Power Sanding Popcorn Ceiling

Only give it a light misting too much water could damage the drywall or loosen the joint tape.

Power sanding popcorn ceiling.

However the thought of manually sanding it off sounds so much worse than actually having to look at the ceiling itself. Don t fret if your ceiling is now clear but not. Follow up with a sander that can handle the dust. Popcorn ceilings can be seen as such an eyesore on an otherwise beautiful home.

At mississauga handyman we use a festool planex dust extracting power sander to both remove popcorn and sand out freshly skim coated ceilings and walls. The popcorn will be sheared off by sanders that deal with the level as they were engineered to do. It won t work about 80 of th. Sand away any residue left behind by the old popcorn texture using a drywall pole sander and then roll on a coat of white ceiling primer.

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. Start with a 4 foot 1 2 m area so the ceiling does not dry before you get to it. If you are sanding a popcorn ceiling wet the ceiling with water using a garden sprayer. You ll probably need to skim it with a thin layer of joint compound to smooth out imperfections then sand it smooth before repainting.

Dust free power sanding is by far the cleanest quickest and most professional way to tackle the job. A sander is a planer tool and popcorn ceiling is three dimensional. 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. If you want to know if you can sand off your popcorn ceiling texture i ll show you.

Just wet and scape. You can t always sand off popcorn texture. This was a picture of the kitchen with the popcorn ceiling and wallpapered walls. And i ve seen it do.