Painting Plastic Ceiling Medallions

Below are instructions on how to hand paint a marie ricci ceiling medallion.

Painting plastic ceiling medallions.

Have a damp rag ready to remove paint. You ll get quick even coverage in a fraction of the time required with brush or roller painting. Painting a beautiful ceiling medallion with the wall color for the past couple of weeks i ve been working in the most beautiful home under construction. In the victorian era ceiling medallions were an important part of home decor often used as the base for light fixtures and always giving the rooms they occupied a sense of elegance.

Definitely use a sprayer to paint a ceiling medallion. Before we get into how to install a ceiling medallion a few tips lessons from my do over diy. If you have a normal ceiling height 8 or 9 height and if you really want color i think i d go with something quite pale as painting the medallion a dark hue could really lower the ceiling visually. Painting a ceiling medallion with a decorative paint finish by brooks tucker of bella tucker decorative finishes nashville tn.

You can still find ceiling medallions at home improvement centers. The owners asked me to paint a special finish on alllll of the cabinets in the whole house. Start with latex paint in a satin finish. Before painting the medallion buy sample pots of paint and test them in the room.

They are made of polyurethane wood plaster or metal and come in various shapes such as flowers stars circles ovals and squares. Using a 2 1 2 nylon brush apply a generous amount of paint to cover the entire ceiling medallion. Additionally faux prefabricated medallions of plastic has made it possible for everyone to inexpensively regain these magnificent roof insides they often lack the intricate patterns or enrichment and.