| Ugly, brown stains are a common feature of mobile | | | | will be a good match for your ceiling tiles. |
| home ceilings. They develop when roof leaks or | | | | While you are shopping you may also want to buy |
| condensation cause water to drip onto the ceiling tiles | | | | some of the blue masking tape. It costs more than |
| from above. | | | | standard masking tape, but comes off when you are |
| They persist because because removal is not as | | | | done, without leaving adhesive behind or pulling |
| simple as painting over the stain. The stain "bleeds" | | | | anything off when it peels away. |
| through paint leaving it as ugly as before. In addition, | | | | At home, mask the area you plan to spray and put |
| many mobile home ceilings are made with a sprayed | | | | an old sheet or something on the floor. Then follow |
| on acoustical texture which is VERY fragile. Painting it | | | | the directions on the can to do the actual spraying. |
| with a roller or brushing on a heavy latex paint is a | | | | Two light coats with adequate drying time between |
| good way to pull off some of the texture, leaving a | | | | them is better than one heavy coat. |
| bare, untextured area. Fortunately, stains are easy to | | | | In most cases the color of the new area will be close |
| cover if you have the right materials. | | | | enough to the old that no dditional topcoat is needed. |
| There is no point in doing the repair until you are sure | | | | The fact is, people seldom look up. With the really |
| the leak is fixed and your ceiling has dried completely! | | | | bvious stain gone there will be nothing to draw the |
| Then go to your local paint store or home | | | | eye to what is probably a very subtile difference in |
| improvement center paint dept. and look for an | | | | color. |
| aerosol can labeled "Stain sealing ceiling paint" or | | | | The repair described here will cover water stains on |
| something close to that. Two brands I know of are | | | | ceiling tiles or wallboard anywhere, not just in mobile |
| "Kilz" and "Zinsser". It will be made to spray straight | | | | homes. |
| up and only comes in one color. Hopefully, the color | | | | |