Start by sanding the entire ceiling with fine grit sandpaper preferably between 150 and.
Sanding a wood ceiling.
Keep the sanders close together and think of them as a single.
If you are sanding a popcorn ceiling wet the ceiling with water using a garden sprayer.
In order for the stain to work it needs to be able to penetrate the wood completely.
The problem with refinishing a wood ceiling is that when you sand the wood you get a face full of wood dust and particles.
Tutorial time my fellow adventurers.
Drywall sander tacklife 800w wall sander 12 pcs sanding discs variable speed 500 1800rpm electric drywall sander with led light and carry bag telescopic handle 1 6 m 1 9 m 3 9 out of 5 stars 118 104 97 104.
This is the sanding tutorial where i go into the details about the do s and don ts of sanding your fresh ceiling.
Start with a 4 foot 1 2 m area so the ceiling does not dry before you get to it.
To speed up the sanding process i used my orbital sander and went over the entire ceiling paying particular attention to smoothing out all my wood fill.
The good news is that you can refinish your wood ceiling with minimal sanding and still end up with a high quality result.
Here s how the ceiling looked after the wood fill but before sanding all the darker spots are the wood filler pre sanding.
When we first sat down to design our home we knew we wanted some exposed wood beams in the architecture somehow.
Do not saturate the ceiling but wet it thoroughly.
With two sanders you can put both hands to work and well sand twice as fast duh.