Painting Exposed Basement Ceiling By Hand
This guest post on how to paint a basement ceiling with exposed joists comes from a reader and friend of one project closer chuck williams.
Painting exposed basement ceiling by hand. Even a carefully painted joist can drip onto anything below. Spray in the same manner as before. With an exposed ceiling especially one like ours that has many pipes wires nooks and crannies it s best to spray the paint to get a good even finish.
Bought a wagner airless sprayer on amazon https goo gl 12jppm and used hand t. After priming it s time to paint. Even an exposed metal ceiling can use a coat of paint to help prevent rust.
Since an exposed basement ceiling is typically bare wood it will absorb the first coat of paint without question. More on why we love it in this post here. Always paint an exposed ceiling first we always recommend painting an exposed ceiling regardless of your situation basement or business.
3 gallons and 3 days to paint 543 sqft without renting a pro paint sprayer. When calculating how many gallons of paint to buy. During my efforts to upgrade my unfinished basement i wanted an alternative to the typical acoustic tile drop ceiling or drywall ceiling.
To paint only the joists and not pipes or the subfloor above use a paint roller and a brush. The wood rafters and beams soaked up a lot of primer so you will need a lot less paint. Painting an exposed basement ceiling.
Here s our quick and easy guide to painting your basement s floor joists. I can t even imagine how long it would have taken with a brush but it only took about 2 hours with our trusty paint sprayer. Fred told me of his tentative plans to paint his open.