buk9tp

looks like no pieces were broken off.. as if they were just pushed up

that means theyre still attached :P

stick needles in those small pieces and pull them down to get as even as possible with the rest of the ceiling then spray accoustic over it..

give it enough time to dry then slowly pull the needles out

but if a piece is broken out.. follow my other directions

LSD Motorsports

Thats an engineer thinking there.
nice !

R-MAK

yea, but the peice is still attached to it. And its not that thick either.

USS

Is this not what I just said?

R-MAK

Ok, I had some DAP left over from working in peoples houses when I was installling, and I pulled that peice down back into the hole, but you can tell that it was pushed up, so If i just make sure this peice stays glued down, can I not just spray a few layers of that accoustic over?

USS

Yup. It's about 5 bucks a can, and comes with a few different sized straws. The bigger the straw, the larger the texture. A few coats of that ---- and it'll look mint

MikeJ-2009

Ok, so you have the replacement for the hole. Take a piece of wood or something to attach to the surrounding drywall and screw threw it. This wood will be your new "rafter" that you can screw the broken piece to. That cieling is for sure painted (many times) so after you get the piece back where it needs to be, you can get a caulking tube of Alex "brilliant white" caulking in the paint section. Any cracks or spots that don't look good you need to put some of this in there and smooth/texture it with your finger. Dab your finger on it lightly to simulate the texture the best you can. (this is if there is just slight imperfections after putting the piece back up)




If you have larger area's around the broken piece than you can get a can of spray tex texture. You want the acoustic one. Use the small stray to lay a light base down, and then it looks like you'll need the big straw. After you get the spray texture to look ok, you want to spray outward onto the existing ceiling to blend the new into the old. Let it dry, and go find the white ceiling paint that was used on that ceiling.(it's always somewhere around the house). Be sure to fill the cracks with the caulking before you spray the texture. Cracks come back through everything except drywall tape, or expandable silicone caulking (Alex super +)
Remember that it's a patch. No patch ever comes out exactly. What you're trying to do is blend it so it's not noticeable.

R-MAK

Well whatever works I guess Steve, I know its not gonna come out exactly, but If i can get it close to what it was good enough

ps, madonna owns.

MikeJ-2009

Now that I wrote all of that you post a picture. :P


Don't spray the texture on it. It won't match, and you'll end up with more work to make it look good. What you wanna do now is what the picture I drew shows. That will make it sit flush with the ceiling and you'll be good. That ceiling has been painted, and the texture is thick. If you spray it with a can the texture won't match anymore and you'll have to paint it only to see that you should have just listened to your big white daddy.

R-MAK

Yea, well Ill wait and see what it looks like when Im done putting dap around it. Maybe ill put paper maché over to even it out and spray some