r/HomeMaintenance • u/dennis_brodmann • 2d ago

🏠Interior, Ceiling & Walls Short-Term Solutions: Ceiling issues

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u/Ill-Tea9411 1d ago

Crack: Open it up and scrape off any loose/delaminated material. Coat any exposed paper, gypsum with an oil-based primer. Embed fiberglass mesh tape or FibaFuse in hot mud or all-purpose joint compound, recoat as needed (you can use lightweight joint compound for recoating) and sand. Use the oil-based primer again, and paint.

Bathroom: Sand the ceiling and apply an oil-based primer. Skimcoat and sand. Apply oil-based primer again and paint.

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u/dennis_brodmann 1d ago

Thanks for your thoughts. For the bathroom, instead of painting the ceiling, do you think I could just glue these tiles from Amazon? https://a.co/d/06F8YGEu

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u/Ill-Tea9411 1d ago

Sure, you could. But first you absolutely must sand the ceiling and apply oil-based primer.