need advice for painting ceiling kitchen please

surfsister

Hiya need to get some decorating done and need some advice please!

My kitchen ceiling is awful, painted white in ancient paint with some peeling and cracks etc.

I have rubbed down the peeling stuff. What is the best to cover it up with? paint I expect. Any ideas on what type to use and where to get it cheapest?

Thanks

jstallan

If it were me I'd :
1. UPVA (dilluted) the ceiling first to seal what's there.
2. Use 'bathroom and kitchen' paint as it deals with condensation better

andrew-b

UPVA? Presumably you mean PVA (U for unibond maybe?)....under no circumstances should you ever PVA a wall/ceiling before painting. The paint will bond with the PVA. PVA is soluble in water (why it's used as a kid's glue!) so as soon as you get condensation from cooking etc your paint will start peeling off. DONT PVA!

The way to do it is to sand down, fill imperfections, resand, refill etc. If that isn't good enough still i'd normally say line it with lining paper but being a kitchen a plaster reskim may be better (applying PVA before the plaster skim is an acceptable PVA usage in that case!). Once your happy with the surface then paint with emulsion.

Andy

p.s. don't pva it!!

surfsister

thanks both will try kitchen and bathroom paint and have sanded it ready to fill. can't really run to having it skimmed at the moment, but oldish house so i'm sure will be ok!

ariba10

If you can get it reasonably smooth you could paper it with a blown vinyl paper and then paint or emulsion it.