Spray Paint Basement Ceiling White

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Spray paint basement ceiling white.

Do not use spray paint to paint your basement ceiling. White ceiling paint with a bit of gray. 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. Using interior dry fall paint the ceiling is evenly coated.

I didn t want it to be too dark either which is exactly why i went with white. I used benjamin moore white dove for our exposed ceiling in the basement. For one the fumes will be toxic and two you would need about 100 150 cans of spray paint to do the job. Much faster than drywall.

During my efforts to upgrade my unfinished basement i wanted an alternative to the typical acoustic tile drop ceiling or drywall ceiling. Leaving your basement ceiling exposed and simply painting it black or white can give you the height needed for a comfortable space as well as giving the basement a more industrial loft like feel. For that cost you could buy a paint sprayer made specifically to handle this type of job. Yes i still love my white basement ceiling and i would definitely do it again.

Plus drywalling ceiling involve a lot more work and neck aches. This entire ceiling was painted using a sprayer in about 3 hours with breaks between to let paint dry drywall would have taken days to finish. Basement ceiling painting faqs why should you paint a basement ceiling. Fred told me of his tentative plans to paint his open.

Dry fall paint will ensure proper adhesion to the ceiling surfaces. Having a white ceiling allows the space to feel bigger. One of our rooms the theater has a black ceiling so i can really compare the difference and it s huge. When we started renovations in our basement the very first thing we did was paint.

Can i use spray paint to paint my basement ceiling.