Painting a porch ceiling with a light color can brighten a home.
There are two main differences between painting a porch ceiling and an indoor ceiling. Porch ceilings are usually made of wood while indoor ceilings are usually made of drywall. While drywall requires an interior drywall primer, porch ceilings require an exterior wood primer. The finish paint for the porch ceiling will be an exterior deck or porch paint. Porch ceilings also require a generous amount of caulking. Caulking seals the cracks or seams in the woodwork of the ceiling to keep out bugs and dirt.
Instructions
1. Connect the spray hose and spray gun to the pressure washer. Hook up a garden hose to the pressure washer. Turn on the pressure washer.
2. Pressure-wash the . Wash away all dirt, cobwebs and flaking paint. Allow the ceiling to dry for 24 hours or until completely dry.
3. Lay painter's drop cloths over the floor of the porch. Set up the ladder on the porch. Climb the ladder and scrape away all loose paint using a stiff putty knife or a specialized paint-scraping tool.
4. Sand all uneven or patchy paint until the edges are feathered-out smooth with the overall surface of the ceiling using 100-grit sandpaper. Dust the ceiling of all sanding dust with a dust brush.
5. Caulk between every wood joint in the ceiling using the caulking gun. Apply a caulk bead and then smooth it out with your finger. Wipe your finger off on a wet painter's rag. Let the caulk dry for 24 hours.
6. Pour some exterior wood-priming paint into a hand-held paint holder. Dip a paintbrush into the paint until its bristles are loaded with paint. Hang a mini roller from one of the sides of the paint holder.
7. Climb the ladder and apply a piece of 2-inch masking tape along the side walls of the ceiling. The tape will keep paint off the walls while you are painting, or cutting, around the ceiling edges. Position the brush so that the bristles run parallel to the wall edge. Cut around the edges, and keep dipping the paintbrush into the paint to keep it wet throughout the cutting process. Use the straight edge of the masking tape as a guideline while cutting in the ceiling. Cut around any supporting upright porch posts and light fixtures with the paintbrush. Roll over the paint border with the mini roller to even out the brush marks of the paintbrush.
8. Pour primer paint into a 5-gallon bucket, and hang a metal paint roller screen from the inner lip of the bucket. Load a 1/2-inch nap on a 9-inch roller frame with paint by dipping the nap into the paint and then rolling it up and down on the paint screen. Screw an extension pole into the end of the roller handle.
9. Roll the ceiling with primer paint in the direction of the wood grain or following the length of the boards. Go over the rolled-on paint with the paintbrush if the ceiling is made of tongue-and-groove boards. This process will ensure that the groove between the boards gets painted properly. Allow the primer coat to dry for 24 hours. Clean the primer out of the painting tools.
10. Paint the ceiling with finish paint just like you did with the primer paint. Apply a second coat after 24 hours.
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