Sanding Down Popcorn Ceilings

The popcorn will be sheared off by sanders that deal with the level as they were engineered to do.
Sanding down popcorn ceilings. If you are sanding a stipple ceiling use an electric sander with dust bag. With his help we break down the three methods to redoing popcorn ceilings below. A sander is a planer tool and popcorn ceiling is three dimensional. If you do not want to scrape the ceiling or wall you can try sanding.
The way that popcorn ceilings are normally handled and the way that i have removed mine is by scraping them down. However the thought of manually sanding it off sounds so much worse than actually having to look at the ceiling itself. How to scrape a popcorn ceiling. Popcorn ceilings can be seen as such an eyesore on an otherwise beautiful home.
Smooth out the stipple ceiling with a pole sander after using the electric sander. There are tons of videos on youtube about this. 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. Use a coarse grit pole sander across the whole surface.
Use 120 grit sandpaper followed by 200 grit. If you are looking for a miracle festool sander to deal with popcorn ceilings they don t exist. However a knockdown finish will accomplish the same camouflage feature but be much more subtle in texture and effect. Sanding is probably a bad idea.
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. This will knock down the stipple. There are three common ways to get rid of that unsightly popcorn ceiling and finally get a smooth looking ceiling. Be sure to sand evenly starting in one corner and moving across the wall.
I mentioned that sanding down popcorn ceilings is not the best removal method. I want to knock down our popcorn but i m nervous. The main reason popcorn ceiling texture was used in the first place was to camouflage the flaws in the sheetrock or taping job. Just wet and scape.
Follow up with a sander that can handle the dust. June 12 2018 at 2 10 pm.