Removing Plaster Ceiling Texture

I tried sanded with my palm sander but that didn t work at all and broke my palm sander.

Removing plaster ceiling texture. I actually just filled the sprayer up again and turned the dial to a bit less powerful and resprayed the scraped ceiling. Ask this old house painter mauro henrique smooths over a textured ceiling using joint compound. Repair damaged sections of drywall with drywall compound. Saturate a small manageable area of the ceiling with water.

Make sure you layout some. Only give it a light misting too much water could damage the drywall or loosen the joint tape. Spray ceiling with garden sprayer soapy water as texture softens remove texture using scrapper with careful sweeping motions. They are purchasing a home that has a stomp ceiling textured finish.

You can remove textured ceiling plaster by scraping it dry use a solution of water to loosen the plaster before scraping or simply cover it with a new layer of drywall. Popcorn ceiling plaster scrape scraping spray bottle paint ceiling diy. Subscribe to this old house. Holding a bucket under the knife while you scrape will prevent the texture from.

So i had to go back to a regular sander. If the texture hasn t softened after 15 minutes or so spray it again and wait another 10 to 15 minutes. Scrape off the softened texture with a drywall knife. Today s homeowner with danny lipford 89 820.

Continue until all texture is removed. Then i took a big tile sponge and wiped the ceiling down again. After you remove all the texture you need to fill and sand any holes and cracks. Give the water 20 minutes to penetrate and soften the texture.

How to skim coat using paint roller trick getting rid of knockdown texture duration. This is the worst part. Removing texture with a vacuum sander. 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.

Then clean the ceiling and remove any dust or dirt leftover. Though the process is time consuming it is typically easily done by a homeowner. This small demo was taken from my garage showing the steps to smooth out a ceiling with this finish. How to remove textured popcorn ceiling duration.