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Tin Ceilings?
We have purchased a house built in the 1800's and the ceilings are the ornate tin ceilings. Someone has painted them white and when i picked a little bit off they look tarnished-for lack of a better word.
How can I restore then to their original state?
Answer:
Stripping paint off a tin ceiling is a big job. There are products you lather on with a plastic putty knife, cover with a special paper, wait, and then peel away. But that's the easy part. Getting all the paint out of the ceiling's nook's crannies is the hardest part. An easy-sounding solution such as sandblasting will only destroy the surface. Also, old tin ceilings are often covered with several coats of lead paint and dealing with that stuff calls for a great deal of care. For more information on lead paint, call the EPA lead information hotline at 800-424-LEAD.
But you might not want to strip the ceiling anyway. According to one preservation expert who studies tin ceilings, they were first manufactured in the 1870s and were almost always painted:
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/asktoh/question/0,,534687,00.html?xid=yahoo-answers&partner=yes
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