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Stripping old emulsion paint off ceilings

cubix · 2010-03-25 22:50:29

Can anyone tell me if there is a emulsion paint stripper similar to nitroumors for gloss.

25-03-2010 11:50pm

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cubix

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Can anyone tell me if there is a emulsion paint stripper similar to nitroumors for gloss.

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#2 29-03-2010 12:01am

Robbie71

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I will ask the question - why do want to strip paint of a ceiling??

If its because its rough etc ? why not sand it
if the old paint(maybe distemper) is reacting with new then a primer may sort you out,

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#3 29-03-2010 12:15am

lionela

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Helped my brother re/do his b/room lately.
Ceiling was crap..as he had covered it with something similiar to Artex previously.

We had to scrape that off using a couple of inch wide wood chisels...it came off in showers of white flakes.

To be honest its not an easy job ..but we done it and gave the ceiling 2 coats of P.V.A solution..and mixed a small amount of PVA to the new application.

Yubbly Jubbly Job. Hope this helps

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#4 10-12-2010 2:42pm

isup

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just be careful theres no asbestos in the artex

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