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Updated almost 6 years ago, 01/09/2019
Use "tin ceiling" wallpaper over perennially peeling paint and cracks.
As I ordered more of this stuff, though I'd share here. If you have old rooms with many layers of paint and cracks you know it will peel no matter what you do, especially on the ceiling. I wallpapered my living room ceiling 16 years ago and it looks as good as the day I did it, while the room next to it I spackled and painted peeled. I get compliments all the time.
Comes out to $0.45/sq ft. Way easier to work with than standard paper. Paint it Semi-gloss.
wow, looks awesome
Great solution, and it turned out great
So on a 10x12 room, you'd be looking at $50? Thats pretty good.
What do you do if it gets dirty? Can you paint it? Is it a pain to paint?
What if it gets damaged? Typically, I don't have many ceilings that get damaged but do have to repaint some every now and then.
I guess if they no longer make the pattern, its only $50 to take it down and put a new one up. But it does look sharp.
Looks nice, thanks for sharing
Looks good. I will have to remember this.
Originally posted by @Mike H.:
So on a 10x12 room, you'd be looking at $50? Thats pretty good.
What do you do if it gets dirty? Can you paint it? Is it a pain to paint?
What if it gets damaged? Typically, I don't have many ceilings that get damaged but do have to repaint some every now and then.
I guess if they no longer make the pattern, its only $50 to take it down and put a new one up. But it does look sharp.
As I said, it's best to paint it semi gloss, easy job. Nice and cleanable. If somehow it was damaged (on the ceiling?) I would think it would be easy to cut a clean line, strip out the damage and put up a new piece cut to match. I've matched cuts a couple of times installing.
Thanks all for the comments. Actually the photo is from the vendor site, my install of this product looks even better IMO, as I used semigloss, this looks flatter, maybe unpainted. Actually, I used this particular type of raised foam paper for the 1st time about 8 years ago for my kitchen. The product I used 16 years ago was slightly different, it was actually embossed heavy paper, you could see the pattern from the back. It was way more difficult to use and a bear to strip the time I needed to, though it has held up like iron.
Here's my living room
@Johann Jells I've been researching posts about painint over plaster and this came up! Love the look of the product and your property turned out great. I'm jealous of that exposed brick :-)!!!!!
Did you use this product over plaster walls? I'm just curious how it would work. Our walls are in okay shape, no major issues so we are keeping the plaster but looking for creative solutions to add a little character. I love te idea for the ceiling. We definitely have some smoke damage so we'll need to do something,
@Kathryn Dunnivant I have not used it on walls, though I have seen it done, especially as a wainscoting below a chair rail. But I'd hesitate to use the foam product there, it's more fragile than the embossed paper type. Usually regular wallpaper or "sizing" paper works to hold a wall together. I like the commercial grade, heavy plastic "Sanitex" type wallpaper, it's super durable and easier to put up than the paper type, and the seams never pop.
The exposed brick was not planned, the plaster wall & metal lath was crumbling and the furring rotted! Now due to parapet problems I get a lot of efflorescence and dust from the bricks. No free lunch, and of course the place cannot be insulated!