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Texture Ceiling: Primer needed?

tom418
11 years ago

I'm planning on painting a textured ceiling for the first time. It isn't a "popcorn", acoustic ceiling like one found in motel rooms, but it is the type that sheetrockers apply so as to cover up drywall joints.

The paint dealer told me that I would need a primer coat if the ceiling was not sealed before. Is there any way that I can tell if it was sealed? Do sheetrockers do this as a matter of course? Note: I can see numerous "dark spots" when I look up at the ceiling. Is that a sign that it was NOT sealed?

I do have primer (Zinsser). Any harm in applying it anyway?

I was present when I had my attic finished, and those sheetrockers used a "titanium paint" That finish is very similar to what I am painting, if that helps.

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