I finally painted my living room ceiling and it took 4 hours longer than I thought it would

I kept reading online that cutting in with a brush would save time but I ended up doing three coats anyway to hide the old water stain from last winter's leak, so for everyone who's done this before, was the extra time just my bad luck or is ceiling painting always a bigger headache than people let on?

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victor_jones9921d ago

Three coats sounds about right for covering a water stain. I learned that from my own ceiling project where one coat just let the stain bleed through again. Honestly I think ceiling painting is one of those jobs where everyone underestimates the time because you're working overhead and dealing with drips and arm fatigue.

wells.karen21d ago

Three coats is the magic number for sure. Kilz primer between coats makes a huge difference too. Every time I've tried to shortcut a ceiling stain with just one coat, I've regretted it by the next morning. Water stains have a way of laughing at your first coat and bleeding right back through. Working overhead is no joke either, your arms feel like noodles by the time you're done.

susanm5621d ago

My neighbor Frank spent a whole weekend painting his ceiling and then realized he'd used flat paint in a bathroom so it all peeled off within a month. He had to start over with a proper primer and it took him even longer the second time. I guess the moral is that ceiling painting is just one of those jobs where the universe tests your patience no matter what.