Painting Spray Texture Ceiling With A Roller Or Sprayer
The available two options of painting spray textured ceilings have since long been a subject of debate for professionals and handymen. The two alternatives are using spray or a roller. Both have advantages and demerits too. The main issues involved are time, expense and the quality of painting.
Let’s compare the two options and understand the merits and demerits if both to decide the one that could best suit your requirements.
Spray Painting
Most of the contractors prefer using a sprayer for painting a spray texture ceiling. It really is a very convenient and fast process for an experienced spray painter. It allows you to have an even coating of paint on the ceiling without really having to touch it. . Even if there is some "looseness" in the texture, it is easily taken care of by using an oil-based paint to get a flawless finish.
The process of spray painting is quite fast, taking considerably less time than rolling, meaning the painters won’t be staying at your place for a long time. This process works out very economical if you hire a contractor who has a spray unit and you don’t have to buy or hire one for the job at hand. The labor expense in such case is not very high.
But then, you need to have a spray unit for this kind of painting. If you haven’t had a chance of handling it, you should be prepared to have some practice with it to know the working of a spray gun and understand how much area it covers as you push the trigger just once. However, if you hire the services of a professional company, which is already involved with carrying out of such jobs, there is no reason to worry.
An important factor that you need to have in mind before getting started with spray painting is that you need to protect all the items in the room from splashes of falling paint. So, either you shift all the items to another room not being painted or securely cover those with a trap. Such an effort ensures that all your items remain safe from being sprayed on accidentally.
Rolling Paint
The other option for you is that of rolling paint on the ceiling. There are two main benefits of following this technique. The more important one is that it’s more durable and lasts longer. The second one is that you get a better-prepared surface for repainting in the coming years. Irrespective of the ceiling being flat or textured, this technique, needing a thicker paint application, allows the ceiling to have more resistance towards stains and mildew.
When following the paint rolling technique, you are required to use acrylic latex paint that establishes a tight bond with the ceiling and thus reduces the chances of the texture ceiling to become loose to the extent of falling down upon you.
The drawback of this method is that it’s a very slow process, taking a lot more time, compared to painting. That’s because it involves the additional step of applying primer to the ceiling, using non-water based sealer or primer. Subsequently, the painting too needs to be done in a very systematic manner. You start from the middle of the ceiling and work towards the walls taking care not to touch the walls with the roller. And finally, you paint the periphery of the ceiling with a brush.
Though the process is certainly a lengthy one, if done the right way, the painted ceiling is sure to last for a long time.