I got paint on my ceiling what do I do

Question

I was painting my room and I got gray paint on a couple spots on my ceiling. They range from dime sized to streaks 6in long. My ceiling is white. I dont want to paint the whole thing. I tried covering it up with some white paint but it sticks out, probably because the ceiling hasnt been painted for a while....

any suggestions?

Answer 1

get a sample of the color of the ceiling, ie... paint flakes or something of that matter. bring it into your local walmart or home depot's hardware department and have them machine match the color, and use that to do some touchups. it may not look perfect, but you'll only see it if you're looking really hard for it and it will be easier than painting the whole ceiling

Answer 2

Use thinner it dissolves paint and removes paint

Answer 3

You can use a paint scrapper to scrap the grey paint off, lightly sand the area with a fine grade sand paper, and, repaint with the ceiling paint.

Answer 4

they have some kind of paint primer go to home depot and ask them for some ideas.  

Answer 5

white paper

Answer 6

if this is dried completely and IF its latex you could try ammonia BUT I'm thinkin' there's some CEILING painting in your future (the WHOLE ceiling)...

Answer 7

its called spakel.

ahah or put some posters on the celing

aahah panic at the disco!

Answer 8

ah that sux!  I feel your pain.  You're going to have to paint the whole ceiling or if it's right at the corner you could put in crown moulding.  

Answer 9

First get some medium grit sand paper (100 - 200 grit) and lightly sand down the gray spots until the gray is gone and the spots are either white or whatever color is underneath. Then get a chip of the (original faded) white paint on your ceiling and take that chip to Home Depot or some similar store where they have paint matching. They will take the chip, put it in the machine and can make you as little as a quart of paint that will be an exact match to what you gave them. Now that the gray has been sanded off, your matching paint (when dry) will match exactly what is already on your ceiling and the gray (which has been sanded off) will no longer be visible underneath. A quart of indoor paint shouldn't cost you more then $10. Good Luck.

Answer 10

Use white out. Duh..

Answer 11

This always happens to me when I paint. There's a product called Goof-off that is made for this. You wait for the paint to dry, then put some Goof-off on a rag and rub off the new paint. The way it works is that it attacks the newest paint first, then the older.

This also works great on paint drips on your wood floors. We moved into a house that paint had been slapped on the walls, with lots of speckles and spots on the floor and ceiling. Goof-off and rags, and it looks like we had the floors redone.

Works on sticker glue left on surfaces, too. I love this stuff.  

Answer 12

try a cotton ball with a bit of acetone nail polish remover.  you can buy it at any (open to the public) beauty supply store!

Answer 13

You could try a paint remover but that would probably only make the whole thing look worse as it would affect all the paint.  Personally, I would paint the whole ceiling, and unfortunately I think that is probably the only good solution.

Answer 14

I did this too in  a recent paint job.  I am gona try something I saw on TV if it is really close to the wall on the ceiling the decorating pros used and accent cord along the joint on the celing where it meets the wall. You do not have to paint the celing. It actually looks really cool and I think they attached it with hot glue.