Bit of a waste of time though. I mean you'd have to coat the ceiling just to scrape it , then coat it again. :-\SPREADS said:If you polybond the ceiling first it softens the artex and those scrapers will work fine
Pug said:you can use a steamer on artex as well, messy job though.
And those Marley tiles are about 15% Asbestos too.Nisus said:Pug said:you can use a steamer on artex as well, messy job though.
I did that years ago when i was about 18 I steamed it off a big ceiling in an empty property & it was all over the Marley tiles on the floor when I'd finished, I thought I'll get that up tomorrow,
big mistakeit was rock hard on the floor the next day :'( :'(
TonyM said:And those Marley tiles are about 15% Asbestos too.Nisus said:Pug said:you can use a steamer on artex as well, messy job though.
I did that years ago when i was about 18 I steamed it off a big ceiling in an empty property & it was all over the Marley tiles on the floor when I'd finished, I thought I'll get that up tomorrow,
big mistakeit was rock hard on the floor the next day :'( :'(
not if it's painted in silk emulsionSPREADS said:If you polybond the ceiling first it softens the artex and those scrapers will work fine
Ok then ,polybond then bond , and then skim the ceiling,lots of ways to skin a cat ,the end result is always the same.warriorupnorth said:not if it's painted in silk emulsionSPREADS said:If you polybond the ceiling first it softens the artex and those scrapers will work fine
You said member ;D ;D ;D ;D ;DSPREADS said:If that sounds like too much work slab over the ceiling with new boards and just skim them,if there is cornice in the room use a j bead and form a margin of about 25mm as a shadow gap ,it also can look like an extra member on the original cornice detail, just do a nice job on it.![]()