Power Sanding Popcorn Ceiling

This was a picture of the kitchen with the popcorn ceiling and wallpapered walls.

Power sanding popcorn ceiling.

A sander is a planer tool and popcorn ceiling is three dimensional. Sand away any residue left behind by the old popcorn texture using a drywall pole sander and then roll on a coat of white ceiling primer. For easier scraping and practically no dust during popcorn ceiling removal use a garden pump sprayer to mist the ceiling and let it soak in for about 15 minutes before scraping. So the first step in changing popcorn ceilings to knockdown ones is to get rid of the popcorn or at least most of it the carpenter lightly sprayed the ceiling with water working one room at a time.

Only give it a light misting too much water could damage the drywall or loosen the joint tape. Follow up with a sander that can handle the dust. When scraping a popcorn ceiling there is a very common belief that you can just scrape it and paint it. At mississauga handyman we use a festool planex dust extracting power sander to both remove popcorn and sand out freshly skim coated ceilings and walls.

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. If you want to know if you can sand off your popcorn ceiling texture i ll show you. Just wet and scape. The popcorn will be sheared off by sanders that deal with the level as they were engineered to do.

You ll probably need to skim it with a thin layer of joint compound to smooth out imperfections then sand it smooth before repainting. Dust free power sanding is by far the cleanest quickest and most professional way to tackle the job. You can t always sand off popcorn texture. However the thought of manually sanding it off sounds so much worse than actually having to look at the ceiling itself.

And i ve seen it do. It won t work about 80 of th. Popcorn ceilings can be seen as such an eyesore on an otherwise beautiful home. Don t fret if your ceiling is now clear but not.