Need help!!
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I recently had my ceiling light fixtures changed. This is the result. How do I fix this?????
Scrape away any loose paint and then you will need to retexture the spot. Joint compound should work. If an outside company did this work, I would call them to pay for the damage.
If you brought in a company to change out the fixtures, they should repair the damage or fix it. If no luck with that you could put a medallion over it.
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You have to remove loose pieces. Use joint compound or spackling to repair. Put on skim coat then second coat to match the texture using a wet sponge covered with more spackling and "pulling" the spackling towards to create the texture. The hard part is going to be matching the paint. You can use a cardboard template to paint a circle around the damaged area and make it look like the painted new circle was intentional. Make it a shade or two lighter or darker than original. There is little a company do when the paint around an area is already old and ready to peel.
Whoever replace the fixture should have done the repair. You can cut away any loose material with a utility knife. Just the loose stuff. Then use drywall patching compound in the area. Use a stiff paint brush and stipple the compound to get the texture. A little trial and error.
The damage needs to be r-etextured. It can be done with a small amount of spackle, then painted and feathered out to blend with the rest of the ceiling. If you had a professional do the work, give them a call to come back and finish their job.
The company that hung your light fixture should be responsible. If it were a DIY project then you need to scrape that area and use some Dap compound or dry wall compound. You can use a sponge after you apply with a putty knife. If you keep it flat, get a texture spray and spray over the compound. I have used the sponge method and it has worked wonderful.
Did you let the person who fixed this know that you aren't happy with the final result? Looks like a huge amount of work to fix this almost seems cheaper to buy a new one.
Appears the first step would be to somehow straighten all the parts of the lamp so it looks balanced (not staight or in line).
A cheap fix might be to sand down the part of the lamp that was textured and just spray paint that.
The color you choose would of course depend on your other colors in that room and what would work best with those.
I would put a small medallion over it https://www.architecturaldepot.com/ceiling-medallions.html
The easiest thing would be to put a small medallion. You can also patch it. First, you will need to scrape away all the damage. Then spackle over the area that is damaged. It appears to have been done with stippling brush so if you want to match the pattern then you can try practicing on cardboard first. Spray Kilz is probably the best color match you will find.
Hi Earlene: You can put some spackle on it and mess it up to match the rest of the ceiling. Or, the easiest way is to put a medallion up. Here's a site that shows them. https://www.lowes.com/pl/Ceiling-medallions-Ceiling-medallions-rings-Lighting-parts-accessories-Lighting-ceiling-fans/4294518280?sortMethod=sortBy_priceLowToHigh
Good luck
DIY your own ceiling medallion might be another option.
Here's what other Hometalkers have done.
https://www.hometalk.com/search/all?filter=ceiling%20medallions