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Painting ceiling after water leak

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  • keith969
    keith969 Posts: 1,571 Forumite
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    I've used PVA glue before - thin it down with water and paint on, wait to dry. Then paint the emulsion over it, it acts like a barrier.
    For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.
  • jenhug
    jenhug Posts: 2,277 Forumite
    we used zinsser i think it was called on our ceiling after the porch leaked, it hasn't shown through.
  • not_loaded
    not_loaded Posts: 1,187 Forumite
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    I've used Dulux 1Step Primer Sealer Undercoat to great success.

    PVA would probably do it though.

    B&Q for both. :)
  • besonders1
    besonders1 Posts: 579 Forumite
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    Funny this thread appearing as I have just removed polystyrene ceiling tiles in the kitchen and emulsioned over the dirty ceiling. Once painted, the ceiling came up lovely but then an hour later, brown stain marks appeared in the same pattern as the old ceiling tiles were, (brown squares) I have tried painting over these 3 times with white emulsion but they still just re-appear. I wonder whether I should try using gloss spray paint as my back is starting to hurt, don't wanna paint the ceiling from scratch again!
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    "Undercoat hid the stain but the emulsion had a subtly different look to it where it covered the undercoat even after several coats"

    ... to which I'd suggest - paint the whole ceiling with the undercoat, then emulsion the whole ceiling over the top of it.
  • not_loaded
    not_loaded Posts: 1,187 Forumite
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    It’s easy to get a bit obsessed with something like the finish on a ceiling.

    In reality nobody looks that closely.

    Chill. :cool:
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    Surveyors look that closely.

    Nobody wants the phrase "water staining to living room ceiling" in their HIP or Home Report......
  • not_loaded
    not_loaded Posts: 1,187 Forumite
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    They’ll look for the stains, not ‘a subtly different look’.
  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
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    :rotfl:

    Didn't mean to start an argument.

    All I meant was that Stain Stop gave a perfect result but you have to buy it specially whereas undercoat gives a slightly less than perfect result (IME) but you are likely to have it to hand.
  • buglawton
    buglawton Posts: 9,235 Forumite
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    Because the description on the tin seemed absolutely correct, I bought a tin of Wilkinsons Stain Block paint.

    Should have read this thread first! Stop stains it does NOT. A water stain bleeds straight through, I estimate it will need 6 coats at this rate! It turns out to be water based so will not actually stop any water based stain on plasterboard or ceilings (and that is the vast majority of stains).
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