Finishing To The Ceiling?

[Rookery]

Caulk usually, sometimes grout. Strictly speaking it's a movement joint and should be siliconed but I rarely do it that way cos the ceiling usually needs painting once I've finished.

 

[Rich Midge]

I silicone to the ceiling if I don't like the customer!

(and smear too!)

Harsh that! I worked on a site of 300+ houses when I was 17 or so. Painters were ar#ehol#s, kept painting all the walls in the bathroom knowing full well we were tiling the wet areas. After weeks of arguments I began to write co#k in primer on the living room walls. Completely invisible until they started to emulsion. Took about 12 houses but they soon got the idea.

 

[Flintstone]

I've always ground to the ceiling, I run a wet sponge along the plaster a few times to wet it up so the grount moisture doesn't suck in, can get a nice smooth finish then. Although it's bound to crack at some point

 

[White Room]

I found a dark grout will stain white emulsion paint, that's why caulking filler does the trick.

 

[John Benton]

Always use caulk to the ceiling so it can be overpainted

 

[Stef]

If it's painted then deco fill, if it's a plastic ceiling then it gets siliconed.
It needs to be classed as a movement join & shouldn't be grouted.

 

[Flintstone]

I bet white caulk looks good against black tiles and grey grout

 

[J Sid]

I bet white caulk looks good against black tiles and grey grout

looks fine......

what normal happens to Dec chalk.......answers on a post card to ...........

 

[WetSaw]

Unless the ceiling is perfectly flat, which of course they always are, what's a wavy grey grout line look like against a white ceiling?

I'm a caulker by the way!!

 

[John Benton]

White caulk looks like this!