Painting Acoustic Ceiling Tiles

Apply your painter s tape right up along the edge.

Painting acoustic ceiling tiles. Clean each tile as you remove it using a vacuum with a brush. Remove the ceiling tiles from the grid. The grid for this system is much easier that the drop ceiling grid and the tiles attach directly to the grid.

Spray the tiles with smooth even strokes keeping the can a foot or so away from the tile as you. Painting an acoustic ceiling with regular ceiling paint will cause some of the sound absorbing qualities of the tile to decrease. The use of an airless sprayer is best for an acoustical ceiling.

Set up your sprayer and. Clean the armstrong ceiling tiles with a duster broom or vacuum cleaner. Surface mount ceiling tiles are easy to install.

Cut in to get clean edges take a flathead screwdriver and chip away the stipple closest to the walls. Take everything off the. Acousti coatis a water based flat latex paint that is formulated with sound absorbing fillers and ceramic microspheres.

Choose an eggshell or flat finish to reduce reflection. Remove the old tiles from the grid system and the building prior to depositing them in a trash removal container. Rollers do work but will remove some texture and are very messy.

Cover a flat work surface and the perimeter of the work area with drop cloths. Over the ceiling is an accumulation of dust and debris that will come. Cut in or use a brush to paint about 2 3 inches along the perimeter of the edge.