How Do You Paint over a Nicotine Stained Ceiling

Applying paint directly over top of the remaining stains or odor will not cover them up. You’ll need to apply a good, solvent-based stain-blocking primer to prevent them from bleeding through the paint. You may be able to get by with a product such as Zinsser’s Cover Stain, which is an oil-based stain-blocking primer.

Can you paint directly over nicotine stains?

According to the Dulux Decorator Centre blog, you can’t just paint over nicotine walls. Nicotine and tar seep into the walls and leave a stain that will bleed into the coats of paint. You need to clean and prime the walls before you paint them, otherwise, the stains will persist.

How do you paint over tobacco stains?

It isn’t necessary to mask the trim and facings if you can do a straight paint-line cut-in. Wipe paint splatter off the baseboards with a damp cloth. You can use either water- or solvent-based primer. Latex paint can be applied over solvent-based primer.