How To Cover Up Water Stains On A Popcorn Ceiling

Patch a Water-Stained Ceiling or Textured Ceiling

Updated: Oct. 17, 2019

Repair sprayed ceilings with droplets spray texture patch.

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When water leaks onto a drywall ceiling, ugly coffee-colored stains usually appear. Sometimes the ceiling texture will go saturated and start to fleck off. We'll show y'all how to repair small damaged areas of typical popcorn ceiling texture. It's like shooting fish in a barrel when y'all use a special texture patch now available in an aerosol spray can.

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Patch a water-stained popcorn ceiling

How to Fix Water Stains on Ceiling Photograph ane: Scrap off the damaged texture

Lay down a tarp and scrape off all the loose, flaking texture with a putty knife. Hold a bit of paper-thin underneath the damaged surface area to catch the falling flakes.

How to Fix Water Stains on Ceiling Photo 2: Block off the surrounding area

Pin a plastic tarp around all four sides of the patching expanse (stay 1 ft. away from the impairment), and let the tarp hang at least iv ft. down.

How to Fix Water Stains on Ceiling Photo 3: Spray the expanse with primer

Spray stain-blocking primer over the water-damaged expanse and let information technology completely dry out.

How to Set H2o Stains on Ceiling Photo 4: Spray the texture

Milk shake the can of texture for a couple of minutes, so screw the nozzle onto the valve stem. Hold the tin can 9 to fourteen in. away from the ceiling. Squeeze the trigger with quick half-second bursts while sweeping the can over the damaged area. Permit the texture to dry for 24 hours before painting.

Once the ceiling is dry, remove whatsoever loose or flaking texture (Photo 1). Wear a dust mask and safe glasses to protect yourself from falling debris. Spraying the stain blocker and ceiling texture are downright messy affairs, so tarp off a work area as shown in Photo 2. Many aerosol paints don't spray well upside down, but the stain-blocking primer in Photograph three is designed to spray up (Kilz Consequence is available at dwelling centers and hardware stores).

Applying the new ceiling texture (Photo 4) is the trickiest part of the whole project. The texture comes out fast and the propellant dissipates rapidly. Yous'll but get well-nigh four seconds of spray per can, so yous may want to purchase an extra tin and practice on a canvas of cardboard. The texture repair is designed to friction match the original white ceiling texture colour, only you might have to repaint the entire ceiling to completely hide the patch.

CAUTION!

If you have ceiling texture applied before 1978, information technology may comprise asbestos. This mineral can be hazardous if it becomes airborne, and so call your local health department to larn safe procedures for removal and disposal.

Required Tools for this Project

Accept the necessary tools for this DIY project lined upward before you start—you'll salve time and frustration.

You'll as well want prophylactic or latex gloves.

Required Materials for this Project

Avoid terminal-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready alee of time. Here's a list.

Originally Published: October 17, 2019