Popcorn Ceilings!

You know what I am talking about. The scourge of ceilings everywhere. They were once popular, but that time has long since gone and it's not coming back. If you have this on your ceiling then it is probably dirty and peeling off in areas. So the big question is how to get rid of it. 

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I have a video here of me removing a popcorn ceiling just a week ago. I saw someone using a drywall knife duct taped to a shop-vac hose scraping the ceiling. I tried that and liked it but there was a major problem with that. It scraped the texture off, but the base texture mud was still on the sheetrock, What's wrong with that you ask? Well that old texture mud is barely holding on there. Any application of new texture will loosen it up and it will peel

off. Then you have an even bigger problem on your hands. That old texture mud needs to come off.  There is a very simple way that pro's have been doing it for years. Simply spray the popcorn down with water and scrape it off. I demonstrate this in the video. 

Wait you say? But I said that I liked the drywall knife on a shop vac you say? Yes, so let me explain that. When it comes to popcorn ceilings when they were installed they were not painted. That was they way it was done. But many times over the years the homeowner decided they wanted the ceiling to be cleaner and painted it. When the ceiling is painted, it can't properly absorb the water when sprayed. So using the drywall knife and shop vac to scrape off the texture first is 

great. And it opens up enough area for the water to soak in so that you can easily scrape it off clean. There is another use for having the drywall knife duct taped to the shop vac hose. There is another ceiling texture that was very common. It has been referred to by a few different names including crows foot, and stomped texture. It leaves a very spiky finish that most people don't like. Using the drywall knife you can easily scrape the spikes off, leaving a nice textured look. You can check the second video for that. I know that sometimes ceilings are the forgotten area of a room, but I hope that I was able to help you bring an upgrade to a much needed area.