I had taken to using a lot of contract matt paints as they were dead flat and were easy to touch up if there was anything missed.

Before starting work, make sure you read the health and safety advice for painting and decorating from the Construction Industry Training Board here.If you are using a lightweight filler like Red Devil ‘One Time’ Filler then you can fill holes ‘flush’ with the ceiling. If you don’t want to spend big money on a specialist paint, have a look at Armstead vinyl matt instead. The best ceiling paint used to be Tikkurila Anti-Reflex, but now you need to sieve every bucket to get the bits out. We recommend Vinyl Matt Emulsion because it gives a non-shiny finish that which will hide any imperfections that may otherwise have shone through. Cover up anything that you can’t remove with sheeting and protect the floor with cotton dust sheets.

While we use protective sheets and always operate on a safety-first approach, it’s still massively important to not take any risks as paints can stain and wreck belongings.While this is difficult, what this means is you should try not to let an area of paint dry before you roll an adjacent area otherwise your roller marks may become visible. Once the filler is dry, I give it a quick sand (most decorators have dust free sanding equipment nowadays), then onto the painting, I cut in around the room and the lights, then roll it off. This is because we can effectively paint the ceiling first with however many coats necessary and then let it dry before we start on the surrounding walls. I have also tried Caparol Capislan which had amazing opacity but wasn’t brilliant white, which is fine with coloured walls, but is an issue with white below it.

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Obviously, I can’t put an exact figure on it because there are too many variables, but that should help you work out roughly how much your painted ceiling will cost. The new ceiling accessories with integral decorators cover tackles this issue and ensures safety is at the forefront of decorating. Making sure you have a quality, long-lasting treatment for the exterior painting of your house is important.