Roll On Popcorn Ceiling

Prep your room carefully since the texture of a popcorn ceiling is bound to cause a good deal of splatter when you roll on paint.

Roll on popcorn ceiling. This method requires nonprofessionals to rent a spray gun specifically for the purpose of popcorn ceiling installation. Homax popcorn roll on texture is a ready to use easy to apply finish for interior ceilings. Great for hiding minor cracks and imperfections repairing damaged ceiling texture or applying new texture and dries to a white durable finish. Instead roll the paint on in a straight pattern using the lightest pressure as possible as you move over the surface.

The popcorn texture is also sometimes used on walls and a similar technique is common for garage floors. Typically popcorn ceiling installers use a spray gun and hopper to force the perlite popcorn onto the ceiling. In another thread someone mentioned that there was a popcorn paint that you could roll on and i also found repair articles on the net discussing a roll on but i cannot find such a thing. Ceiling texture paint allows you to easily apply perlite popcorn to your ceiling manually with a roller so you can avoid costly equipment rentals.

This effect on the ceiling can dramatically change the way a room looks and it is relatively easy to care for. I found some additive that you can put in paint that is supposed to be for popcorn ceiling but once mixed i am sure that you will need a special roller. I m going to show you how to skim coat over painted popcorn ceilin. Rolling on homax texured popcorn ceiling.

Tape plastic sheeting around the walls and cover the floors with. Don t scrape your painted popcorn ceiling. In today s skim coating tutorial. The popcorn or acoustical ceiling texture is usually applied with either a roll on method or spray method.

When you re painting a textured popcorn ceiling you don t need to apply the paint in a zigzag fashion as you usually would with a flat surface.