get a margerine tub or yogurt pot a bit wider than your brush and cut a hole in the bottoma and push your paint brush handle through it and put a a couple of rubber bands round the handle to keep the pot in place. This should help you not to get so splattered.

    If you have asthma then check out the VOC (volotile organic compounds) of the paint you chose, as these can make asthma worse for a few days or even weeks. There are eco paint compnies that have low levels of VOC's, they're more expensive and have fewer colour choices, but it's something you could look into if you suffer badly?