Simple Steps to Remove Popcorn Ceiling Texture

In the early eighties, popcorn texture on ceilings was looking for a very popular, but it is now very outdated. In my work as a professional contractor I see more people who want to remove the popcorn texture from their ceilings, but do not know how to do it. In this article we will look for the best method to remove popcorn texture from the ceiling.

1. Preparation

The first step is the furniture from the room to move if at all possible. If you have some furniture that justtoo heavy to remove from the room, for the procurement of heavy plastic over the furniture place. Since you will be with water, go ahead and turn off the electricity in the room. Remove all lights from the ceiling. With several layers of heavy plastic to cover all your walls. Put the soil in plastic foil on the walls about a foot and then the band edge to prevent water from ever taking the skirting to. PLEASE NOTE: Some blown on acoustic ceilings applied before 1980Contain asbestos (the use of asbestos in the ceilings was banned 1978). Only a certified asbestos removal contractor should remove these ceilings. You can find out if your ceiling contains asbestos, by a small sample to an EPA-certified testing laboratory.

2. Popcorn Removal

Use a syringe and clean water to wet the ceiling. Working in an area about four to five meters squared. It is better to make several passes and then let the ceiling suck the water. Make suretoo much water to apply, because it can damage the paper surface of the wall panels under. With a joint knife, scrape the moist texture from the ceiling. The water is going to do the most work and the popcorn ceiling should be light. If you run into spots that required hard scraping, stop, apply a little more water, wait a bit to soak and then try again.

3. Time to prime and paint

If you happen to cut or the ceiling if you remove the tubeTexture, you just use joint compound and your taping knife and skim a thin layer of drying compound to the damaged area, and easy to sand. The use of latex primer, prime the ceiling. After you apply your primer, a layer of latex paint. After your paint is dry, you may need to be needed in a different coat of paint.

4. Clean-up

Remove all plastic covers on the walls and floors. Start by removing the protective film from the first wall. Once you remove allPlastic, you will usually have some texture, which will find its way onto your floor, but the texture just come from your carpet or floor. Keep your Shop-Vac proximity will come in handy when the rehabilitation.

While removing popcorn texture is a difficult job, the advantage of a room upgrade is worth it. Under these guidelines, should you have a smooth, freshly painted ceilin. Good luck!
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