Popcorn texture was a popular cosmetic application that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s.  Although homes are still being built with popcorn tescraping-popcorn-texturextured ceilings, homeowners are still looking for ways to remove the texture in their existing and new homes.  Popcorn texture is a cheap way to finish ceilings and keep production going to build and turnover homes.  Drywall finishing is a sensitive process and applying mud takes ti

 

have accepted popcorn textured ceilings so long that it became an industry standard product.  Now that homeowners are getting more savvy they want to remove the texture and want to see their smooth ceiling.  Popcorn ceilings are cheap and tacky.  So we understand why more homeowners want to remove their texture from the ceilings and give the luxurious looking of an ultra smooth ceiling.

me when done properly is in expensive.  The idea to texture ceilings came about to give homeowners there homes quickly.

Homeowners

I am going to go over a few techniques to help homeowners remove their popcorn ceilings as a do it yourself project  You’re first going to need something to apply water to the texture.  If there’s no semi gloss paint on the ceiling, wetting the ceiling will be enough.  Apply the water liberally and wait a few minutes before trying to scrape.  Then you will need a floor scraping like that in the image below.

 

Once you let the water sit for sometime, then attempt to scrape the ceiling.  If the texture is still difficult to remove, then apply more water, wait another 5 minutes and try again.  You will notice, once you get the right amount of saturation then the texture will fall in sheets with the scraper.  You shouldn’t have to apply too much pressure.   Removing texture from ceilings is a messy process that isn’t so attractive for some people.  For those that don’t want to deal with the messy process of removing popcorn texture should contact us.  You can text pictures and details of your project to 704.931.8438 and we will get in touch with you shortly for a fast and easy quote.

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