How and with what to paint a ceiling foam skirting?

Despite the variety of finishing materials for the ceiling, ceiling moldings do not differ in the variety of colors. Often, in order for this finishing detail to fit into the interior, it must be painted. But how to paint the ceiling plinth so that the paint lies evenly, without drips and lasts a long time?

Content:

• Pluses from painting
• Dye selection
• Some tips: when to paint
• Before installation
• After installation
• Preparation for work
• Tool selection
• How to paint

Pluses from painting

Even if the skirting board for the ceiling is suitable for interior design in color, professional craftsmen recommend painting. Painting ceiling skirtings has the following advantages:

1. Concealment of flaws. During transportation, small dents or scratches may appear on plastic or foam baguettes. Perhaps these damages are invisible, but when the product is installed in place, they will become visible in bright light. Matte or glossy dye, especially if priming was carried out before staining, will perfectly hide minor defects and emphasize the decorative design.
2. Ease of care. The loose structure attracts various contaminants that are difficult to clean. Painted foam surface relieve material from this drawback, make it easier to care for.
3. Prevention of yellowing. Plastic, polyurethane or polystyrene under the influence of time and the environment, regardless of the original color, acquires an unpleasant yellowish tint. Painting for a long time will relieve this trouble, because it makes the baguette easily washable or helps to hide a defect that has already arisen.

4. Material protection. The foam absorbs moisture that settles inside its porous structure, causing the development of mold, which looks like blue-green spots on the finish. A tree, in addition to decay and the development of various fungi in its structure, can be attacked by various wood-boring insects. Plastic is free from these troubles, but even under aggressive external conditions (the atmosphere of a bathroom or kitchen), unpleasant moldy spots may appear on it, which are difficult to get rid of.
5. Masking joints. When installing a baguette finish, the joints are always visible. Plastic products often have masking fasteners, but foam or polyurethane products are devoid of this. Painting after installation helps to make joints almost invisible.
6. Giving the necessary tone. Even if it seems that the baguette finish matches the ceiling and walls, it can be added to shine or dullness. Such decoration will help to create a more harmonious interior design, because the range of colors of skirting boards for the ceiling is small. If the product is suitable for color, then perhaps it does not match the gloss, and it is advisable to even out the gloss using colorless coloring agents.

Having decided on the need to paint, you need to choose the right paint composition.

Dye selection

When choosing a coloring composition, a number of requirements should be taken into account:

1. Non toxicity. As a rule, decoration with decorative baguettes is carried out in residential premises or in places where people often visit (shops, offices), therefore, non-toxic compounds must be used for painting.
2. Compliance of materials.Polyfoam and polyurethane are very “afraid” of aggressive chemical compounds, therefore only water-based paints (latex, acrylic) are suitable for them. Plastic is more resistant to chemical compounds, and for wood it is better to use products recommended for wooden surfaces.

The selection of the necessary paint is a matter of taste for each master, but professionals recommend choosing acrylic or latex universal compounds.

Some tips: when to paint

There are two ways to paint ceiling eaves.

Before installation

It is convenient to apply the dye without fear of spoiling the walls or ceiling, but before painting, the baguette must be cut into pieces of the required size in advance, then installed under the ceiling and painted over the joints.

The advantage is the convenience when there is no need to paint from the stepladder and protect the walls and ceiling from accidental splashes, you can use a spray gun or spray paint can.

Minus: an error when cutting pieces of a certain size can lead to the need for additional connections. This condition is very inconvenient for plastic, when masking fasteners have to be bought up and they may not be among the assortment offered by the store.

Advice! For plastic trim it is better to take the mounts a little more than necessary. They are inexpensive, but they will save you from an additional trip to the store if you have to make an additional insert due to a calculation error.

After installation

There are a number of advantages: you do not need to calculate the size in advance, just staining is carried out with a suitable painting tool. Minus - the inconvenience of working under the ceiling on a stepladder and the need to protect the walls and ceiling from accidental paint.

After reviewing the options for work, everyone will decide how it is more convenient for him to paint the baguette. But priming is recommended to be carried out before installing this decor, because there is no need for fitting parts - pieces of the right size can be cut after applying the primer.

Preparation for work

Before you start painting, to get an excellent result you need to:

1. Eliminate product defects: prime scratches and dents, align joints. For plastic, in addition to the primer, in the case of visible defects, the use of finishing putty for plastic is recommended. In addition, sealants are recommended for all materials to align and seal joints. To increase their durability, wooden surfaces are recommended to be treated with protective impregnations and dried well before applying soil mixtures.
2. Sand after leveling and sealing all surfaces, giving them a slightly roughened structure. If the plastic did not need priming, then grinding it is still necessary: ​​grinding will give the plastic a slight roughness and increase its adhesion with dye.
3. After grinding it is necessary to clean the surface of dust. This can be done with a soft brush or vacuum cleaner.

After grinding and cleaning have been carried out, you can proceed to the final stage - painting.

Tool selection

When choosing what is more convenient to paint, it is necessary to consider: painting is carried out before installation or after. The following painting tools are recommended:

1. A brush or a small roller, if the structure has already been mounted on the walls.
2. Spray gun, spray can with dye and the above tools, if you plan to paint the ceiling panels before installing them. If desired, the spray gun and spray can be used on the installed finish, you just need to close the surfaces that are not to be painted with consumables.

How to paint

Regardless of the material from which the baguette is made, the painting of the ceiling plinth occurs in compliance with the following steps:

1. If you have to paint the finishing material after installation, carefully cover the entire surface not to be painted with masking tape (there is no need for this step before painting before installation). If there is a risk of spoiling the surface with adhesive tape (wallpaper with a complex decorative coating, stretch ceiling), then you can use large cardboard sheets, moving them as you finish the work. True, in this case, an assistant will be required: it is inconvenient to paint and hold the protective sheet at the same time.
2. The dye is applied evenly, without sagging, which can spoil the final result.
3. After applying the first coat, let it dry and inspect the result. For foam or polyurethane products this is quite enough, but plastic or wooden ones require re-painting after the first layer has dried (for water-dispersion paints this is a couple of hours). After, if it was necessary, the second layer was applied, it is necessary to evaluate the result. If he is satisfied, then this part of the repair can be considered complete.

Painting skirting boards for the ceiling is necessary, because it not only allows you to give the necessary finished touch to the interior, but also ensures the durability of the repair.