Ceiling: help
 

How could I hide or fix this.
Don’t want to scrape the ceiling
It’s about 5 inches wide

The room is not that big so I don’t think wide crown molding would look.




http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1568586532.jpg

patch mud, tape, mud, texture, paint, done!

That sort of texture isn't that hard to replicate.

They sell texture in spray cans- never used it myself.

Two words:

Crack spackle.

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That is not out of a spray can probably, just sort of smush it and pull away from the surface.

like Chris shows

Yep.

Tape, float twenty min over it. Let dry and use drywall knife to knock down high ridges, and use topping compound, wet trowel, mush and pull from ceiling with a slight bit of twisting motion is the best way to describe it

What the heck is that? Old access?

They should have taped over the joints.

I would use mesh-stick on tape and put it over those exposed joints.

Then a thin layer of spackle to cover the tape, let dry.

To texture, practice on some scrap. I could get pretty close to that by putting on a thin layer of spackle, then "pull it" by putting a flat blade on the wet spackle, and pull perpendicular away to raise the spackle.

I suspect you could also get close, without tools, by pushing saran wrap into the spackle, and pulling it away.

Or try a dabbing the spackle on with a damp sea sponge.

Wrong kind of texture
Exactly, usually using a thing that's like a brush that's been smashed flat.

I would tape and mud over the joints. Get a 3 lb tub of drywall mud and some mesh tape. Tape the joints and let it dry. Then put some mud on a board and thin it a bit with water. Stuff 4 or 5 plastic grocery bags inside another plastic grocery bag to make an applicator. Tape off the wall so you don’t get any mud on it. Dab your hillbilly applicator in the thinned mud and stomp it on the ceiling. You may have to experiment to get the texture you want. If you put up something you don’t like, wipe it off and start over. You can make it look great for not much $$ if you take your time.

I screw that board down tight before applying any mud or mesh tape. If you don't, expansion and contraction will open that joint again. I bet there's nothing in the corner neither.

Install a ceiling cat.

I've got somewhat the same type of texture, except in smaller star shapes.
They used a brush like this packed with thick mud.
Smoosh in turn and pull away for a star.
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With a dragging action you might be able to blend into the existing random pattern. Or use a clumped rag?
The rollers seem to give only a consistent pattern.

I'm liking Easy Sand 45(min dry) for blending.
It is dry but you can control the mix after stirring in a 14" tray (with 2" knife) and waiting a few for absorption.
Knock off the surrounding and do a layer at a time w/dry time until flush. Should be almost no sanding.

Black light poster.

that's what it looks like.

unfortunately I am the one to blame for whats been done.
I removed a bad fire place a few years ago and put up sheetrock on the one wall.
I started to mud it but then stopped when I hit the wall of how to finish.
yes I taped the corner but not the part on the ceiling yet.

there was paneling on the rest of the room.
I just pulled all that out and put up sheetrock and just finished all of that, now back to this mess.

I may practice "texturing" on some spare sheetrock I have.

Sand back the edges of the "stomped" texture it makes feathering your taped edges easier and smoother, tape the joint, thin some compound, use the crows foot brush pictures and "stomp" the ceiling. Do a google search for "stomped ceiling" and you'll find some videos on how to do it.

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Hire someone to scrape the ceiling.
Can't see it costing more than a few hundred bucks.
Then you never have to worry about it again.

My drywall trade would wet it down with a pump up sprayer, wait a few minutes and then scrape it off with a wide blade.

It came off in sheets.

Repeat as needed.

That ceiling stomp doesn’t appear to have a distinctive pattern. It’s only a small area, right? The grocery bag method I suggested would work fine. Practice on a board to find the method that gives your texture no matter what applicator you use. Even if you don’t get a perfect match you would be surprised how good it will look.

I tested the brush yesterday, it did not come out ANYTHING like that pic. but then I did not smash it like the guy did in the pic above.

to me my texture looks like maybe they used a mop. I have heard that some have used a mop.

cant seem to get anyone to come out and give me a price.
I sheet rocked the entire room and was going to let someone else mud it but I gave up and just did it myself.

scraping is still an option but I don't think I am up to all that ceiling work.

When I remodeled my master bath we wore out some walls and had to patch a 6'x6' section of ceiling. We had the same texture as you, my BIL used to work on a framing crew. He is one of those guys that wants to learn how to do everything everyone is doing. He learned how to do that texture, he called it a stomp mop.

We found one at home depot, it was similar to the one you see above. Here is one piece of advice, after you patch and paint that spot you will never stand 3' away from it staring at it again.

So do not stress over perfection, get it pretty close and it will blend in.