Sanding Down Popcorn Ceilings

The popcorn finish should loosen and fall off easily.

Sanding down popcorn ceilings.

Just wet and scape. The popcorn will be sheared off by sanders that deal with the level as they were engineered to do. With his help we break down the three methods to redoing popcorn ceilings below. A sander is a planer tool and popcorn ceiling is three dimensional.

Smooth out the stipple ceiling with a pole sander after using the electric sander. Be sure to sand evenly starting in one corner and moving across the wall. If you are sanding a stipple ceiling use an electric sander with dust bag. Use a coarse grit pole sander across the whole surface.

The main reason popcorn ceiling texture was used in the first place was to camouflage the flaws in the sheetrock or taping job. The way that popcorn ceilings are normally handled and the way that i have removed mine is by scraping them down. 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. I want to knock down our popcorn but i m nervous.

How to scrape a popcorn ceiling. Follow up with a sander that can handle the dust. The general process is to get a pump up garden spra. June 12 2018 at 2 10 pm.

However a knockdown finish will accomplish the same camouflage feature but be much more subtle in texture and effect. I mentioned that sanding down popcorn ceilings is not the best removal method. However the thought of manually sanding it off sounds so much worse than actually having to look at the ceiling itself. Sanding is probably a bad idea.

This will knock down the stipple. Use a long pole with a sanding pad to sand the ceiling once the popcorn has been scraped off. Use 120 grit sandpaper followed by 200 grit. If you do not want to scrape the ceiling or wall you can try sanding.

If you are looking for a miracle festool sander to deal with popcorn ceilings they don t exist. Popcorn ceilings can be seen as such an eyesore on an otherwise beautiful home.