Warning: There is a chance that popcorn ceilings can contain asbestos. If there is any doubt you should use a asbestos services professional to test for it.
This is the second of three posts on removing the popcorn ceiling in our library, formally known as the formal dinning room.
Supplies:
- Homax ceiling texture scraper
- 50′ Hose
- 6″ steel scraper
- Step ladder
Before starting, I did a visual inspection of the area to make sure it there was sufficient overlap in the seams.
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Prepped Room with Plastic on Walls
Water is used to loosen the old texture for scraping. In the past I tried using the equivalent of a bug sprayer to apply the water, but that was too much work. This time I brought the hose in.
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Hose Going Into The Room
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Garden Hose In The Room
It took a little confidence in my prep job to spray the ceiling with the hose. I used the shower setting on the nozzle. I wanted the top coating to get wet without soaking the drywall underneath.
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Wet Popcorn Ceiling
After I cleared the hose from the room, I used the ceiling texture scraper on a broom handle to scrape the popcorn. One thing is I didn’t bother using the bag attachment that is supposed to catch the falling texture. The first time I used this it quickly got heavy. It took 1/2 an hour to scrape the ceiling. Because of how wet the drywall underneath was, I had to be careful around the joints otherwise the taping would come off.
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Scraping Texture Off Ceiling
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Close-Up Of Scraping Ceiling Texture
The scraper on the wood handle would only get close to the edge where the walls meet the ceiling. A hand scraper was used to do the finish work on the ceilings.
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Detail Scraping Around Ceiling Edges
After all the scraping was done there was a huge mess. The wet popcorn texture was caking to my shoes every-time I walked on it. The plastic leading up to the room provided a great place to take my shoes on and off before going into the rest of the house.
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Scraped Popcorn Ceiling On The Floor
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Are you sure there was no asbestos on the popcorn ceiling ?
Otherwise it’s really dangerous!
That is something that you have to keep in mind. If there is any doubt you should use a asbestos services professional to test for it. Thanks for your concern.
Thank you very much for this technique tip. I was trying to do it all by hand on a ladder. This was absolutely irritating as I had to keep getting up and down off the ladder to move it to the next spot. In the pictures I see water on the plastic, how did you wet the ceiling first? I only used a spray bottle.
I have already ripped up the carpet from this area (only concrete now), I was too tired getting up and down off the ladder, how do you suggest I proceed with my project?