Now for the sanding part, you will need to sport some fancy face and head attire. Using an old bushy paint brush to fan out the edges of the plaster patch worked great to blend it in with the rest of the ceiling.Patching Plaster and a paint brush was my best friend in the office redo! I also used this technique on Fixing Cracks in Wooden Door Panels. The last step will be to add some texture. I did this about three times until I was satisfied that it was blending in nicely. For about a week, I applied the patching plaster, allow to dry and wet sanded all the way across the ceiling. I opted to play it safe and just patch the one section. Here is a picture of the patched hole where tape and plaster fell. As it turns out, I probably could have just removed the entire strip of tape and started from scratch. I immediately stopped, cut the tape to the point is was falling down and applied some Patching Plaster. WRONG! It came off all right, along the the tape and patching stuff they used! So, I had chucks of patch falling off the ceiling. I read that you spray it with water and just scrap it off. My first step in correcting the patched textured plaster ceiling was to remove the offensive popcorn texture from the patch. It will not be a perfectly smooth without flaw ceiling and I have to live with that. I also know, that in choosing this option the ceiling will NOT be perfect. My options are to sand the entire ceiling (not happening, could be asbestos), sheet rock the ceiling (no budget) or attempt a repair that involves just the patch (Yep, this is what I do). There was a leak in this room from the porch roof and the leak was repaired and the damage to the office ceiling was patched. The ceiling is plaster with some type of grainy texture. What are the options for repairing or replacing? This is what I know: Old House Issue: Patched Textured Plaster Ceiling that looks like crap! What I need to determine:ģ. The ceiling does have a grainy type texture, but it is NOT popcorn. ![]() What this picture does not show was the attempt the patcher made to match the old texture in the ceiling with popcorn. Our office had the mother of all patches that ran all away across the room, like a crooked road! Let me tell ya, I am ready to fix a Patched Textured Plaster Ceiling. With the poor lighting in the room it was hard to get a good picture and in my haste, I forgot to take a before picture. Have you seen a ceiling that has been damaged and repaired with a sloppy patch job? Regardless of how awesome the room is, my little eye will spy the patch and focus right on it!
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