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I apparently didn't make it clear enough in the video. I put it in the thumbnail and title that this is for painted ceilings but I didn't stress that enough in the video itself. This ceiling was painted, that's why I didn't scrape it.
Yes. But. I use my 6" mud knife. I wet it and take off any excess, and it works great! You can use a sponge, but you won't get the smooth finish... @metabolicamente
I've looked at SO MANY videos at how to remove popcorn ceilings until I'm dizzy. Came across yours and I know for a fact I'm using your way. Thank you for enlightening me to this no nonsense technique!👍🏽
Yes you can still do this if they're stained or dirty! Just vacuum off or dust as much as you can off of the popcorn ceilings but I know it's almost impossible to get them completely clean. I did my best but everything I couldn't get off just got covered with the skim coat, it didn't hurt anything.
This is much more feasible and doable than instructions from hot shot guys with 30 years experience skim coating who tell you to do it in one coat. This inspires me to try again on my abandoned ceiling project and take it slower with more coats. Bless them for their skill, but thank you so much for showing what is practical and good quality now without years of practice.
Thank you, I appreciate your feedback! I love sharing these projects from a DIY'rs perspective. The pro videos are so helpful, but it can feel overwhelming trying to replicate their methods. I hope your ceiling is less intimidating this time around! Good luck!
It's not possible to do this in one coat, no matter what those hot shots say. Best way is to use hot mud to get it 90% covered, but this requires you to be fast.
Tip. Use a texture spray hopper with thinned joint compound to saturate the ceiling and smooth with a wide knife. Takes a few coats but easier and faster way.
@@hameedahudda6338 Yeah, it looks like a LOT of hard work. Maybe even more work than the wetting/scraping process...I did a lot of that in the main rooms of my home many years ago, but just couldn't face that again, so recently I simply dry-scraped the worst of the popcorn off the remaining room and painted it with an oil-based paint. Now it looks like a lightly-textured ceiling, and it's mop-able. Easy peasy.
This might be ok for a powder room but let me see you do a living room or large bedroom this is way more work than taking it down and takes much much longer if you are a DIYer if you attempt this on a larger room you will end up with neck and shoulder pain and a bill from the chiropractor I’ve been a painter for 40 years and this is not even close to the best way. If you try this many people will get half way done and then it’s too late to remove the popcorn and you either have to finish it or call a professional to get it done.
I was unolesantly surprised to find my new house has *painted* popcorn ceilings. Can't wet it to remove like before so I will try this, starting with the closets. If I mess up no one but I will know.
I am so inspired by this video. I have watched it and the others in the bathroom makeover series, and I am now convinced that I can skim coat my own ceilings. Room by room. I've gone out and purchased all the produces, waiting for the drill mixer to come in. I will be starting a small room to get the hang of it, but I plan to do my entire townhouse. All the steps just seem so simple, fully described and I'm convinced this is totally doable! Thanks!
That's awesome, I'm so glad this helped you to feel inspired! It's definitely a lot of work, but it's doable. I had zero experience when I did my first room. Starting in a small room is definitely the way to go. It took me a couple of rooms to really get the hang of it. The nice thing is that you can fix mistakes easily with sanding, so I never felt like I was going to ruin the ceilings. Also, give yourself time in between rooms. It's a lot to try to do all at once. Good luck, I hope everything goes well!
Girl I am so impressed and never would have thought to do this ! I would have been wetting and scraping but thanks to you for showing this way to get it done is fantastic. Thanks a lot we need much more when like you in this world 🌎
I have been trying to figure this out for years!! I REMOVED popcorn from one bathroom and swore I would never do that again. I paid to have it done in my living room/dining room, but still have it over the rest of my 4000 sqft home!! I think I am going to watch this again and try this😬
I'm so glad this was helpful! I've learned there's really no easy way to deal with popcorn ceilings but there's definitely less messy and less stressful ways lol. This was still a lot of work but it was great not having to scrape the popcorn first. It sounds like you've got a lot of rooms left to do, if you try this I really do hope it's easier for you. Good luck with your renovations!
You definitely figured out the difference in the compounds. The All-Purpose is hard to sand. It is great for taping and first coat. The light-weight stuff sands easier and is good for 2nd/3rd coats. If you are doing this a bunch, I highly recommend one of those 9" orbital drywall sander with vacuum. You can get a cheap one for like $150, you don't need a Festool at $1 million dollars. The cheap one will work fine for DIY.
This is brilliant! I took out the popcorn ceiling in our bathroom, and the longest part was mudding the irregular sheetrock and sanding. I still have to do the rest of the house! Three bedrooms, a hall, great room, and a living room!
That would be the last place I would put dry wall compound on a ceiling as unlike plaster which is water resistant, dry wall compound and fillers are not so the humidity in the bathroom may cause the ceiling to crack where the filler is starting to get damp.
I've been dealing with how to fix my popcorn ceiling for years, and by chance I came across your video and clicked on it, and I think your solution is the best I've seen to date. Thanks for sharing.
*Dang, you do GREAT WORK!* This is BEAUTIFUL. My former husband & I bought our first house from my best friend's Mom, who gave us a fantastic deal bc she hadn't been able to do much maintenance. All the ceilings had popcorn coating & in one room there had been a small electrical fire in the lighting fixture. Our budget, with two small children, was VERY tight, so I just scraped the whole popcorn off of it. After I'd completed it, a neighbor came over to inspect my handiwork & casually mentioned that our homes ALL had asbestos ceilings and I'd been breathing it in the entire time I was working on it. She thought it was very funny. Luckily, bc my kids were so young, I worked on it when they weren't around! Thank You SO Much for posting such a detailed & encouraging video!
Quick follow-up: I just watched all the rest of these videos & WOW... JUST WOW! I happen to have been holding onto a beautiful antique dark oak buffet with the idea of maybe someday turning into one of those bathroom vanity sinks! @TheNiftyNester does SUCH BEAUTIFUL work & is SO inspirational. I now plan on using her video to follow for mine. Thanks so much!
I’d be curious to know how this method holds up over time. Do you have an update? My intuition from working as a painter would think that the skim coat would not adhere to the painted popcorn & would delaminate over time.
When we moved into our house 35 years ago, the builder had covered every square inch of the walls in horrendous bumpy texture. I've despised it from the very beginning. 4 years ago I found out about skim coating and had some painter friends come over to skim coat the dining room. It was a miracle! There have been no issues with delamination, or anything else for that matter. Since then I've had all the walls in the house skim coated except the kitchen, which has been painted so many times now that it's smoothed out quite a bit, so haven't decided if I'm going to do it.
Beautiful job! And great step, by step explanation. I just wanted to make a suggestion for an alternative way for covering up popcorn ceilings - beadboard panels. Still takes a lot of effort with spackling nail holes, trim, and paint. But if it works with your style aesthetic, it's another option. Especially for those with asbestos who can't afford to have it professionally remediated.
Great video. I would make one slight adjustment - if you fill in pinholes or low spots in bare mud, those spots will never sand out perfectly. Prime the skim coat first, then come back for the spot repairs. They’ll sand out 100x easier and better.
That came out nice. For a small ceiling, like a bathroom, this is a great option and I agree that removing it is a royal pain (and could be a health hazard if asbestos if involved). It is rather labor intensive and if not done as a DYI project and probably expensive to have someone do it (3 coats, sanding, filling, re-sanding and painting). For me and my DYI family room remodel, I covered it with tongue-and-grove... the materials are pricy (~$2000 for a 20x14 room), but it goes up so fast and looks fantastic now. I will add resale value down the road and worth the investment.
I would be one of those who sand between applications. BUT, I have methods to eliminate excess mudd for much less to no sanding, however, it may not work for first coat of mud on popcorn... I was very impressed by your patience, explanation, and determination! I am thinking 1/4" drywall over it. Less hastle, time, and coats. But, you did good!
In Mexico we usa a sand sheet before for the loosen parts or dust and before applying anything else we use a sealant that is like transparent layer that will keep the mud in place for longer time, i mean durability but you did a great job, i bet your shoulders hurt for a while hehe is not an easy job, it looks amazing. I like it
Thank you so much! Yeah, my arms were like rubber by the time I was done lol. Do you know what product is normally used where you live? I know different regions use different materials. I was curious if you have similar materials used for textured ceilings there.
Thank you for this video. I have never seen anyone skin coating a popcorn ceiling before. This works great for popcorn ceiling with asbestos. Also this increases the thickness of the drywall which helps with sound proofing.
Thank you for this video. I was about to have a breakdown because I'm destroying my ceiling trying to scrape it and every other skin coat video seems like its totally not possible for an amateur to tackle. You did such a good job showing and explaining everything in an approachable way.
Thank you so much for this comment! ❤️ It's scary taking on these projects when everyone else is a professional and it looks so unrealistic for someone like us. I can't scrape a ceiling without making a mess of it either lol so you aren't alone there. I hope this works better for you, it's still a lot of work but I think it's worth it in the end. Good luck!
If you’re destroying your ceiling trying to scrape then you don’t have the popcorn wet enough. Using a weed sprayer pump with water in it is the best way.
make sure you test for asbestos before craping your popcorn. if your place built before 1980s, it probably has it in the mud on the ceiling. skimcoating is better solution if it does.
Older houses either have 1/2 or 3/8 rock and now 5/8 is standard so if you have popcorn issues sometimes it's faster, easier and more energy efficient to hang rock over it.Then you have no problem if you want a smooth ceiling or any kind of texture.You can hang 1/2 ,3/8 or even 1/4 inch over it.Wallpaper is another thing that has problems removing it without destroying the rock so I hang 1/4 " over with little to no issues.You can leave the trim and baseboards on.Just butt to them and tape and finish.What she is doing is risky cause you can get that far and when you paint it sometimes it will blister and come off.Been there,done that. A little trick for popcorn is if you carefully scrape it off and leave that little texture you can paint it and it looks almost like orange peel knockdown which is very common nowadays.
I know very little about this, but I have a small home that was built in 1995 and has popcorn ceilings and orange peel walls - neither of which really bother me at all although I do like knockdown better - I will be having to remodel the whole house soon & the walls could stand fresh paint, but I was really wondering about just lightly brushing the popcorn, see if and how much comes off and then painting - maybe I just have a really good job on it - it doesn’t look like a really heavy popcorn - this will be my last home and I’m thinking if it doesn’t really bother me, that’s really all that matters - it’s not dirty looking at all - any thoughts ? Thanks ! ☺️
@@jetv1471 LOL ! No, not yet - I’ve been shopping to try & figure out cabinets, countertops & flooring first - I think getting the cabinets in once they’re ordered is gonna take a few months, from what I’m hearing - but I am going to work with a contractor, so when we go out there to assess everything, I’ll get his opinion - when I talked to him about it, he said it would probably run about $5000, including the painting - so, we’ll see - I’ll let you know ! Thanks for asking ! ☺️
Stellar instructions! Your clear, no-nonsense delivery is refreshing. Speaking of chatter, and as a woman, I wish other presenters (mainly women!) would cease their cutesy, sing-song, irrelevant chatter when they record instructional videos.
It’s so easy to scrape popcorn off. I watched some RU-vid videos and removed the popcorn from all of my ceilings. There is a slight texture left but after it was painted it looks great.
Great solution! We have scraped the popcorn from every room in the house. The master bedroom was the last room and we've left it for a long time. We were ready to do that room today, and discovered that the popcorn had been painted at one time. All the other rooms it came off easy, but after struggling to get it off for a couple hours we had to give up. It is a complete mess. We've been scouring the internet all day to find a solution. Thanks so much!
You did SUCH an amazing job and clearly you’re a hard worker, which is admiring. But there’s a MUCH easier alternative to this and it’s not only less time consuming. But it puts far less strain on your neck, arms, back, etc. 📝 All you need is a 5 gallon multipurpose sprayer (or any kind of spray bottle), 50% hot water, 50% distilled white vinegar, a large scraper and plastic sheeting (trash bags, tarps, etc) to line the floor with. 📌 Use your sprayer with the mixed solution to completely saturate the ceiling, let it sit for 10-15 min and remove with your scraper. (It will come off nice & smoothly & in huuuge sections!!) 🖌️Let it dry COMPLETELY (24-48 hours should be good), Paint and VOILA!!! You’re good to go. I recommend this from personal experience; as I’ve tried literally every method out there (including the one being demonstrated here, which was far too time consuming for us). The method above however was hands down the most effective, efficient way- It took us about a month to finish every room in our 2,000+ square foot house & that’s just because we have kids & jobs. (It would have been faster, had we been able to make it our main priority).
As someone who has removed popcorn from dozens of ceilings, that is the way to go. It won't work if the ceiling has more than a couple coats of paint and sometimes the popcorn was used to hide a poor mud job underneath and one skim coat is still needed. Scraping off an unpainted wet popcorn ceiling is also very satisfying as it comes off!
I've done both methods. I've scraped popcorn, I've scraped popcorn then skim coated, and now I've skim coated over popcorn. As Jamie said, it really depends on how much paint you're dealing with. This bathroom had thick layers of paint. Water won't soak through that, and the popcorn won't scrape right off. I guess it would have if I tried long enough, but honestly, this was the better solution for this situation. I'll continue scraping the rooms that aren't painted. It's just a case by case basis.
Beautiful job. I did not first know why I was watching your video. I have a 3000 sq foot house with popcorn ceilings and I will never be able to do this. Then I figured out, why did I watch it? You are a very good teacher and you are eloquent. I love when people speak beautiful English. Be proud of yourself. You did not just do a great job, but helped a lot of people too.
Before we bought a House we never did any diy work so tried your way to cover ugly popcorn ceiling and it came out great! We bought a ready mix and covered our ceiling in 3 layers in a small 3x3 room and I’m so happy 😁 of course there was some imperfections but we managed to fix them and ready to do same thing in the second room which is slightly bigger ❤ thank you!
I’m having a panic attack hearing so many people who are/have tried removing popcorn ceiling 😳 my landlord did this right when we were about to move in and he contaminated EVERYTHING because many popcorn ceilings have asbestos in them. PLEASE everyone, be careful with ANY lose pieces and do NOT remove it without first having a professional test it for asbestos.
Awesome job! BUT be careful.... Depending on the age of construction (circa 1980's) stucco ceilings and walls may contain asbestos. If you disturb it (scrape it, chip it, etc.), it goes airborne. You should at least be wearing a P100 mask, put up plastic tarp, have the window open with a fan pointed at the window if you don't want to do a test before any work.
I just bought a home with popcorn ceilings and had a quote of $2500 to remove it. So I started looking for alternatives and found your video. Hun your incredibly talented, but what you did was courageous, but heavily labor intensive! I have frozen shoulder syndrome, so I guess I need to cough up the $2500.00
Good job, I do this also but I use Easy Sand 45 or 90 on the first and second coat . I doesn't shrink near as much . Then I use Dust Control on final coat . When it's all dry I prime with oil base pimer . The oil is not a solvent to the finish coat as would be a water base primer, plus it's a much more durable primer in a bathroom .
Damn, you did awesome job… man can’t imagine number of hours you put in that efforts. I learnt a lot from your channel, thank you and I appreciate you and your efforts.
Thank you so much! It did take a lot of time but I keep doing it so I must enjoy something about skim coating lol. I appreciate you watching and your kind comment 😊
I've found that when you plaster over a painted surface, you should paint a drywall primer over it. We used a Killz product specifically for drywall when we replastered our entire living room and dining room area. We did not have any bubbles! But we also did a skip trowel finish over the old school sanded plaster finish. I came here to figure out what to do with the popcorn ceilings. A question I have, is how does it hold up? Because, in a small hallway area I just tried paining the popcorn and as soon as it got wet, it started to fall off the ceiling. Wondering if that the same as with the wet joint compound?
This is a really great demonstration for DIYers. The pro videos have tools and techniques that its hard for DIYers to match. If I can add a couple pointers that should improve the process a bit. First, I'd only recommend not removing popcorn on a heavily painted ceiling, if you try it on an unpainted one all the little popcorn nubs will be knocked off into your mud. And there's the possibility that the added moisture and pressure will pull the texture off in sheets anyway. Second, its probably a good idea to spend a bit of time to scrape off the easily removed high points on the nubs to reduce the depth of your fill. Third, do each coat in the same direction and alternate between coats. This will produce consistent peaks and valleys that will be more uniformly filled with the next coat. And you don't have to fully sand between coats but its a good idea to either sand or use your trowel to knock down any raised trowel marks. Fourth, I like to take some mud on my finger and smoosh it into the corners to help get a smooth transition from ceiling to wall. Fifth, when sanding its helpful to have an inspection light since its really hard to see imperfections in the drywall mud. Its also a lot easier to see remaining holes and imperfections after the prime coat and its fine to fix them after the primer. You just have to make sure to spot prime those spots.
It's been a while since I filmed this, so I can't remember if I mentioned it or not, but I might have assumed people would've known that I meant this was for painted popcorn ceilings only. I might have failed to state that clearly enough for others who don't know. I've tried to make sure when responding to comments to make sure they know the popcorn has to have been sealed previously. I have several rooms left to scrape or skim coat, so I appreciate the tips! I know there's a lot of pro videos out there (I've probably watched them all, lol), but I definitely felt like there weren't a lot of DIY'r perspectives out there. Hopefully it helps others feel like they can tackle a project like this if another newbie with zero training or professional experience can do it.
I totally needed to see this video, thank you! I spent a day trying to take down painted popcorn, what a mess! I am going to skim coat what I did take down and then eventually do the rest a little at a time. Thank you again for this video and I’ll will definitely watch the others in this series.
That's awesome, I'm so glad this was helpful! Thank you! I've had the same thing happen to me and had to patch that spot where I managed to get the popcorn off. It'll definitely be fine when you get the rest skim coated and won't be noticeable. Good luck with your ceilings!
I've hated my popcorn ceilings since I bought this house but since they have several coats of paint, scraping isn't an option. After seeing your video, I know what I'll be doing this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration.
I did an asbestos test before touching popcorn ceiling. Still awaiting the results. But, I have taken the popcorn ceiling off years ago on other areas of my house. It’s messy…. but simply misting the popcorn ceiling with water the popcorn practically falls off. When the ceiling dries, wipe your ceiling with a damp cloth, let dry, prime, and paint. This is WAY easier than coating it 3 times and sanding it several times. I did wipe down the walls afterward but, as annoying as that clean up is; the walls needed it even without having popcorn dust on it so it was well worth the wipe.
Thank you, B. Walker! As long as you're covering sealed popcorn (primed), it'll adhere right to it! This is in a heavily used bathroom, and it's held up perfectly. It is a lot of work, but, like you said, so is removing popcorn. And I still have to skim coat ceilings after removing popcorn to get the smooth finish I want. On top of that, this is safer for anyone with possible asbestos (again, like you already said). This might not be the solution for everyone, but I love it.
@@TheNiftyNester Thank you for your reply. When I first began watching I was "gurl, you crazy" then that quickly passed and I could see the method, "gurl, you brilliant" is how it ended. Extremely impressed with your over head endurance. That took a lot of tenacity. Going to store your method away when I can use it! thanks again!
Looks good. I like your videos. You say what needs to be said without a lot of silly talk with it and your voice is very pleasant. I need help with some of these projects. I am lazy and need to know what I need to do so it doesn't take long. I'm 74 yr old and you know everything hurts. I will test the pop corn to see if it has been painted and for asbestos first. Thanks.
Thank you so much, I appreciate that! I'm all about just getting it done, I'm glad it seemed straight forward to you. Sometimes I feel like I over explain things so it's good to get feedback like this. There's nothing wrong with just wanting to know what has to be done so you can get it done quickly!
thank you so much for this video! your explanation was super thorough and clear, but it never got distracted or off on a tangent like some other folks where i feel like i need to watch on double speed to get to the point of it haha. 😅 and you have such a calm, patient teaching presence. you made it all seem so doable! we are working on an incredibly stubborn painted popcorn ceiling right now and oof, im hoping we can get it done as nice as yours🤞
A pole sander works best, but you can use a swiffer mop/dust handle and attach the sandpaper to the pad that would normally hold the swiffer pads !, just sand lightly so as to not tear the sandpaper!, great video!
I wish I had seen this video about a month ago.....when I started removing the popcorn ceiling in my bedroom! But I can, and WILL, use this technique for living room and kitchen!!
Great job! Your way looks so much more efficient than how I've done it. I removed the popcorn from my ceiling in my kitchen and hallway using hot water in a spray bottle, drywall knives for scraping the popcorn off of the ceiling and plastic sheeting to cover everything. Soooo messy...I still have my living room to do...ugh.
Not only is this helpful, it's influential. I'm about to go do this right now. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I know it takes a lot of effort to both execute And film 😊
Your ceiling looks really good. It could have been done a whole lot easier & faster though. At my old house I used 2 different ways, in a hallway I used a spray bottle filled with water & sprayed the popcorn ceiling until it was saturated. I waited a few minutes, then used a metal putty knife & knocked it down easily. The exposed ceiling underneath was in pretty good condition & I was able to skim coat the areas that needed it, then primed & painted. In my bathroom, I bought some ¼" drywall & attached it right over the popcorn ceiling. It took hardly any time even with taping & mudding. It was easy to work with the drywall because the ceiling of the bathroom was so small & the drywall being so thin, was not very heavy. This was an interesting video to see another way to repair a ceiling.
Oh my god you're a genius. I am so glad I ran across this video cuz I was looking how to get rid of the popcorn ceiling crap. Anyway I saw a lady on a video that was showing you how to spray it with water and then like scrape it off and I was like oh my god there's got to be a better way and then I found you oh my God I could kiss you. Thank you so much for sharing this.❤
Brilliant thankyou, i had a quote yesterday to remove the artex on 3 ceilings, it wasn't expensive atall but it botherd me he wanted to steam it off and i KNOW its not only messy it's likely to reveal atleast one section with a dodgy uneven plaster board. I searched everywhere for solutions, i even tested a section last night with the vinegar and wrapping method (didn't even remotely budge it😂) then i see the roll on version looked better again but I know id end up wearing most. Im definitely doing your way 😊
Very nice job! Today I was looking for some drywall guys to skim my ceilings & walls. Thanks to you, I will be doing this myself. Thank you so much for the inspiration!
We have been trying to figure out the best way to rid ourselves of our popcorn ceilings. I am not sure if we will use this technique, but this video was very helpful for understanding the options! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing the beautiful video..we scrapd off popcorn ceiling in our home with applying little mist before scrapping off..we found the job easy
You did an awesome job!!! Just a suggestion a bigger knife would be faster and a skimming blade on the finish coat and wet sponge when hit has almost setup would help alot!
I was born in the 40’s and remember when popcorn ceilings became popular,mainly to cover up cracks that might have been more costly to repair and you could do it yourself….now it’s the rage to smooth it out again.what’s next,wallpaper?😊
Thanks so much for this video! You are an excellent teacher! Lucky for me I only have one small popcorn ceiling but still did not want to spend time and energy removing it if I don’t have to. I’ve repaired lots of old walls with joint compound and taped new ones but didn’t know about thinning it with water. Thanks again!
The Nifty Nester, I'm curious to find out if you use ladder, step-ladder, or scaffold (don't own one) to reach ceilings. Even 8 foot ceilings can be a challenge to reach; especially with uneven surfaces as bathrooms with bathtubs and toilet. If you can share this tip I'd really appreciate it.
2nd coat should have had a light sand to get off all bumps then on 3rd skim coat use a heavy nap paint roller and roll the 3rd coat on then skim with a knife way less sanding
I did a living room and bedroom like this. 3 coats. don't sand in between. Sand at end. Then textture it. Joint compound naturally leaves bubbles. Put in dish washing soap and stir ahead of time.
Thank you! I tried the sponge and hated it. Up close, I could see little streaks it left in the finish. Sandpaper left a smoother finish. The sponge was definitely less messy, and you probably wouldn't have noticed the streaks in the end, but I just couldn't get myself to go that route. I do agree, though. If you like the finish, it's a lot easier.
thanks for explaining it well, your results are amazing too! congratulations! Also may I add, for next time, can also consider wearing a shower cap or hat to protect from sanding dust or compound getting onto the hair & scalp :)
Have you had any luck with that? I tried wet sanding with the sponge recently and it did not work well for me. I felt like it was barely smoothing out the ceiling and after I worked an area for too long it started to get mushy. I would love to find a way to make it work though.
Thanks so much for this video . Re: sanding , the big box stores sell a connected sand tool that connects to your shop vac . (Richards) that has sanding screens . Just invest or look for extra hose (s) in my opinion . I Ike your sponge technique .
thank you so much for this! About to move into a new house and the ONLY complaint we have it the popcorn ceilings. Makes the house look outdated! Thinking about doing this myself or just paying someone fully remove them. Seems like this would be a lot of work for the entire house, sadly.
This video is amazing. I was very reluctant to scrape my popcorn ceilings as my house was built in 1952 and aesbestos is a fear. So this just makes me feel much more confident that i can do this safely.
Great job with this presentation. However, three coats, sanding, wiping and then a final coat you called a touch up, then another sanding with a pole followed by yet another wiping! Yikes, seems like more work overall, at least in my case since my room is MUCH larger and that’s just the main one.
Thank you, and yes, it is more work. I didn't make it clear enough in the video that this method is for painted popcorn ceilings. I put it in the title and thumbnail, but I should've stressed that in the video. This method only works on painted popcorn. If your ceiling isn't painted, you'd be better off to scrape it, then skim coat the drywall. You'd have to seal the popcorn before skim coating if they weren't already painted. I might make an update video just to explain all of that since I can't edit this video to explain it better.
I could be so wrong, but I've had the best luck scraping it is and is soooo much easier. Using a pump sprayer or even a roller in water, let it soak a few min and scrap. Use an oil based primer, then paint. Done.
It’s so tempting but this is so much work than scraping it off! And has anyone there tried this years before and the popcorn thats holding all of that heavy multiple layer of skim coat? I’m no expert but if the popcorn would get soft from water I just cannot see how it will hold on to anything? What happens on a very humid day perhaps weeks?
You are my hero!!! Thank you for sharing this and your tips. I feel encouraged to do it or at least pay and supervise the guys down the street to do it.
I just started this project, and thought I could do this in one coat and now I'm depressed because it's a way bigger job than what I expected. Can you come and finish? Nice job -- you clearly have done this before!
How can you have over 509k views and only 11k likes? This is an incredible video. Do you know how much it cost to remove a popcorn ceiling with asbestos? Thousands of dollars. Excellent tutorial.
