Touch Up Ceiling Paint

Be sure to use an area with plenty of light so you can clearly see the colors.

Touch up ceiling paint. It hides imperfections on new or previously painted drywall plaster wood textured or popcorn style acoustic ceilings and painted metal. A dried latex paint film consists mostly of pigment and binder latex and contains 100 percent solids. Don t worry about the brand.

An exception to this is stock colors from the same manufacturer. But it doesn t hurt to try so here s how to touch up paint the right way. Repair the damage if the surface is damaged you need to repair it before touching up don t count on paint alone.

Evaporation eliminates most of the moisture but generally does not affect the final touch up job. When doing touch ups always use the original paint from the original can to minimize the chance of flashing. If you aren t successful in scraping off a portion of the ceiling to color match mix up some paint.

Make sure the tape is straight so that you achieve a sharp clean finish. Bottle available item 5760. Collect a variety of white paint swatches from a paint or home improvement store.

If you don t have a paint chip bring home paint sample cards from a paint supply store. How quickly the water leaves the film determines how good the final touch up work can be. These are mixed at the factory and a new batch will usually match an existing color.

However in the can the same latex paint contains only 20 to 30 percent solids for ease of application. As the ceiling is normally painted before the wall it is common for the wall paint to bleed over or splatter onto the edge of the ceiling. Formulated especially for armstrong white ceiling tiles.