Popcorn Ceiling Removal

Arm yourself with knowledge before attempting the popcorn ceiling removal process. Knowing what needs to be done to prepare, then to wet the popcorn properly before scraping off the popcorn texture. After the popcorn is scraped off you can see what repairis need to be made. Typical repairs that often need to be made are filling the gouges that were put into the drywall while scraping. If the taping done originally has lifted up, the joints will need to be redone. After repairs are done the ceiling can now be textured. Complete the removal and retexture process by cleaning up the popcorn texure and removing the plastic containing the scraped off popcorn.

Preparation involves putting plastic on the floor and taping plastic to the wall just below the ceiling and then taping the plastic on the walls to plastic on the floor. This bags the room in plastic to catch the popcorn texture as it is scraped off.

Before scraping pocorn off the ceiling sprary water on the popcorn to wet the popcorn. When the popcorn is sufficiently wet, you can start scraping the popcorn off the ceiling into the plastic. When the popcorn is removed, you can see how much repair has to be done.

Repairs may not need to be done but sometimes you need to retape the drywall joints or patch knicks and gouges in the drywall that occurred during the scraping process or damage that occurred prior to removing the popcorn.

After the ceiling is retextured, the cleanup process begins. This involves taking the plastic off the walls and floors. carefully containing the popcorn ceiling texture inside the plastic bag created by the floor and wall plastic.

Put the rolled up plastic and popcorn into large plastic trash bags and remove them from the premises.