Artex Pattern?

Old_Skool

Hi,

I have removed an old built in wardrobe in a bedroom of my 1978 house which has revealed a piece of ceiling which is not artexed.

The pattern is stipple and I have bought one of the artex stipple rollers from B&Q.

However, I have tried mixing up the artex to different thickness's (from runny to quite thick) and used the roller as instructed but the pattern is nothing like the original effect.

How would the original effect have been achieved?

Would I be better off doing the whole ceiling?

Any tips would be appreciated - Many thanks

poppyolivia

If you got it done as best as possible then repainted the whole ceiling white would it still be really obvious?

Old_Skool

Hi poppyolivia,

Thanks for reading - I have only tried test areas so far and cleaned them off straight away.

The existing ceiling has a much rougher stipple than that produced by the roller. The annoying thing is that when the room is finished the head of the bed will be in the new alcove so you will be looking up at the new artex.

I think it will still show when painted - if there are no tips out there I wonder if blending the old and new together over a wider area might help.

poppyolivia

I might be wrong but instead of the roller can you not get the hard pad things out of b&Q...I'm sure you get them in a rubber type of material with different effects on them???????? I'm not sure what they are called but you put the artex on the ceiling then press down then take off with the pad thing then the stipples are left????????

Sorry if this doesn't make sense but it does (sort of) to me!!!:D

startrekker

They would never have used rollers that long ago (1978), they would have done it with a stipple brush (roller was invented as we are getting lazier). You can get one from B&Q etc. Try techniques on an old piece of plasterboard or cardboard to get the desired effect, I got quite a good effect using the brush recently. You basically artex approx 1 mtr square and using the brush dab/ push it onto the artex and pull it off again.

weekendwarrior

I don't know anyone that uses a roller for stipple effect. Rollers are normally used for textured paint, not artex.

You can see how to do some patterns here- http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/textured_finishes.htm

Stipple is normally very easy, although not if you are trying to match existing!

Old_Skool

Many thanks everybody,

Had a look in B&Q today, It is an artex pad I need - the roller is for a softer stipple pattern.

Ready for take two at the weekend but this time will try it out on a piece of scrap plasterboard first - good tip Startrekker.

Thanks again all