A wood stain will give a ceiling and an entire room a sense of warmth.
Some say the floor is the most overlooked area when it comes to room decor, but it's actually the ceiling. Many homeowners will spend lots of time examining different types of hardwood flooring or carpet or rug samples before they ever think about adorning the ceiling in any way. This need not be the case, particularly if you have wood ceilings. Wood ceilings practically beg for stain. In some ways ceilings are easier to stain that floors, as you don't need to coat ceilings with a final finish of polyurethane to protect them, since ceilings are essentially no-traffic areas.
Instructions
1. Remove all unnecessary and transportable pieces of furniture from the room. Cover all unmovable pieces of furniture with drop cloths. Cover the floor with drop cloths to protect it.
2. Set up a scaffolding in the middle of the room, high enough so you can easily reach the ceiling with a paint roller but low enough so you don't hit your head.
3. Pour your oil-based stain into a paint roller pan. Set your paint roller in the basin. Pull the roller through the stain and up the tray's ridged ramp, then roll it back down into the stain, and up again, until the roller is saturated but not dripping. Apply the oil-based stain to the ceiling above you, making even, uniform strokes. Use an extension handle to reach areas that you can't easily get to.
4. Allow the stain to soak for 20 minutes. Wrap a lint-free cloth over the sponge part of a sponge mop and secure it with rubber bands. Wipe off the excess stain with your mop head. Repeat the entire process with a second coat of stain.
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