Sanding Off Popcorn Ceiling

W lightly sanded the whole.
Sanding off popcorn ceiling. Round off the corners of your popcorn scraper whether it s a wide putty knife or drywall taping knife so it won t gouge the ceiling and leave you with dozens of ceiling wounds to repair. Popcorn ceilings can be seen as such an eyesore on an otherwise beautiful home. Fill imperfections with. Removal of popcorn we used water scraper 2.
However a knockdown finish will accomplish the same camouflage feature but be much more subtle in texture and effect. The general process is to get a pump up garden spra. There are tons of videos on youtube about this. Do we need to compound the whole ceiling or just fill the imperfections.
If it s time to redo a popcorn ceiling there are three popular ways to take on the challenge. However the thought of manually sanding it off sounds so much worse than actually having to look at the ceiling itself. Sanding is probably a bad idea. Scrape cover with a new layer of drywall or skim coat with plaster to create a new textured ceiling.
Sand uneven areas 3. You don t realize how dingy the ceiling looks until you take off the popcorn. Use a file a sander or an electric grinder to do this. The way that popcorn ceilings are normally handled and the way that i have removed mine is by scraping them down.
Using a drywall sander mr. Do not saturate the ceiling but wet it thoroughly. However we have some divots and uneven areas. Since we were not adding texture and wanted a smooth ceiling we had to sand them smooth.
It was amazing how much it brightened up the room. The main reason popcorn ceiling texture was used in the first place was to camouflage the flaws in the sheetrock or taping job. This is the order we were recommended. If you are sanding a popcorn ceiling wet the ceiling with water using a garden sprayer.
Our popocorn came off fairly easy thank goodness. Start with a 4 foot 1 2 m area so the ceiling does not dry before you get to it. The national average for popcorn ceiling removal is 1 707 according to home advisor.