Category: Skim Coating.
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Getzville NY: Ceiling Restoration and Painting
This week we are back to do some ceiling repairs and painting, while on site we are also doing some warranty work on a bedroom ceiling we worked on a year ago (2025). We are also painting the bedroom, refinishing a bathroom ceiling, and repairing a crack in the living room ceiling. First is the…
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Williamsville Interior Painting and Skim Coating
Williamsville NY. – We are back at this beautiful Village of Williamsville home to refinish the walls in the dining room. The walls were a textured mess when they moved in 10 years ago. It appears as though they were wallpapered at some point, and instead of fully removing the glue, the previous owner just…
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Cheektowaga NY: Drywall Patch in a Plaster Ceiling – Skim Coating
A drywall patch in a plaster ceiling often stands out. The bigger the patch, the worse it is. We took on this job to bring about closure for this homeowner who had a major water leak in their living room ceiling that resulted in an unfinished ceiling repair from 6 months ago. A water leak…
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Popcorn Ceiling Removal and Refinishing Ceilings in Lancaster
Popcorn ceiling removal is one of our specialties. After 30 years, the homeowners felt it was time to remove the dated popcorn ceiling texture. We began in the kitchen and family room. We also did the main bathroom upstairs as that ceiling had sustained damage – Who puts popcorn ceiling texture in a bathroom?! We…
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Interior House Painting Part 3
We started this project repairing major water damage to plaster ceilings and walls in this home. Once the damage was repaired, the homeowners decided to have us skim coat the affected ceilings and repaint the rooms. These are those photos.More can be found in these two posts: https://blog.carriganpainting.com/2024/04/modernizing-old-swirl-ceilings-from.html And then the repairs:https://blog.carriganpainting.com/2024/03/multiple-plaster-ceiling-repairs-in.html Interior House Painting…
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Skim Coating Ceilings – From Texture to Smooth in 3 Rooms – Part 2
This home had a swirl texture that was created with paint. These ceilings were not the traditional sand swirl texture found in many homes around Buffalo. You can see the swirl in the photo below. This is the first coat. Tomorrow we will go back and apply the second coat of drywall mud to…
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Popcorn Ceiling Removal, Skim Coating & Painting
Removing Popcorn Ceiling Texture & Painting We are doing more and more of these! Thankfully, this ceiling has never been painted so the popcorn texture came off with relative ease with some water. However toward the end, our sprayer broke which prevented us from removing all of the texture in one go.During removal, and the…
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Multiple Ceiling Repairs in Cheektowaga NY – Part 1
Multiple areas in this home require ceiling repair work as the result of water leaks. After the water damage is repaired, we will be skim coating the affected ceilings to make them smooth, and then painting said ceilings. This area was bad, the plaster was literally falling off the ceiling. Trying to show this…
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Popcorn Ceiling Removal – Alden NY
Popcorn Ceiling Removal We removed popcorn ceiling textured from this foyer ceiling in Alden, NY. Skim coated the ceiling, primed and painted the same. Popcorn Ceiling Removal – Alden, NY Carrigan Painting
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Popcorn ceiling removal in Lancaster NY.
Popcorn Ceiling Removal We have removed our share of popcorn ceiling texture from ceilings all over western New York. We use water to remove the ceiling texture, as its the safest, most efficient way to remove a popcorn ceiling. We have tried the sanding method, and while that does work, and is sometimes…
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