Lining paper on ceiling?

[EmmasBudgie]

Spent a lovely BH weekend scraping woodchip off a ceiling. Now that it's off I can see why it was there. The ceiling is quite cracked and looks bad. All the cracks have been filled previously and no more have appeared since the woodchip went on there. It's not very smooth.

Getting it skimmed is unfortunately not an option right now. Ive had different advice. One is to line with wallrock and one is to double line it with lining paper. I'm a novice at all this so I would be grateful for any thoughts 🙏

Just bumping this because I am going to buy the stuff tomorrow 😳

All my ceilings have paper on, was here when we moved in over 20 years ago. No idea what sort it is.

Different room.

Thank you! No way do they look 20 years old! I am aiming for smooth ceilings this time. I don't know if they will look as smooth as I hope with the lining paper.

Yeah they’ve all got a very slight texture of varying degree which I guess helps hide any bumps

If the ceiling is really bad lining paper may not cover it plus it's difficult to paper a ceiling, you need two people and two step ladders.
You could try Magic Levelling Kit, it's like a plaster which you roll on with a paint roller then run a flat edge over (this tool comes with the kit)
B&Q sell it

It’s really really hard to do.

that said it’s probably the best option. Our ceilings are terrible because they weren’t taped properly before skimming. We were told by a plasterer that reskimming won’t resolve it and that a thick heavy grade lining paper was the best bet.

Our bedroom ceiling was like this . We lined with lining paper going lengthways . Then papered over the top of the lining paper going width ways with a textured paper.
Looks fine you don't notice any bumps.
Although we nearly got divorced about 10 times during the 3 days it took . ( we were novices) we had renovated the whole house up to this point ( no floors bare brick downstairs for years) and hadn't fallen out up to this point.

So I would suggest a decorator for a ceiling, walls we were fine with.

If you need to do this yourself rather than hiring someone then look for Paste the Wall lining paper. I don't think it will be a fun job however you do it, but at the very least this way you paint the ceiling with a good layer of paste then put dry paper on straight from the roll, rather than having to juggle soaking wet floppy paper, from the table to the ceiling.

I have had all sorts of ceiling issues @EmmasBudgie , and have come to the conclusion that rubbing down, filling, and rubbing down a bit more is the best way to go. Or a combination of that and lining paper.

I use easyfill 60 which has a reasonably long working time (I don't move as fast as I used to), and is very easy to rub down. Splash out on a pole with a flat sanding pad on the end (£20 ish from screwfix), and some 80 grit, and 120 grit paper. I also recommend a caulking board as it makes applying the filler an absolute dream.

You may well get it smooth enough to paint, but if you get is fairly reasonable, you should only need one layer of a heavy lining paper (1400 or so). Take your time, make sure you size the ceiling regardless of what the instructions say, and make sure you soak the lining paper with paste for however long it says on the instructions. Usually a good five to ten minutes per drop / run.

I had to take polystyrene tiles off my ceiling this time last year..! Fun times 😳🤪
Ceilings were shit underneath!
I plasterboarded myself and then paid a plasterer to skim over that.
I've answered a similar thread recently but I couldn't really afford it- my lovely plasterer did it at the weekends/ evenings and let me pay in installments. I really didn't want to put linjng paper up and risk it being crap and starting all over again.

We had artex in our rental and put plasterboard over it with filler for the gaps obviously. Wouldn't you see the lines with lining paper though?

This is all such useful stuff cheers everyone.

If I try the heavy duty lining paper will I just need one layer? I've seen 2000 paper. I'm guessing that will be hard to handle.

Anybody tried wallrock?

2000 grade will be heavier and will need longer to soak. I don't think you'd need to go that heavy if you do a bit of filling.

These YouTube channels have a load of information:-
https://youtube.com/@Inexteriorstv?si=hABdVnWsEAPO4TS

https://youtube.com/@PaintingandDecorating?si=omrVGuZFQhSoq5Xy