Painting Floor Joists Basement Ceiling

However black or a dark color will cause the basement area to have a darker appearance.
Painting floor joists basement ceiling. Here s our quick and easy guide to painting your basement s floor joists. During my efforts to upgrade my unfinished basement i wanted an alternative to the typical acoustic tile drop ceiling or drywall ceiling. Painting a basement ceiling white or a light color will brighten the area. Because you will be painting a large area over your head it will be easier to use a spray painter.
Cover the floor and remaining objects with tarps or paper. Fred told me of his tentative plans to paint his open. An unfinished basement with its concrete floor and exposed joists may seem dreary and cold. This guest post on how to paint a basement ceiling with exposed joists comes from a reader and friend of one project closer chuck williams.
Painting the joists and other fixtures of a basement ceiling is most easily accomplished with an airless paint sprayer. Start in a corner and move down one line of joists moving back and forth slightly for even coverage. Step 1 clean the ceiling pipes and duct work in the room to remove debris dirt and grease from all the surfaces that will be painted. The best paint for painting floor joists is a non shiny or matte paint.
Painting a basement ceiling black or a dark color will give the ceiling a more endless appearance like that of a dark sky. You do not want the ceiling to be obtrusive. But in reality it is an enormous blank canvas just waiting for your inspired ideas and artistic vision. If you don t already have one rent one for the.
Paint will cling best to a clean surface. However you won t have that endless sky feeling. An exposed basement ceiling is when the structural and mechanical designs like trusses joists beam and ductwork are left in their natural state. Chuck is an amateur carpenter and diy weekend warrior.
Spray the primer over the floor joists on the basement ceiling. Continue down the next joist.