How To Paint Ceiling Medallions

Before painting the medallion buy sample pots of paint and test them in the room.

How to paint ceiling medallions. Using a 2 1 2 nylon brush apply a generous amount of paint to cover the entire ceiling medallion. Our polyurethane ceiling medallions are factory primed white and can be painted any color you like. They are made of polyurethane wood plaster or metal and come in various shapes such as flowers stars circles ovals and squares.

I was gazing up at one in my house the other day caked with layers of white paint house was built in 1871 not sure if medallion is original thinking it could look much better. Regarding paint i d use any inexpensive household paint because it s going to be mounted on the ceiling and therefore not in constant. Ceiling medallions are decorative features attached to a ceiling suspended from the floor joists of the space above.

In the victorian era ceiling medallions were an important part of home decor often used as the base for light fixtures and always giving the rooms they occupied a sense of elegance. Lightweight and easy to install. In addition to your paint make sure your brush and roller sleeve are high quality and that your roller sleeve is the appropriate nap for your ceiling texture.

Have a damp rag ready to remove paint. Start with latex paint in a satin finish. Below are instructions on how to hand paint a marie ricci ceiling medallion.

Definitely use a sprayer to paint a ceiling medallion. You ll get quick even coverage in a fraction of the time required with brush or roller painting. Before we get into how to install a ceiling medallion a few tips lessons from my do over diy.

Prepare with the right paint tools to get started you will need a 2 inch angle sash brush painters tape a nine inch roller sleeve and pan an extension pole a step ladder and benjamin moore waterborne ceiling paint. Their geometric shapes of circle oval rectangle or square appeared at the juncture points of a robust carved wood framework for the artworks of renaissance baroque and rococo decorated ceilings. With your instructions maybe i could attempt to re hab it albeit in the manner the sistine chapel ceiling was painted which does not sound fun.