Home improvement expert Ron Hazelton shows how to properly remove a popcorn ceiling, transforming your ceiling from ugly to lovely. To view an extended version of this video, visit www.ronhazelton.com.
How to Remove a Popcorn Ceiling
Written by Tools on September 9th, 2010 in Home Improvement.
Tags: Ceiling, Popcorn, Remove
reminds me of the execution scenes in Dexter!
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wow i thought i would have to pay tons of money to get rid of this crap…i love you ron!!
The ceiling in this project tested negative for asbestos by an independent lab.
As an Asbestos Project Monitor, I was scared for these people in this vidieo. Where is the respirator? The negative air? The protective clothing? Go get your lungs tested NOW!
Used water and it was difficult. Scrapped dry and it came off pretty easy though more dist. I think the paint on the popcorn made it unpredictable while the dry method was easy and consistant though we had to patch a few spots that got it with the scrapping tool.
Excellent video – much more informative than “Expert Village”.
Good ideas. Any suggestions on what to do if the popcorned ceiling has been painted over? Will it absorb water and still peel? One writer said water and vinegar.
One thing everyone should know, when you scrape off the popcorn it will expose the tape underneath. Alot of the builders do not finish the ceiling before shooting on the popcorn. If this is the case you now have to mud over the tape lines then sand to get a smooth surface to paint. It’s not easy. I just did 3 bedrooms and had to mud, sand and retexture all of them so they would look right.
tat is it? just spray water and scrape off? wow so cool. the proffesional est. the job about a couple of thousand to remove it and paint it. thanks
The fibre exposure is not supported with air filtration and the workers don’t have protection against the asbetos fibre. The procedure shown in the video is not complete and correct
grabbing that popcon is awesome heheheheh thanx for sharing im going to play around my little room someday how to scrape those annoying popcorn.
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I just spent ALL day yesterday doing this to a new house I just bought. You have to go back over the ceilings like 2-3 times to get it wet enough, then if you can let it soak for about 10 min, it works best.
Thanks Ron.
well I took the dive and picked up a Wagner Power Tex gun.. not rated for a “whole” house but I did a 12X14 room yesterday for “knockdown”.. excellent results..
The hopper is a bit small but not that big a deal.. sure beats the $3500 est. I got by about $3200 to do the entire house.. I am doing 2nd bath, hallway tonight..
Thanks for the video.. saved me tons!!
I haven’t tried the electric gun so I’d probably rent an air type.
Well this is going well thank you.. also, I would like to up a knockdown texture back up.. do the straight electric texture guns do an adequate job or should I just stick with the old style air gun. (Sherwin Williams has a gun for $110 in the all electric class)
Absolutely. Just be careful not to track any spilled texture out of the room. An additional layer of rosin paper or newspaper can keep things neat.
if reapplying spanish lace or other texture, can’t you just leave all the protection in place and remove all the mess after the new texture is up?
LOL!! Be careful what you say!! They might believe you!!!
water and vinegar ppl!!
see, the real problem comes in after someone sprayed it, then painted it with acrylic or vinyl paint, the water would just make a mess. Sometimes it’s just faster to use 3/8 sheetrock, grab a friend and re rock the ceiling, put some recessed lights in while you’r at it too. Have to be handy I suppose. This works when the popcorn ceiling has not been painted.
yes. you can actually reheat it with some butter and watch a movie.
is the popcorn ceiling made of popcorn??