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Anybody ever wallpaper a ceiling?
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The guy that dry-walled the ceiling in my house did a bad job. Under
certain lighting conditions, you can see the joints. I was thinking of
wallpapering the entire ceiling with a white raised pattern surface
paper. Am I asking for trouble? Will it even stick? Are there easier,
less-messy alternatives?
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You mean you don't have texture sprayed ceiling? I never heard of
ceiling paper!
Tony
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How old are you? Most houses had it in the days before about 1960 or so.
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Officially senior. Hardly ever lived in an old house. I had always my
house built. Now there is paint made for textured looking. I think
painting would be deasier than papering.
Tony
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Elvis...Graceland, burgundy I think.
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Will it stick? Sure.
Are you asking for trouble? Well, you are asking for a mountain of
frustration if you try to DIY. Hire a paper hanger if you do it.
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What about plain old ceiling tiles? They come in different textures and
styles. They're pretty easy to install yourself.
As an aside, I think the norm is to do a lousy job wallboarding ceilings
nowadays. A friend just had a house built and you can see most of the
joints. He talked to a few other people and they just shrug and say that's
the way it is today. What happened to craftsmanship? It got lost in blank
ink.
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Many years ago, virtually all ceilings were papered Most had a light
pattern and, of course, were white or nearly white.
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We used the raised paper that is patterned to resemble a tin ceiling in our
kitchen. It is difficult to put up, but we were really happy with it when we
were finished.
You just have to keep going over it a bit more with the brush than you would on
a wall, but then the adhesive reaches a point where it starts to hold. It would
be easier with scaffolding so you could easily walk the length of a sheet with
the brush.
We did a smallish kitchen. I don't think I would want to do a large room or
whole house.
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Please take a few years to think about this terrible idea. You'll be happy
you did. :-) There *has* to be a better way.
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If you want a papered ceiling yes paper will work on ceilings.
If you are just concerned about seeing the seams than just get a good taper
and retape the seems. A lot cheaper and less mess than either texture or
paper.
You are not using a semigloss paint on your ceiling are you? That will
really show up any imperfection.
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