Hey guys,
I’m remodeling a house with some popcorn ceilings. I read some of the old BT discussions on removing them and tried the pump sprayer with a mixture of hot water and some krud kutter cleaner. On the living room ceiling, the material did not come off completely but left the look of a “knock-down” ceiling and I am pleased with that.
The problem was upstairs. In the master bedroom, a small area of the ceiling popcorn came off right down to the drywall paper with one pass of the scraper. But the rest of the ceiling has been a problem. After wetting an work area three different times, I still could not get down to the drywall paper.
Most of the area, I scraped with a 14″ thin edged floor scraper. Then when it refused to loosen up, I went to the drywall knives, a 6″ and a 10″ and hand scraped it from a stepladder.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll just have to skim coat the entire ceiling to level it out.
Any suggestions?
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just have to skim coat the entire ceiling to level it out.
That will work.
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Thanks,
I was hoping to get down to a level where I could just repair some minor gouges and maybe level out a seam or two.
Guess that just isn't practical!
Bruce
Any suggestions?
Yea, skim coat! Thats what I always end up doing, never fails. Maybe others have had better luck but not me.
Doug
hey buddy...i just bought a drywall finishing trowel at Menards this past weekend and it works like a squeegee. It is about 24 inches long and is basically a rubber wiper blade but made for drywall finishing. All you have to do is put the mud on evenly and wipe it down with this thing and you're laughing....don't forget to thin the compound down ALOT! The compound mixture that i end up with doesn't hold it's shape in the bucket....you have to add a lot of water to make the mud workable. There is a web video for the "magic trowel" at texmaster.com. There is very little sanding involved if you do it right.
Thanks,
I'll check out the website.
Be careful with this stuff. Some "popcorn" material had asbestos in it!!! Have it checked for $75-$100 or so.
Yes, be sure to check it now that it is ALL OFF and SWEPT UP! LOL!!!!!
Doh!!!!!!!!!....Right:
Take your sarcasm to some other forum where it's appreciated or try helping someone on this thread!
Maybe someone else will remember this when they try to get rid of this abomination from the 60's.
if it has been painted it will be very difficult to remove.
Run a sander over it first to get a smoother bite before mudding.
ANDYSZ2
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Second with Andy on this one... Sand first.. If you were to rent a sander ( porter cable) it will go pretty fast and you might not even need to skim coat the ceiling after all.
Measure once > cut once > get board stretcher....
Any suggestions?
Ames tool rentals has 12 inch finish boxes . You will need a pump also.
Float the ceiling with it leaving a 10 inch strip and come back later and set it to feather . It will look like a babies butt. Pro finish ready for semi glos emamel.
Tim
I used carbide tipped hook scrapers, like a glue scraper, on texture. It wasn't popcorn though. After trying a bunch of things, we found this the best solution.
If you have a small area that maybe has something really hard or difficult to remove, you can try the 3-M sandplaster pads on a grinder. This works, but throws dust everywhere.
What you did is exactly what I have been doing for over 25 years with that kind of ceiling.