so Rory behind this acoustical ceiling is a plaster ceiling and I'd like to know how to fix it well first of all let's take a look at it most important thing you have to remember when working on ceilings it's eye protection first thing we'll do is we'll pull up this tile and move it off to the side and we'll look and see what we have we have what looks like a lot of paint layers crack in the plaster one there and one there and a lot of peeling paint these are very typical of plaster ceilings there's a number of ways to deal with it first thing is that we'd like to remove the paint from the ceiling but the most important thing to do if you're going to remove paint is to do a lead test go to your local paint store get a lead test kit and test the paint for lead 99% of all the paint on the ceiling is not led but there's a chance that's there so you should test it before you remove him what we'll do is we would take and remove all the paint off the ceiling and get down to the calcified layer and wash the house my layer off then seal the plaster with a calcic odor if you look at this plaster you can actually see the plaster move because it's come detached from the lath we've taken drill holes on either side of this crack and reattach it then just fill up everything with joint compound and that will take care of the peeling pain issue that would be taking care of the crack issue by stabilizing the plaster and we also have these little holes where you put these hangars in it for the grid we just filled those up with joint compound because those are just cosmetic blemishes so the finished product isn't going to crack the plaster and the paint plaster in the paint will not crack the finished product will look just like a regular ceiling in 160 years you'll have to redo this I'll be dead by then it's a lifetime guarantee easier and easier to give for further information contact us at info at plaster magic com I'm Rory Brennan owner of big Wally's plaster magic member