What did someone do to my ceiling and how to fix it?

The problem: New first time homebuyer. The ceiling needed a new coat of paint and after one round of rolling, we were shocked to come back to peeling patches. The attempted fix: scrape, sand, paint with Kilz 3 (2 coats) and then recoating with ceiling paint. Unfortunately this still leaves a marked difference in paint thickness, but that is going to have to be something we live with, or I guess we could try to spackle it to thicken and repaint with more ceiling paint. The question: what could this material be? Drywall mud seems possible but is it really designed to not have paint adhere to it?? It feels cool to the touch and clay-like. There’s a mesh that is visible I’m also curious about-I’ve seen that more often on walls. If anyone has advice on alternative fixes or tweaks to our method, and/or ideas on what this might be-namely, to inform a better fix, thanks in advice!! We would love to avoid dealing with this in other rooms-or at least deal with it in a better way! submitted by /u/Just_Vibin_53 [link] [comments]

Apr 10, 2025 - 01:23
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What did someone do to my ceiling and how to fix it?
What did someone do to my ceiling and how to fix it?

The problem: New first time homebuyer. The ceiling needed a new coat of paint and after one round of rolling, we were shocked to come back to peeling patches.

The attempted fix: scrape, sand, paint with Kilz 3 (2 coats) and then recoating with ceiling paint. Unfortunately this still leaves a marked difference in paint thickness, but that is going to have to be something we live with, or I guess we could try to spackle it to thicken and repaint with more ceiling paint.

The question: what could this material be? Drywall mud seems possible but is it really designed to not have paint adhere to it?? It feels cool to the touch and clay-like. There’s a mesh that is visible I’m also curious about-I’ve seen that more often on walls.

If anyone has advice on alternative fixes or tweaks to our method, and/or ideas on what this might be-namely, to inform a better fix, thanks in advice!! We would love to avoid dealing with this in other rooms-or at least deal with it in a better way!

submitted by /u/Just_Vibin_53
[link] [comments]