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04-20-2011, 02:13 PM | #16 |
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Setting the ceiling on fire would have been faster and less painful.
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04-20-2011, 03:12 PM | #17 |
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Don't forget to apply a liberal amount of beer. That always helps with the removal...
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04-20-2011, 03:29 PM | #18 |
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Drop the ceiling and re-sheetrock.
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04-20-2011, 03:39 PM | #19 |
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i'm going through the same thing.
my largest room had paint over the popcorn, so the water/soak/scrape method only got about 50% of the old material off, leaving a rough surface the other unpainted ceilings were a breeze thinking about using this product, no sanding required (thanks Over-Head) http://specializedbuildingproducts.c...20submital.pdf
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04-20-2011, 04:01 PM | #20 |
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If you do it right with the spray bottle, it will look a lot like orange peel texture.
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This works great as long as it hasn't been painted. The good thing is that the shit is impossible to brush and roll so it rarely is.
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04-20-2011, 04:42 PM | #22 |
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So what do you do with the ceiling after you knock off the popcorn - leave it flat and paint it?
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04-20-2011, 04:47 PM | #23 |
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Oh yeah, speaking of paint, make sure to use flat paint on the ceiling when you're done, it's more forgiving of surface imperfections.
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My house is only 11 years old and it has that shit throughout. I would love to remove it because it is so outdated but the mess involved makes me very hesitant.
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04-21-2011, 08:54 AM | #27 |
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I did ours a few years ago...I did a dry method, whereas I scraped at a 30 degree angle and knocked down the high spots. Wiped it down with a damp rag to remove the dust, then painted a few coats. This eliminated the need for skim coating and sanding. It also left what looks like an orange peel texture. It looks really good, I must say.
Regarding the mess, it will be messy, but I found the best way to contain it is really quite simple. Obviously plastic the floor and furniture, but you can catch nearly 90% of all the falling "popcorn texture" when you scrape by simply having the lid to a case of printer paper. Turn the lid upside down so it acts like a tray with raised edges, and keep it relatively close to the ceiling when scraping, all the texture falls directly into the tray. Very easy and kept mess at a minimum. |
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04-21-2011, 09:16 AM | #28 |
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Just went through this ahhhhhh went back with a Knock down finish, hell to paint but looks up to date. Crows foot in bathrooms.
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most of mines the 1ft sq fiber board. Im gettin ready to paint the inside of my place. Its IDK the walls are anywhere from 40-80+ year old brown wood board. I wanna lighten the rooms up. thoughts?
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