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Water, smoke, soot and cooking splatters create unpleasant stains on your mobile home ceiling. Because mobile home ceilings are typically made from panels, suspended ceiling tiles or sheet rock, replacing the damaged area can be difficult and time consuming. Instead, try cleaning the stains with a few common household ingredients. If the stains are still visible after cleaning attempts, you will have to cover them up with primer and paint. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
Cleaning
1. Cover items in the room with drop cloths to prevent discoloration or damage from cleaning solution drips. Wipe the ceiling clean with a dust mop.
2. Fill a bucket with 2 gallons warm water. Add 1 1/2 cups household bleach to the water, and mix it with a wooden spoon.
3. Secure an extension handle to a paint roller. Dip the paint roller into the bleach solution, and roll over the ceiling stains gently. Allow the bleach to sit on the stains for 15 minutes.
4. Fill a clean bucket with cool water, and dip a clean paint roller in it. Rinse the mixture off the ceiling with the roller, and allow the ceiling to air dry.
Covering
5. Remove all items from the room. Take down wall decorations and curtains. Cover heavy items that cannot be removed with drop cloths. Spread out several drop cloths to cover the floor. Stick painter's tape along the edges of trim and molding to protect it from the paint.
6. Apply a stain-blocking primer -- available in an aerosol can that sprays upward for easier ceiling application -- over the ceiling, including the stain. The primer keeps the stains from bleeding through the new paint. Allow the primer to air dry for several hours.
7. Pour ceiling paint into a plastic paint tray. Roll a clean paint roller into the paint, and allow the excess paint to drip off the roller back into the paint tray. Start rolling the ceiling paint gently on the ceiling closet to the window. If the room includes multiple windows, begin at the window with the most light shining through. The light will help hide any roller marks that you may leave behind.
8. Continue rolling the paint on the ceiling in a back-and-forth motion until you have thoroughly coated the ceiling. Allow the ceiling to dry for 24 hours.
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