I found the lightweight coving very easy to handle, cut and fix to the walls. THANKS We need to paint some polystyrene coving, but the joins do not look great where they have been filled. I painted over it to blend it to the wall / ceiling decor. Thank you. rest of the room looks fine but im really worried because it might keep absorbing?! I am doing up my house to rent and have a polystyrene ceiling and coving in the kitchen. Visit your local craft store or go online to find acrylic paint in a color of your choosing. Polystyrene coving is also more absorbent than plaster coving, so it tends to need more coats of paint to achieve a smooth finish. No great loss if I can't use Gloss, I'll go and get a small can of brilliant white imulsion. Pick out enough paint to cover all of the styrofoam. they don't appear to be tiles, it seems to be the rolled stuff. But it looks more pleasing to the eye. 944fan 4,962 posts What's the best way to cover these joints is there any paint that would do the job. Joined: 9 Apr 2010 … As for the appearance of bare polystyrene coving, yes I agree it does look cr*p. So I mix up a runny mix of some sort of filler (maybe artex - can't remember what I used last time) and paint it on the coving to hide the polystyrene grain. Acrylic paint is the best type of paint you can use on styrofoam, as it won't cause damage and sticks to the styrofoam well. Thanks Kirkuk, 5 Nov 2013 #1. ... Painting Polystyrene Coving to Hide Joints by Garffy13 » Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:12 pm Last post by gc1967 … Sand it smooth then paint it. However, you risk having to replace any broken or damaged pieces. If it has just been put in place it will probably take at least 3 coats. Source(s): Decorator for over 20 years. On the Homebase website it suggest a lightweight coving adhesive, however, I read the reviews and they are not that great - one person used it with panel pins and the following morning on removing the pins, the coving started to fall down. Can somebody tell me what they have used to stick up the coving, if they used the polystyrene type? I've stripped the hall in readiness for skimming, if I could get away with it I would like to just try and skim the polystyrene coving covering the down pipes. Emulsion, Matt finish is best for coving and ceilings. I'm planning on painting the woodwork with one coat brilliant white gloss and was hoping to do the same with the coving to give that devision between the wall and the ceiling with the colours. 2. Mind you, It needed careful handling as if mishandled, you can make many dents into it - since it is made of similar material as polystyrene. HERTS P&D. 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