Sanding Off Popcorn Ceiling

Our popocorn came off fairly easy thank goodness.

Sanding off popcorn ceiling.

However the thought of manually sanding it off sounds so much worse than actually having to look at the ceiling itself. 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. The main reason popcorn ceiling texture was used in the first place was to camouflage the flaws in the sheetrock or taping job. W lightly sanded the whole.

Using a drywall sander mr. Sanding is probably a bad idea. If it s time to redo a popcorn ceiling there are three popular ways to take on the challenge. However a knockdown finish will accomplish the same camouflage feature but be much more subtle in texture and effect.

There are tons of videos on youtube about this. If you are sanding a popcorn ceiling wet the ceiling with water using a garden sprayer. Fill imperfections with. You don t realize how dingy the ceiling looks until you take off the popcorn.

This is the order we were recommended. Start with a 4 foot 1 2 m area so the ceiling does not dry before you get to it. The way that popcorn ceilings are normally handled and the way that i have removed mine is by scraping them down. Scrape cover with a new layer of drywall or skim coat with plaster to create a new textured ceiling.

Do we need to compound the whole ceiling or just fill the imperfections. The general process is to get a pump up garden spra. The national average for popcorn ceiling removal is 1 707 according to home advisor. It was amazing how much it brightened up the room.

Removal of popcorn we used water scraper 2. Popcorn ceilings can be seen as such an eyesore on an otherwise beautiful home. Sand uneven areas 3. Use a file a sander or an electric grinder to do this.

It also made the ceilings seem taller i am not sure why but it did. However we have some divots and uneven areas. How much does it cost to remove popcorn ceiling.