Painting Ceiling Tiles

10 years ago

Hey Painters --

I'm going to start a redo of a Living Room and I've started to investigate my Ceiling tiles which appear to be GLUED to the drywall -- these won't budge as I've tried to loosen one by hand.

I may just take a crowbar to one after I test it for Asbestos. Anyway, my questions are:

- Can these be painted with a real knappy roller?
- Should I seal them first with Gardz or StainKills Max?

Look how discolored they are -- Yuk. Thanks for any help.

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lazy_gardens
10 years ago
They can be painted ... seal them with something meant to seal in smoke stains and then paint them with whatever.

If you are OK with losing a couple of inches of height, later you acn screw in furring strips and get a drywall over it.
Pines Everywhere
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks LazyGardens --

Appreciate the help. I can afford to lose some height, I may just investigate the drywall option. I've got too holes like the one shown where old speakers were. I need to cover those anyway and they are NOT sized right or spaced right for my lighting plan.

If I can get the drywall done afford-ably -- I may go that route.

Thanks!
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