Many kids would cherish a bedroom or playroom ceiling decorated using glow-in-the-dark stars, and a sizable number of adults haven’t outgrown the wonder of a starry ceiling themselves. The joy of producing such a ceiling is that it unites age-old techniques such as stencil painting using high-tech phosphorescent paint. The effect is most apparent once the ceiling is painted in the color of the night skies, but the glow-in-the-dark effect is apparent with even a light colored ceiling.
Paint the ceiling in the shade of your choice — should you opt to modify its color — then let it to dry fully.
Open the paint container and then gently soften the paint using a plastic paddle or spatula. Pour the paint into the reservoir of the mini-roller tray.
Lay the stencil, back-side up, on a disposable surface such as old paper. Spray the stencil’s rear with the repositionable glue.
Place the loaded mini-roller tray and also the stencil brush to the bucket shelf of the ladder. Climb the ladder with your stencil, sticky-side up.
Position your stencil on the ceiling, then smooth it into place with light pressure until the cut-out portions fit snugly against the surface. Implement painter’s masking tape to the outer perimeter of the stencil to ensure the stencil doesn’t shift while you are painting.
Pull the filament tips of the stencil brush into the paint. The brush shouldn’t be overloaded, because that may cause bleed-through on the stencil’s borders, so eliminate any extra paint by wiping the brush hints on the grid portion of the mini-roller tray or on a disposable paper towel.
Hold the brush like a pencil and gently tap the paint into the stencil holes. Do not tap the brush so tough the bristles become bent. Move the brush in a circular route while tapping it to the surface, until the entire cut-out area was covered using the paint. Reload the brush as required.
Remove the masking tape and then peel the stencil from the ceiling. The paint can easily be cleaned from the stencil and stencil brush with soap and water.