How to Rig for Painting a High Ceiling

Painting high ceilings can be a challenging endeavor for the amateur do-it-yourselfer. Before you attempt to tackle this type of project, you must know which type of equipment to use and the proper way to employ it, or you may end up with a messy finish and could even suffer an injury. In addition, you should know the appropriate type of paint to use, or you could end up incurring long-term water damage that could cost you a considerable amount of money to repair.

Heavy-duty fabric dropcloths
Large stepladder
Broom
Blue painter's tape
Roller frame
Roller extension pole
5-gallon bucket
Rolling scaffold
3- to 4-inch latex paintbrush
Flat latex paint

Instructions

- 1
  Remove items from the room that might block access to the high ceiling.
- 2
  Cover the flooring with fabric dropcloths. Do not use plastic dropcloths, as these may hamper your ability to navigate equipment across the floor.
- 3
  Access the high ceiling using a large stepladder. Cover areas of the high ceiling you want left unpainted with a low-tack professional painter's tape.
- 4
  Descend the stepladder. Affix the roller frame to an extension pole. Apply a flat latex paint to the ceiling using the roller. Stand on a rolling scaffold if the extension pole is too short to reach the high ceiling.
- 5
  Access the high ceiling using a large stepladder. Apply flat latex paint to areas that were inaccessible to the roller using a paintbrush manufactured for applying water-based latex paints.

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