damp spots on ceiling

number9

following a leaky bathroom tap, we have damp spots/water marks on our kitchen ceiling. the plaster is A1 - no swelling or anything (newly plastered just b4 the leak!! :mad: (

how do we best get rid of these/paint over? is there a special paint to apply before repainting the kitchen ceiling?

xlt_hunter

Let the plaster and damp patch dry out and apply Polycell Stain Block. Comes in a spray can and dries in 10min to a white colour. Then paint over as normal

Make sure the leak is sorted first.

Inactive

As long as the leak is sorted and the plaster dry, paint over the patch with some gloss paint, then when dry, emulsion over it.

number9

thanks. leak sorted but got plumber fitting new bathroom. will wait until he's finished just in case I have my usual luck and have someone make another !!!!-up...

kitchen_buff

Wickes sell a paint that paints over dried up damp patches and prevents stains and mould etc from returning

wannabe_a_mum

We used an Anti Damp paint underneath a special bathroom/kitchen paint and this helped

Good luck

misgrace

Read this thread.....

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=584537

You can do the same with your watermarks/stains, but in your case, just undercoat the actual stains, there is no need to do the whole ceiling.:D

number9

thanks.

misgrace - it is only a few small areas so just correcting these is what I'll do.

misgrace

Your welcome Number 9

Thought I better mention, that if your going to 'spot' the water stains with oilbase undercoat, then you will need to go over the stains after its dry of course, with your emulsion,just dab with your paintbrush, a thinnish bit of paint, do this twice, and it might pay you actually give the whole ceiling a coat of emulsion, as you might see where the new 'spotting' is against the old paint.

After you have dabbed the UC with the thinnish emulsion, when dry, just go over the whole ceiling with a coat of emulsion, again just slightly thinned.(thats if you were going to repaint the whole ceiling:D )

number9

cheers - thanks for advice