Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Painting the ceiling

I am very very very slowly repainting my house on the inside and have to paint some of the ceilings. Has anyone got any good ideas on how I can do this because I cant bend my neck enough to see what I am painting?

Short of hiring someone or convincing a friend to do it, I can't see any way you will be able to paint a ceiling, at least not without ending up in a world of pain. I speak from experience, in the early days of AS I once tackled a similar project, painting a tin ceiling (with flowers) in our kitchen. I was not fused in the neck then but had a lot of neck pain, and after painting that ceiling I was in max pain for weeks! But the ceiling looked pretty You could try spray painting it if you can't bully someone into doing it for you, but that can be a messy job.

Cheryl

Dogs don't care if you make more money than they do

Using a mirror? Providing you can wave the brush above your head of course. Mirror in the left hand, brush in the right etc.

sublata causa tollitur effectus as we say

All I could think of was mirrors also but to go to ajunk yard or recycling outlet and grab yourself some large ones that are full length as these should be cheap and you can always throw them out or send them back later. You could them lay them on the ground but it may take awhile positioning and re-positioning. Then get a friend just to help with minor touch ups or bits you missed. Also the round mirrors used in shop theft to see large spaces may be helpful maybe positioned on a chair? Failing all that hard work I'm with the others when I say get a friend to help out.
Goodluck!

Ha,

I just spent last weekend doing that very same thing - I have difficulties looking up too.

How I did it - step ladder adjusted so the top of my head was just shy of touching the ceiling - and painted the bit I could see in front of me... plus some interesting acrobatic techniques (read hanging on with one arm and leaning backwards) to get the bit above my head.

I only did a bit at a time - then rested / did something different - I did find that it really got the muscles in the back just between the shoulder blades.

Of course - all this depends on how high your ceilings are - if you live in a mansion with 20 ft ceilings a different approach might be advisable

Good luck.

Cheers
Jo

RE: "Of course - all this depends on how high your ceilings are - if you live in a mansion with 20 ft ceilings a different approach might be advisable "

I'd probably consider the "Michelangelo" approach once you get to that height.... set up some scaffolding and lie down.... Try to keep the snoring to a minimum though.... the missus will know you're not working... LOL

ANON4NOW

"Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift, that's why it's THE PRESENT"

LOLOL Mike - Now that is a stunning idea - why didn't I do that for my 7'6" ceilings!

Of course, the view of a few cushions, a cooler and crate(s) of beer (or starch / gluten free beverages for those that don't 'beer' ) disappearing up the scaffold with some choice reading material might also be a give away....

Cheers
Jo

Jo... I can see very, VERY little painting happening at your place now...

I apologise to all the wives out there that their husbands read this post and decide to adopt the "Michelangelo" method..... but remember, I only suggested the method with the occasional snooze... Jo offered the beer and mags version

ANON4NOW

"Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift, that's why it's THE PRESENT"

Now hang on a second.... I got it done (lounge ceiling) in 3 days. (although absence of Michelangelo method)

Lets just extend that apology a bit further

Wives, partners, friends, lovers.... and so on.

(He bought up the wives not me!)

As for the technicalities of the Michelangelo method - I suppose we could always endorse it with a health warning... but he did get it done after all, and it is a stunning piece of work - just took a few years that's all.

And who said anything about mags. Choice reading to me is at least a 2 or 3 inch thick book with 10,000 words a page which require a dictionary referral every other paragraph....

(Ok, ok - there may be a music magazine or a car one in there somewhere, but that's just like beer mats - used as wedges to stop the scaffold from wobbling... Someone STOP ME NOW I'm getting too creative... Steven Crowe... is it Martini time yet aarrgghhhh! )

"Wives, partners, friends, lovers.... and so on."

Ooops... excuse my political incorrectness....

Hey... I've been doing walls and ceiling myself lately... I know I'd still be working on them if I employed the Michelangelo method...

I recommend that it be used with extreme caution as it's only been tested by one man centuries ago.... "Wives, partners, friends, lovers.... and so on.".... will find that husbands, partners, friends, lovers.... and so on..... will show a great eagerness to paint and at this point the wives, partners, friends, lovers.... and so on.... should call for professional help. If laptops, Desktops, Cable TV and phone lines are involved, it's probably too late but the best way for wives, partners, friends, lovers.... and so on.... to stop this strange painting behaviour would be to ignore all requests for more beer, food and the payment of the phone bills...

ANON4NOW

"Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift, that's why it's THE PRESENT"