Microlitre?

[sjalvdrag]

I'm not familiar with this method of work myself, but I'm not afraid to try something new I have a furnished attic with brutal cracks in the ceiling between the tretex boards that are there. I would like to put up renovation plasterboard, but the framing seems out of this world. At first, I thought of wallpapering fiberglass and applying joint compound to reinforce and avoid future cracks, but I have now heard of microlit, which apparently doesn't need to be spackled after installation... tell me more, anyone who knows!

 

[Larsa]

Microlit is a smooth fiberglass fabric. Just paint after it is applied (in the same way as regular fiberglass fabric).

 

[chris47]

One should be almost as careful with filling before applying microliten.

It absorbs paint like crazy, so buy cheap ceiling paint to saturate with before the final coating.
/CC

 

[MrMagic]

Apply glue to the wall - put the fabric - glue again directly. This way you save a lot of paint and get a stronger wall.

 

[dalle]

Yep, I agree with chris47 - the microlit weave is very thin so it needs to be even and smooth underneath. However, the surface becomes perfect. There's a good and cheap ceiling/primer paint at Coop for under 200kr (10 liters). However, I've only used it as a primer.

 

[Guppi]

Hello.

I just did what you're talking about. Had a tired ceiling with gypsum boards and ugly seams. The result was brilliant.

But I agree with the others. Slap on plenty of glue on the ceiling before you put up the Microlite. It really absorbs, and it's quite a hassle to add more glue if there isn't enough. When I then went to roll on the paint, it just went slurp. A fully soaked roller covered only about a meter of painting, one roller's width!!

But you still have to do the spackling job just as carefully. So it becomes even and nice before you put up the fabric.

/Gunnar

 

[sjalvdrag]

Hello.

I just did what you're talking about. I had a tired ceiling with gypsum board and ugly seams. The result was brilliant.

But I agree with the others. Slap on a good amount of glue on the ceiling before you put up the microlite. It absorbs a lot, and it's quite a hassle to apply more glue where there's too little. When I then went to roll on the paint, it just slurped it up. A fully soaked roller was enough for about a meter of painting, one roller's width!!

But you still have to do the spackling job just as carefully. So it's even and nice before you put up the sheet.

/Gunnar

Sounds nice!
Where did you buy it?
Maybe a product link you can recommend!