Learn treat a wood ceiling
A well-treated wood ceiling can add a charming, natural, rustic, or even contemporary touch to your home interior. Treat your wood ceiling with a simple wood preservative for a natural look, or paint or stain your wood ceiling to match or complement your decor. However you decide to treat your wood ceiling, make sure to choose a paint, stain, or wood preservative product that contains a chemical additive to prevent the growth of mold.
Instructions
1. Purchase a high quality paint, wood stain, or wood preservative product for in a color of your choice. For best results, choose a paint, stain, or preservative that contains an additive to retard the growth of mold. Purchase a wood priming product as well if you will be painting, rather than staining, your wood ceiling.
2. Stand on a ladder and sand your entire wood ceiling with an electric or manual hand sander. Wear safety goggles and a respirator or paper face mask to avoid breathing in falling wood dust while sanding your wood ceiling.
3. Sweep up the fallen wood dust with a high quality, fine-bristled nylon broom. Clean up the wood dust immediately after sanding if you have a hardwood floor, because the wood dust can act as an abrasive on the floor's finish.
4. Lay cotton or plastic dropcloths on your floor to protect it from accidental drips of paint or wood stain.
5. Pour your primer, paint, stain or preservative product into a paint tray. Use a long-handled paint roller to apply the primer, paint, stain, or preservative to your ceiling, using broad, even strokes. Apply one coat of primer to your wood ceiling if you are finishing it with paint rather than stain. Apply two coats of paint, stain, or preservative, allowing the ceiling to dry completely between coats.
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