help! Finished drywall on a ceiling and you can see the seams?
We had a plaster ceiling that was cracking. We put new drywall up over the ceiling and finished the seams. We have finished drywall before, but only on wall. Apparently ceilings are alot harder. We have a tetured wall and really do not want a texture on the ceiling (we would never be able to match the textures anyway). We have primed and painted the ceiling with flat paint and can see the seams. We do not have alot of light in the room either. Does anyone have any suggestions to hide the seams? Thanks
The seams are called joints. The way to properly finish them is to apply joint tape, available in paper and fiberglass mesh. Embed the tape in joint compound using a wide putty knife held at an angle. When the compound is thoroughly dry, sand it completely smooth and reapply more joint compound, feathering out the joint compound until it is about 6-12 inches in width. Sand again until the surface iof the joint is in the same plane as the surface of the surrounding ceiling board.
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