Power Sanding Popcorn Ceiling

You can t always sand off popcorn texture.

Power sanding popcorn ceiling.

This was a picture of the kitchen with the popcorn ceiling and wallpapered walls. You ll probably need to skim it with a thin layer of joint compound to smooth out imperfections then sand it smooth before repainting. 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.

A sander is a planer tool and popcorn ceiling is three dimensional. 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. 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. Follow up with a sander that can handle the dust.

Do not saturate the ceiling but wet it thoroughly. Just wet and scape. And i ve seen it do. Popcorn ceilings can be seen as such an eyesore on an otherwise beautiful home.

However the thought of manually sanding it off sounds so much worse than actually having to look at the ceiling itself. The popcorn will be sheared off by sanders that deal with the level as they were engineered to do. Dust free power sanding is by far the cleanest quickest and most professional way to tackle the job. When scraping a popcorn ceiling there is a very common belief that you can just scrape it and paint it.

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. Start with a 4 foot 1 2 m area so the ceiling does not dry before you get to it. If you are sanding a popcorn ceiling wet the ceiling with water using a garden sprayer. Only give it a light misting too much water could damage the drywall or loosen the joint tape.