Sanding Down Popcorn Ceilings

Use a coarse grit pole sander across the whole surface.

Sanding down popcorn ceilings.

The popcorn finish should loosen and fall off easily. If you do not want to scrape the ceiling or wall you can try sanding. I mentioned that sanding down popcorn ceilings is not the best removal method. If you are looking for a miracle festool sander to deal with popcorn ceilings they don t exist.

The general process is to get a pump up garden spra. Further down below is a video i wanted to share of someone who has removed 500 popcorn ceilings telling you why sanding is not the best way to go. Smooth out the stipple ceiling with a pole sander after using the electric sander. June 12 2018 at 2 10 pm.

There are three common ways to get rid of that unsightly popcorn ceiling and finally get a smooth looking ceiling. If you are sanding a stipple ceiling use an electric sander with dust bag. Use 120 grit sandpaper followed by 200 grit. The main reason popcorn ceiling texture was used in the first place was to camouflage the flaws in the sheetrock or taping job.

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. Sanding is probably a bad idea. Just wet and scape.

This will knock down the stipple. There are tons of videos on youtube about this. Use a long pole with a sanding pad to sand the ceiling once the popcorn has been scraped off. 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.

Follow up with a sander that can handle the dust. How to scrape a popcorn ceiling. A sander is a planer tool and popcorn ceiling is three dimensional. However a knockdown finish will accomplish the same camouflage feature but be much more subtle in texture and effect.

I want to knock down our popcorn but i m nervous. The way that popcorn ceilings are normally handled and the way that i have removed mine is by scraping them down.