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MarkB_MI
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It can be scraped off. My sister did that with her ceiling, but the results weren't good. The drywall sucked up paint unevenly, and multiple coats of paint didn't fix the problem. Maybe this wouldn't have happened with a better primer. I understand the best way is to apply a skim coat of topping compound over the scraped drywall, but obviously that's a lot of work.
I've seen popcorn flattened out. I think it's done by wetting it, then dragging a drywall taping knife over the surface.
Another solution is to put a layer of 1/4 or 3/8 inch drywall over the old ceiling. We just had this done in a room of our house, and it looks great. However, we were having other drywall work done so it wasn't that much more work to put in new drywall.
I've seen popcorn flattened out. I think it's done by wetting it, then dragging a drywall taping knife over the surface.
Another solution is to put a layer of 1/4 or 3/8 inch drywall over the old ceiling. We just had this done in a room of our house, and it looks great. However, we were having other drywall work done so it wasn't that much more work to put in new drywall.
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Geo-TH,In
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Nice to know about the paint. My last ceiling was a stomped ceiling. I watched the men take a bucket of drywall compound, add water, and rolled the compound on with a roller. Then someone followed up with a stomping brush. The drywall wall finishers said I didn't even have to paint the ceiling, which I didn't. Has looked nice for the past 4 years now.
Nice to know about the paint. My last ceiling was a stomped ceiling. I watched the men take a bucket of drywall compound, add water, and rolled the compound on with a roller. Then someone followed up with a stomping brush. The drywall wall finishers said I didn't even have to paint the ceiling, which I didn't. Has looked nice for the past 4 years now.
John M
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- Nunyafn business
My old ceiling had this flower design done with drywall mud, butt ugly 70s design. We tried scraping it off, but it didn't take primer. My drywall guy said to cover it with a thin drywall, and start over. Did that, and the only problem I ran into was on a couple of light fixtures I had to get longer bolts to secure it to the ceiling. I think it was 1/4" drywall they used.
Sean Feeney
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I have done them like yours before mixed mud with ceiling paint to thin it out, then
rolled it on with a heavy nap roller and hit it with a brush, guy called it crows footing
i still paint them but love what the texture will hide. On the popcorn i think its sprayed
down with a pump up sprayer with water to loosen it, set for a little bit, then scraped with a large 10"
or better knife, messy but effective.
rolled it on with a heavy nap roller and hit it with a brush, guy called it crows footing
i still paint them but love what the texture will hide. On the popcorn i think its sprayed
down with a pump up sprayer with water to loosen it, set for a little bit, then scraped with a large 10"
or better knife, messy but effective.
wilson ind
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Geo-TH,In
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After Dr told me to stop lifting heavy thing, I contracted out my last 2 drywall jobs. Pinching my wallet nerve was much easier on me than pinching the nerves in my back.
The 70 year old man I hired did drywall work all his life. He said to remove 2 brushes from the stomping brush and leave the third one, so it doesn't look like I stomped the ceiling with a toilet plunger. The man is an artist too. They put a design around the light fixtures using a wall paper brush.
The first job he did for me was on a rental that I gutted the entire house, walls ceilings. His drywall job makes it very easy to rent. The ceiling pops out when you walk in the house. If the first prospective tenants don't rent the house, the second one will. Never sits empty for any time to speak of.
The 70 year old man I hired did drywall work all his life. He said to remove 2 brushes from the stomping brush and leave the third one, so it doesn't look like I stomped the ceiling with a toilet plunger. The man is an artist too. They put a design around the light fixtures using a wall paper brush.
The first job he did for me was on a rental that I gutted the entire house, walls ceilings. His drywall job makes it very easy to rent. The ceiling pops out when you walk in the house. If the first prospective tenants don't rent the house, the second one will. Never sits empty for any time to speak of.
GeneMO
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- Pilot Grove, Mo.
I sprayed water on mine, with a little spray bottle,waited, sprayed a little more if needed, then scraped it off with a wide putty knife. Makes a hell of a mess. Lightly sand off any bumps after it is all dry.
Then I rolled on a special "knock down" paint. You roll it on, then it kinds drips or sags down, when it reaches the right consistancy you flatten it off with a putty knife. It leaves more of a modern looking, sculptured effect. Then you can roll paint on over that.
You dont have to do the knock down. You could just paint the ceiling, or they also make a sand textured paint if you want that type of finish.
But taking it off is not hard at all. It is the clean up and repainting I dont like
Then I rolled on a special "knock down" paint. You roll it on, then it kinds drips or sags down, when it reaches the right consistancy you flatten it off with a putty knife. It leaves more of a modern looking, sculptured effect. Then you can roll paint on over that.
You dont have to do the knock down. You could just paint the ceiling, or they also make a sand textured paint if you want that type of finish.
But taking it off is not hard at all. It is the clean up and repainting I dont like
TJ in KY
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I just removed some at a condo I bought in Florida. It was different in that the ceilings were concrete and I could really soak them down. That is the key, by the time I got to the last room I soaked them at least 3 times with a garden sprayer and then scraped them. I did not have to worry about gouging the drywall. Some areas had drywall and it came off easy in some areas and hard in others. We also had a knocked down texture applied and it really improved the appearance and modernized it.
rossow (mn)
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Be aware that some popcorn textures before around 1980 contained asbestos. If the popcorn isn't removed and the mess cleaned up while wet, dust could be dangerous. That's one reason covering it carefully with thin drywall might be a safer (and easier) approach.
john in la
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It can be scraped off.
I just took long handle scrapper and knocked it down to a light texture while dry.
In a couple of spots I had to do a little repair as the seam showed with the heavy texture.
But with that old of a house you might want to drywall over it with thin drywall because of Asbestos.
How Do You Tell If There Is Asbestos in Drywall?
I just took long handle scrapper and knocked it down to a light texture while dry.
In a couple of spots I had to do a little repair as the seam showed with the heavy texture.
But with that old of a house you might want to drywall over it with thin drywall because of Asbestos.
How Do You Tell If There Is Asbestos in Drywall?
CenTex Farmall
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I sprayed mine with water using a pump up gallon sprayer. Then I modified a rectangular plastic drywall "mud" holder to where I could hook my shop vac hose extension to it. Inside the shop vac is a bag rated for drywall backed by a HEPA filter. For scraping I used a floor scraper that looks like a flattened hoe on a typical hoe handle.
One person scrapes and one holds the vacuum box under the scraper. Some ballet type movements are involved but it did not make much mess or dust.
One person scrapes and one holds the vacuum box under the scraper. Some ballet type movements are involved but it did not make much mess or dust.
37chief
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- California
I removed it in most of my rooms. I used a garden hose and used a fine spray of water. It doesn't take much. I attached a handle on the bottom of a large plastic pan. I think it was a cat litter box.Then with a large scraper, scraped it into the pan. Put a plastic cover over the floor. It is a little messy. My house was built in the 70's, so I guess it has asbestos. If you keep it wet it shouldn't be a problem. I'm still alive. If you have a company do it, but it gets real expensive. Just my experience. Stan
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