nails for tin ceiling

Brad Nails

Used for Nail-up / Backsplash Panels
You can find these nails at Home Depot or any hardware store. We do not sell them.

Stainless Brad Nails

Available from McMaster-Carr:

60015A22 Brad Nail for Air-Powered Nailer Straight Strip, 316 SS, 18 Gauge, 3/4" Length (sold in packs of 500)

60015A23 Brad Nail for Air-Powered Nailer Straight Strip, 316 SS, 18 Gauge, 1" Length (sold in packs of 500)

Tin ceiling guillotine cutter from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.

Martin Yale Guillotine Cutter

19" x 24" Model Premiere Heavy Duty W24
Tin Ceiling Installers swear by them for "factory edge" cuts. As a courtesy to our customers, we've made a wholesale purchase of high quality guillotine cutters. Customer can purchase them for our cost of $225 + $25 S&H.

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DropIn Clips

Quantity of 200 = $12.00. General use to keep panels flush with grid preventing them from popping up. It is also needed for boats and keeps panels from moving around. There is no charge at time of ceiling sale, please make sure to mention to salesperson. Made by us for standard DropIn grids. For information, Click Here.

Tin ceiling touch up paint from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.

Spray Paint

$13 per 12oz. can. General use for painting and faux finishing wood molding, drop in grids, can light covers, A/C vents, etc. Not available in all colors. For painting information, Click here.

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The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.

Touch Up Paint

$3 per 3oz. jar. General use for covering nails, etc. Not available in all colors. For painting information, Click here.

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Switch Plates

We offer eleven different switch plates available in all colors. To see the selection, please click here.

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Why are Tin Ceilings so popular today?

Tin Ceilings remind us of a different time in our country's history. Tin Ceilings stir memories of gentler days when elegance and beauty reigned. A slower paced era where style and grace were the watchwords in home decor. Old time victorian homes, formal parlors, farmhouses with wood burning stoves and other historic architecture we've seen in literature and film or remember from our childhood.

It is said that "Everything Old Becomes New Again". It reinvents itself and becomes fashionable again, perhaps because it was so fashionable in the first place. Fashion goes in and out of style as modern ideas are introduced to the market. But the popular styling's of the past always cycle back into modern contemporary culture. The Tin Ceiling exemplifies this concept.