Sanding Down Popcorn Ceilings

How to scrape a popcorn ceiling.

Sanding down popcorn ceilings.

Sanding is probably a bad idea. I want to knock down our popcorn but i m nervous. Be sure to sand evenly starting in one corner and moving across the wall. The main reason popcorn ceiling texture was used in the first place was to camouflage the flaws in the sheetrock or taping job.

Use a long pole with a sanding pad to sand the ceiling once the popcorn has been scraped off. If you are sanding a stipple ceiling use an electric sander with dust bag. Popcorn ceilings can be seen as such an eyesore on an otherwise beautiful home. A sander is a planer tool and popcorn ceiling is three dimensional.

There are tons of videos on youtube about this. If you are looking for a miracle festool sander to deal with popcorn ceilings they don t exist. With his help we break down the three methods to redoing popcorn ceilings below. The popcorn will be sheared off by sanders that deal with the level as they were engineered to do.

Smooth out the stipple ceiling with a pole sander after using the electric sander. The way that popcorn ceilings are normally handled and the way that i have removed mine is by scraping them down. The general process is to get a pump up garden spra. June 12 2018 at 2 10 pm.

I mentioned that sanding down popcorn ceilings is not the best removal method. However a knockdown finish will accomplish the same camouflage feature but be much more subtle in texture and effect. Follow up with a sander that can handle the dust. The popcorn finish should loosen and fall off easily.

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. Just wet and scape. If you do not want to scrape the ceiling or wall you can try sanding. Use a coarse grit pole sander across the whole surface.

There are three common ways to get rid of that unsightly popcorn ceiling and finally get a smooth looking ceiling. Further down below is a video i wanted to share of someone who has removed 500 popcorn ceilings telling you why sanding is not the best way to go.