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I've got a ceiling of about 40m2 of unpainted plaster (skim) to paint pretty soon. Short of getting someone to do it for me, any tips/tricks/gear out there that will make it easier/quicker to paint?
A decent roller and extending head will be fine doing that, recently done similar.
Make sure you seal it well to stop the amount of paint leaking through and needing more coats.
A long pole to put the roller on. This was a revelation for me
Good quality paint, not the cheapest in the shop, so that you only have to do the minimum number of coats.
Clear glasses and a hat so you don't get paint in your eyes/hair.
this seems pretty comprehensive advice
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when I've done I've always used a couple of coats of diluted cheap emulsion first as fresh plaster "sucks" the paint in and the cheap coats give a good surface for the final paint.
Pole and roller.
Good paint - fewer coats.
Yeah I always use some really cheap white emulsion as a sealer first. Then at least 2 coats of decent paint. 2 usually does the trick if sealed well.
And yeah, an extension pole.
Roller on a stick, no arsing about with a ladder.
Expensive emulsion, even for the thinned coats. 1x £20 tub of Valspar went a lot further than 2x £10 buckets of generic 'trade' emulsion from B&Q/wickes. Oddly Valspar has a warning not to dilute it, ignored that completely and had no issues.
1st coat 3 parts water to 1 part emulsion, ditt 2nd coat, it dries so quickly you can pretty much just make a cup of tea then start on the second coat. I did 2 bedrooms, living room and dining room, 3 coats in an evening. 3rd coat was more like 1:1 emulsion and water. Buy a 99p bucket for mixing the paint in and put some clingfilm over it at night, saves time.
Then just 1 coat needed of emulsion.
It was actually far less painfull than doing the walls.