Painting Asbestos Ceiling

Asbestos in popcorn ceiling paint sprays.

Painting asbestos ceiling.

Spray on textured ceiling was popular from the 1950s to the 1980s because it was an easy way for builders to hide imperfections. I d like to paint it over with an emulsion gloss. The epa recommends hiring a licensed professional to apply a light coat of paint to encapsulate and seal asbestos materials such as those used for popcorn ceilings. Asbestos was used as a filler in popcorn ceiling paint a nubbled or pebbled surface sprayed onto interior ceilings.

Plan to do a second coat if you don t get full coverage in one pass of painting a popcorn ceiling. If treatment of asbestos cement sheeting is considered essential a method that does not disturb the matrix of the asbestos cement sheeting needs to be used. Do i need to sandpaper it or use a primer first. Painting ceiling texture with only a roller is fine if the ceiling s already been painted.

Painting over an asbestos ceiling. I recently painted my asbestos ceiling with silver paint usually used for aluminum. As long as the texture isn t sagging flaking or shedding a popcorn ceiling can simply be painted to update the look. However their use has been banned in some places due to their health risks that include respiratory diseases and some cancers.

An airless sprayer at low pressure is preferred to rollers or brushes on exposed or unsealed asbestos as rollers and brushes may cause abrasion damage and result in fibres being released. If the ceiling is unpainted spraying is the best way to go and it s a lot faster than rolling. Unfortunately this was during a period when asbestos was a high demand building material in the u s. They are resistant to chemicals fire and heat and they last for a long time.

Asbestos ceiling tiles have been used by many people over the years due to their superior quality when compared to other materials. This article describes how to recognize test and remove cover or renovate popcorn style ceiling paints that may contain asbestos. Painted popcorn is usually less brittle and doesn t break off onto the roller as much as unpainted texture. Another would be to leave it in place but put another ceiling under it another layer of plasterboard which will isolate it until unless you have to.

Most asbestos containing materials are fairly harmless as long as they are intact and or encapsulated so if it isn t damaged one option is to just paint over it and otherwise leave it alone. The result was a patchy multi toned deep silver coloured ceiling that made my room look dark.