Painting Ceiling Tiles

Posted by Judi Leaming

Does anyone have any experience or suggestions regarding painting on ceiling tiles? Thanks!

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Posted by Nance

i believe you would need to seal the tile to ensure adhesion. Check with your local paint store. I know there is a product here in Canada called Fresh Start that would probably work.
Are you trying to do this as an art experience with the children or are you just redecorating?
Folk art paints would probably work fine. I have painted on lots of different surfaces using them. I have repainted ceiling tiles but only white because they were stain with cigarette smoke. I used a fully roller and the paint recommended at the hardware store.

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Posted by Judi Leaming

I had planned to try this as an art experience during our Creation unit, allowing each child to paint their own feelings about one of the days of Creation. Since we are just starting Rotation and moving into a newly spruced up "art" room, I thought that having their own part (the individual ceiling tiles) in helping to decorate the room would give them more ownership of it. Hopefully they can return in years to come and show others their 2003 art work.

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Posted by Nance

I just started a new contract in a child care center that painted some of the ceiling tiles. They did a few with foot prints and some with hand prints. They just used regular liquid poster paint from the pre-school classroom.