Sanding Down Popcorn Ceiling

Do not saturate the ceiling but wet it thoroughly.

Sanding down popcorn ceiling.

But the rough texture catches lots of dust and cobwebs and it can be difficult to know how to remove popcorn ceiling. The main reason popcorn ceiling texture was used in the first place was to camouflage the flaws in the sheetrock or taping job. Popcorn ceilings can be seen as such an eyesore on an otherwise beautiful home. Start with a 4 foot 1 2 m area so the ceiling does not dry before you get to it.

Popcorn ceilings were all the rage back in the 60s and 70s. However the thought of manually sanding it off sounds so much worse than actually having to look at the ceiling itself. Popcorn ceiling sanding read 41126 times 0 members and 1 guest are viewing this topic. When scraping popcorn ceilings you ll want to use a 4 inch utility knife or a drywall knife to chip away at the texture and create a smooth surface.

There are tons of videos on youtube about this. Applying the texture to drywall and plaster ceilings was a quick and easy way to hide imperfections and didn t require any painting afterward. Makita and porter cable make a large horizontal disc grinder sander that would level it down dry but with lots of mess. You can t always sand off popcorn texture.

Remember that finishing the ceiling after popcorn removal will be of the utmost importance with this method. Smooth out the stipple ceiling with a pole sander after using the electric sander. Use a coarse grit pole sander across the whole surface. The popcorn finish should loosen and fall off easily.

They re normally used for concrete leveling or stripping paint depending on the models i m referring to. The way that popcorn ceilings are normally handled and the way that i have removed mine is by scraping them down. Sanding is probably a bad idea. How to scrape a popcorn ceiling.

This will knock down the stipple. However a knockdown finish will accomplish the same camouflage feature but be much more subtle in texture and effect. I want to knock down our popcorn but i m nervous. June 12 2018 at 2 10 pm.

If you want to know if you can sand off your popcorn ceiling texture i ll show you. Be sure to sand evenly starting in one corner and moving across the wall. If you do not want to scrape the ceiling or wall you can try sanding. You may have to fill gouges tape the seams and sand the ceiling to create the ideal surface for a new coat of paint.

If you are sanding a popcorn ceiling wet the ceiling with water using a garden sprayer. It won t work about 80 of th.