Removing Popcorn Texture? Here's the Step by Step method of removing it RIGHT in 2022!
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- BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO REMOVE YOUR POPCORN TEXTURE, YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS FIRST. I have removed over 500 popcorn ceiling textures and wanted to pass on my expertise in this area.
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You could try the disposable shoe covers like doctors and cops wear OR try bowling shoe covers that can be taken off and washed. Cheapest way would be reusing plastic shopping bags... just a thought for those who wear shoes.😊
Came for the popcorn removal, stayed for the kilt.
Thanks!
Atleast he is not using a ladder haha 👍
1lkydad 75 some want me on a ladder....
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY haha you the man! Btw thanks for everything. You really helped me along the way with my popcorn removal job.
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1lkydad 75 glad I could help
Hey everyone, first off, I apologize for the long intro. This video was actually shot on 3/29/2017, back when I was real new to this. It's NOT my best quality video, and yes, I did narrate too much. I have worked on getting to the point much quicker these days so if you watch some of my latest videos, I get to the point quicker. It's funny because this video has never gotten a lot of attention, then suddenly, TH-cam started showing it much more and it has gone crazy lately, getting 15,000 views a day and I'm thankful, but I am working hard to put out better quality content all the time.
I actually will be shooting a popcorn removal video again soon, so be watching for a much better version. It will have better lighting, better sound and more to the point. So I thank you so much for understanding that being a TH-cam creator is a learning process, and I am working hard to get better, and I do value your feedback as long as it's polite. Thanks and see you on the next video. Guy
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Hi sorry if I was a bit blunt in my first comment to you, this was the firs time I had seen you, I, ll havee a look for some more of your vids just to compare 🤔🤔😁
Thank you for apologizing for your long intro. I was just going to the comments to complain in rude words.
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I've been in construction for 40 years, and this guy covered just about you need to everything know and the problems you might likely run into.
Excellent job.
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As a painting contractor I do these removals fairly often. Personally I like to use the popcorn removal knifes that have the bags on the end to catch the majority of the texture. I still mask all floors and walls off completely but they help with keeping the job clean quite a bit. Also airless paint sprayers work great to spray the water on. I like to spray the texture with water 2-5 times while waiting 10-20 mins between. Good points in this video!
Do you have to worry about water damage when wetting the ceiling
@Katelin B as long as you don't get it extremely wet it won't damage it. In the past I have even used a garden hose with a nozzle. If you use an airless it's actually somewhat difficult to get it that wet. Key is lots of coats, medium sized tip, 517 works great.
What popcorn removal knife w bag attached do you like to use? Thanks!
@@katelinb9224Yes. You also have to worry about damaging the drywall creating more work. Honestly the best method is drywalling over it. Not to mention asbestos.
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Was not interested in removing the popcorn surface from my ceiling but curiosity of "How To" do this & that eventually got me to your video. Never intended to watch from beginning to end but I did. What kept me going was your SUPER EXCELLENT tips, cautions and over all explanation. This was perhaps the very best Tutorial type videos I have ever watched. NOT because of the type of project, but because of how well it was organized and explained. Thanks
Wow. I really appreciate hearing that. I do work hard at teaching more in detail. Thanks, Guy
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I put Wal-Mart bags over my shoes . and before I leave the room I just take the bags off
That is a good idea, especially when doing a room at a time. I seem to need to go in and out of the rooms dozens of times every day, so I tried shoe booties, but just didn't like it. My helper has used the walmart bag trick so it is a good idea. Thanks for sharing that. Take care, Guy.
I wear Walmart shoes ..... then throw 'em away ..... lol
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I personally did not find that you were rambling on at all. Great instructions all the way !! You nailed this video by covering the entire process from start to finish AND , THREW IN A TON OF PRO TIPS. Really appreciate you for passing on these video GEMS . I subscribed and have seen a number of these GEMS. Thank you for being a leader by example, for putting out great content and going the extra mile to improve our viewing experience. Thank you.
Thanks, I appreciate that and it’s good to know. Guy
In the 80’s I would come home for 30 days leave from the military and work finishing drywall with my brother in law. Your honest attention to detail is correct and very much appreciated. Lessons I learned over years back then still apply today. Keep making the video’s “too long” because you cover the little things make a job go from, yeck to emm ok, to WoW! Well done Sir. One example of the work we did is still on display at the Ford Presidential Oval Office replica in the museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thanks for bringing back tips I had long forgotten.
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Thank you so much for this video! My husband and I are now 66 & 58 respectively and while we've done a ton of diy stuff we were not at all sure what to do with these popcorn ceilings! Now we feel like we can! Great detailed info and great help with prep! Thanks
Did you guys ended up doing it? If so, how did it turned out?
Great video. After watching I actually feel like I could do this. I hate our popcorn 🍿 ceiling. One more thing, thanks for not using any of that obnoxious music. Look forward to checking more of your videos out.
Thank you. I am always working on putting out better videos. I'll be doing another whole house popcorn removal soon and will put out an even better video then. See you on the next one!
Great info. I’ve tried lightly spraying with water with little effect. Knowing it may need multiple spraying to loosen up is great. Thanks much.
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I’m a true novice and I plan to use your step by step info soon. You explain everything so well; thanks again!
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Hi Kilted Guy! (love that). Just sharing that my husband and I removed popcorn from three rooms (so far). What a mess, even with taping and removing furniture. Our house was built in 1987 and the ceiling hadn't been painted. I like how you advised to really wet the surface and wait. We did have to spray ours several times and then lots of touch up and repairs. We were hiring a professional to skim coat the whole thing and then sand and prime/paint. One note to share is to turn off heat or A/C as the drywall dust will migrate to every room. Another thing I'd mention is having really good lighting for the clean up/repair work and even to inspect after final sanding and priming. Things just show up during each phase. I think you provided a great narrative with good advise and I watched the whole thing and learned a little more than before. Great video, thanks for posting.
ps: we have a cathedral ceiling with beams.....and popcorn. I'm rethinking things and might put up the lighter weight drywall instead of working between all those beams! Thought about using some type of flooring on the ceiling but not sure yet. Not looking forward to the mess either way
Pam, thanks for sharing. Yes, the popcorn removal is about the messiest thing we do in drywall. And that's great advice to turn off the heat, IF you have forced air. IF you have ANY vents that draw air in, either cover them up, or turn off the system. And good lighting is KEY to doing a good job of finishing. I use a portable light on a stand as I can move it around as needed, and the more you shine it Down a surface, the more it shows the defects. If you get a chance, send us some pictures of one of the rooms. Before and after, or just after, and I'll feature it on my Facebook page at: facebook.com/profile.php?id=709003475845845&ref=br_rs and other places like my website, etc. I love customer before and after pics. Thanks again and take care.
I do understand fully. It's soo much more work than most people realize. I've had to quit doing them entirely due to my vertigo not going away so trying to do this channel full time. I would say though that doing an overlay is NOT easy. If I have a choice, I would go with removal any day. OR consider tongue and groove ceiling boards. Good luck, and keep me posted.
Some paint stores get their paint shipped to them in a shallow cardboard caddy. It holds (4) 1 gallon cans of paint. I use this caddy to catch the acoustic as I scrape it off the ceiling. It works fantastically well and eliminates 90% of the mess. At first look, you might think it won't hold enough scrapings to be useful, but it is. As it fills up, I dump it out into a medium size uhaul moving box. When I'm finished scraping, I just dump the larger box out into the dumpster. I highly recommend trying this method.
Thank you for this tip.
We used an old cookie sheet..held in one hand, scraper in the other..worked great.
Super job demonstrating how to remove. I have had several people ask me recently if I do popcorn removal. After watching your detailed demonstration and tips I fell more confident about taking on a job to remove it. Thanks !!
Thank you a lot for that comment. You guys are why I try and explain it thoroughly, but I keep getting comment after comment that I’m talking too much. I have actually tried to cut my talking down quite a bit but I still have to talk a lot to explain things so that you understand the hows, whys, and what ifs.
Thanks, Guy
I have scraped a number of popcorn ceiling. I agree it's very messy, but all I ever did was use warm water and a deck spayer then wet a 4-6 area and used my drywall scraper to remove. Very little prep after that. When cutting into ceiling and wall, go length ways, not into the edge of ceiling tape or you hit the tape then your reaping the ceiling.
Excellent video , my son is a plastering contractor, and he just plastered my ceilings over the popcorn and it came out beautiful, the plaster was white and i did not have to paint. He has never had to scrape a ceiling and he has done many, many homes. He said it is now a new method and hardly no one scrapes anymore.
Thanks for sharing
Yeah, but a homeowner like me can scrape and sand. Your son knows how to plaster - and that definitely takes skill.
It’s not exactly the best method either because most of the time the popcorn will break off into pieces and get into your drywall making more of a mess.
Great video with lots of detail :-). You make it look so simple! I don't think I will try to tackle this all by myself, but at least I'll have a better idea of the amount of work involved when a contractor gives me his overall cost estimate. Plus, this video will help me ask better questions of the contractor before the job is begun. Thank you very much!!
Joan, that's awesome. I know a lot of you won't attempt all these tasks, but you will now have a better idea of how it should be done and how much work and mess is involved. Plus, you know what the contractor should state they will do. Many who claim they can do it, won't do all these things and you'll end up with a low quality job. So I'm glad to help.
You expressed my thoughts exactly! IF done correctly, it is a ton of work
Goofy as hell anyone would put this much work into a ceiling that only weird OCD people pay attention to, no one looks at a ceiling. Removal makes the room look boring and like an institution, unusual ceiling fads gotta die, like yesterday, sheesh...People are such lemmings. Great video though and ya did a great job, even though it's pointless.
Maybe you don’t look at ceilings, but a lot of us do and they collect debris, smoke, grease, spiderwebs and more and you can’t clean them. It’s not pointless at all. Some people like to live in a house that looks clean and neat and Popcorn is anything but that. And no, popcorn ceilings are never coming back, lol
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY popcorn will make its return one day, fads die, but always come back. People need to stop following the trends, too much charm and originality are being stripped from homes, all cookie cutter now ..ah well
Straight warm/hot water works best, WITHOUT any detergents. You will have issues with detergents in the water when you prime/paint. Just use straight warm/hot water, nothing else.
I've never used detergent, as my favorite is Krud Kutter. It works great as a cleaner, week old paint remover, and it's non toxic, biodegradeable, and non flammable. And with this product, in over 500 popcorn removals, I've never had a failure. But I do agree to not use detergent or anything harsh as it's not even safe to breathe. Thanks for commenting. 😎👣
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I wish I'd seen this about a dozen years ago I did a ceiling dry, the stuff floated everywhere. I think if it was wet it wouldn't have become so dusty.
Yeah, the secret is first to mask off the whole room. That contains more of the dust as even with the wet method it will dry up and some will float around. But wet does lock more of it down and lessen that.
Kevin Douglas I masked everything off with heavy mil plastic drop sheets and covered the floor. Then I too dry scraped the dining room. Believe me it was hard work. Made myself a pole scraper very much like in the video, only my scraper was four inches and really stiff. It got the stuff off and I had it everywhere, including in my underwear. After that I painted it all white with an expensive semi gloss over my primer. I put up two beams, a drop crown molding all around with rope lighting behind. Put pot lights and Pyle speakers in the beams and added a medallion around the base of the new room chandelier. It all came together and looks much better without that popcorn. Now the Big Boss (Wife), wants every room in the house that has popcorn changed to a smooth painted surface. I told her that with all the other projects that she has assigned me, that won't happen anytime soon. As I only have two hands and my left hand wasn't feeling well. But next time I will do the wet method, I'm sure it will go easier.
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In Britain we call it artex which I think was a brand name that stuck. Was so much easier than skimming to level five which everyone wants nowadays on all walls and ceilings. A real pain but we have a lot of great plasterers over here that can skim to a polished finish in a couple hours with no sanding etc
Homeowners that do not have the expensive dust free sander can use a damp rag. Rub it rather than sand it. Leaves a perfect finish and no dust.
Yeah a wet grout sponge works great
Yes, it’s referred to as wet sanding. Works wonders if you have time to let it dry before the next step
Yes but if you use too much water, and run too hard you can damage the paper on the dry wall.
I lived in a house that had silver glitter popcorn ceilings. I personally thought it was beautiful. I was young, in my teens and I lived there at least a year before I realized it lol.
My little brother and I would tease our friends and joke how we didn't see the glitter lol. Some would get so bent out of shape trying to figure out if we were kidding or not. Too funny. Thanks for reminding me!
And great video!
Love the detail. Thank you so much for putting in the time to make this video! :)
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I got lucky when we did our house. My husband did the upstairs (main floor) and I got the downstairs which at the time was only one huge room and a bathroom. We later turned it into a den with 4th bedroom BUT anyways, it's was over concrete. I just brought the garden hose in, misted the ceiling, and walked back and forth knocking it right off. It was kind of fun even tho not super fun for my aching rotator cuffs lol.
Good video. I'm a bit simpler,a backpack sprayer and 12" knife all I've ever used for years!
That does work. I used a back pack sprayer for a short while but this do sprayer I use would blow your mind as to how fast it is, and no cumbersome backpack to deal with. Plus I have to refill less often. But it does work. Thanks for sharing
As a 3rd generation plaster, I was very impressed with this video, I have popcorn texture in my house and have thought about removing it, these steps you have shown were spot on, this is how I would/will do it. THANK YOU KILT GUY, GREAT VIDEO
Nice video! Very informative! Also looks like Bruce Willis explains how to remove popcorn texture :)
This video is extremely thorough, well worth watching! Helpful for any novice or person crazy enough to DIY.
Scherrie Goettsch thanks so much!
Thank You for sharing your tips on popcorn removal. I have a whole house to scrape the popcorn off the ceilings! Your video is so helpful!
You are so welcome!
I liked your presentation. A lot of knowledge, well telegraphed. Thank you, dennis!
Thank you Dennis.
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I used the hose from my yard with a two way adjustable sprayer I adjusted the water pressure and the spray pattern I wanted outside in the yard. When I was happy with the pressure and the spray I turned off the water from the nozzle adjustment . I put the hose through the window or door of the room I was working on, I put plastic down on the carpet or floor I only had to work the on-and-off on the sprayer nozzle. Spray the ceiling while it was soaking in and softening up I took some towels and wipe down the walls. By then the ceiling was ready to be scraped it went quick and easy. I was done. The biggest problem I had was the stuff from the ceiling sticking to the bottom of my shoes, I used a scraping to scrape off the bottom of my shoes a lot. When I was done, I rolled up the plastic put it all in the trash can. It took about an hour maybe a little more. Then got ready to tape and texture and paint.
SNAP! I have been watching so many of your videos and just found out you are in my state! This girl is taking a mini retirement….. and have been fixing the cracks in our house again after getting the foundation fixed (7+8 years ago) Just east of the foothills here, in Morrison. Gotta love the bentonite……..
Amazing video!!! Always wondered How to remove that popcorn.
Definitely looking forward to see your work.
There's several ways and I've tried most of them, but this way is my favorite. Do you have some you're needing to remove? 😎👣
This literally helped me do my entire house! Thank you so much for your awesome videos!
New home owner about to take on this diy, and I gotta say… you couldn’t have made a better video tutorial pretty much answering all the questions that I felt I wanted to ask. Thank you sir!
So did you do the job?
I literally just finished the DIY removal in my own home. The home has been completely renovated because it’s just all garbage, carpet, vinyl flooring etc.
we removed the flooring, floor boards and zero furniture in the house. I laid plastic down and wet the ceiling and scraped with two other people. We wore masks and goggles and gave ourselves a blow job after, pun intended. Got the 800-1000 square feet done in 1 hour, cleaned any lingering material with a vacuum for about two hours after.
You can either live with it or get rid of it and I was not going to live with it (probably still will if it’s in my lungs!). My house was built in 72’.
What if youve verified the popcorn is asbestos containjng? Dry grinding to get residual off seems risky if youre dealing with aabestos popcorn doesnt it?
If it has asbestos in it, I wouldn’t disturb it at all. Myself, I put a new layer of sheet rock over it, or spray a primer to lock it down and then skim coat it
Video was fine... great explanation for anyone that's never done this.
We used a small paint sprayer (Graco 395) with a 2' wand for getting water on the ceiling (Dawn or Krud Kutter if there was paint, just water if there wasn't any), and my partner was doing it this way when I joined him. I wasn't good from the ground with the 10", but one day I was stilted up (just taped all the ceilings) and asked him to hand me a 6" knife for each hand, to see if I could do it better... wow was it a cleaner, faster job and the ceiling looked like it had just been mudded & taped. For everyone after that first one, we'd have a king-sized mattress bag hanging on 4 corners of a 6'x2' scaffold and we made bank cleaning those.
My partner would pull the scaffold around the room in front of me. Got where I could drop ~95% of the popcorn in the bag. Hardly left anything on the ceiling. (We had the Porter Cable, but after it dried, just a quick dusting (under a minute per room) with a Radius360 sanding pole would get it clean enough to skim or prime (depending on how bad the original ceiling was). Best part was, since most of the popcorn was in the bag and we used a paint sprayer, very little spray fell down, so the floor stayed pretty dry. We'd sweep the small amount that hit the floor to the corners and get that the next day, but since the huge bag of popcorn (from the entire job) was sitting on the scaffold boards, we could roll the entire thing outside to a dumpster and throw it away.
I haven't done it since my 40s, and he's long since retired (in his lower 90s now), but with young shoulders pushing two 6"s on stilts, it was really fast & effective.
Do homebuyers like knockdown ceilings or do they prefer smooth ceilings? I want to get top dollar when I sell. Currently have popcorn ceilings.
Depends on your area
@19:40... VERY SATISFYING to watch that...
Thank you for the comment, glad you enjoyed it. Guy 😎✌
What kind of price per SQ ft do you charge for this. I've been getting around3 to 4 bucks a ft. Just wondering where other peope are on this. Prices are all over the place
Same
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Thank you for the thorough explanation. I have been telling my hubby to remove the awful popcorn texture and got tired of waiting. I removed the texture in one room. It was very easy with your explanation and only had 2 little areas were i peeled a bit of the tape the paper. Now to repair the drywal and paint. I want a clean finish ceiling. Unfortunately can only do a room bc ceilings are super high in other areas of the house.
Have you ever had the tape pull paint off the walls? If so how did you fix that?
I'd like to hear about your pricing structure and share mine with you to compare perspectives.
MD, thank you for your comment. If you are going to try and leave it smooth, the playlist below will help as you'll want to skim coat it AFTER you do all the repairs you can. Hope this helps. Guy
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JAH, it actually happens a lot. I always use the green frogtape now as it's less likely to damage the wall, but if it happens, I just touch it up with paint, or repair the missing mud if that happens, and then paint it.
I just put a mist setting on my garden hose gun and sprayed it and waited about 30 minutes then I scraped it off onto the tarp. You don't have to mess around with a battery operated sprayer.
True, I've tried it all including my airless, and they all leave way too much water in the air for an airless (think dense fog) or too much on the floor and I don't want to work in so much mess that can end up on my customers floors as I walk out to my truck. Plus, often, popcorn has a light coat of paint and requires multiple coats of water which build up, but you can do it that way.
this is the most well structured youtube video ive seen. thank you
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Your video gives me the confidence to tackle the popcorn texture in the old home we just bought! It's in every room except for the kitchen and attic. I'm gonna be BUSY lol
You can do it! I'll be releasing a Brand New version of this in a few days, that I just shot a few months ago. It'll have better video, more information, etc, so be watching for it.
Very helpful to understand the amount of work required to get this job done. Thanks
You are welcome!
Looking forward to using your techniques on my popcorn ceilings! Thanks for the very thorough instructions!
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Finally someone who addresses the drywall tape at the edges and cleaning it up! I've scraped almost every room in our house and managed to keep the tape in pretty good shape, but it was a real surprise in the beginning and freaked me out. We'll probably put up crown molding still to better cover the popcorn I didn't quite get out of the crack. Thanks for your videos! I also scraped my ceilings barefoot! Haha
Mary, thanks so much for the comment. And I find it silly why people get so worked up over me working barefoot. It’s not like there are boards with nails laying around it’s a carpeted floor most of the time or plastic in this case. Good luck with the crown molding if you go that route, and be sure and study the technique well as it’s kind of tricky to make the miter cuts. Thanks again, Guy
You can remove popcorn from your crack by just putting more butter on it!
Lol M Ladd.
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The new trend is going to be returning 80's era houses back to their vintage look by re-pop corning the ceilings.
Lol, Uh, I'd bet money that it will never come back, with the exception of maybe .1 percent of people.
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My home was built in 1962 I have molding on the ceiling was made by hand and in the middle I have popcorn texture, and there is a very long crack from left to right . I was told it may has asbestos, any solution for my problem please any idea for what i can do ?thank you
@@abn5200 I just shot a video today on the dangers of popcorn ceiling, and another I'll release later on Should you remove it, and one more on 5 ways to get rid of it even if you have asbestos, without paying the super expensive asbestos abatement price, and still do it safely. Be watching and make sure you clicked the bell icon.
Kilted Guy - Excellent description! I just finished doing a small room this afternoon. Now onto some sanding, minor filling & prep for paint. Thank you.
Sounds great!
I don't get the advantage of wearing a kilt when climbing ladders, especially when some customers already pull up a chair and watch the work progress. Does it boost the tips?
Look at my recent community tab post and you’ll see that, even standing right below me, you don’t see anything. You keep your legs together when you climb a ladder. The photo was taken by my wife, by the way.
The advantages are, extreme less binding. Now when I put shorts on it feels like I’ve got a ratchet strap in my crotch. And it’s much more airy and just more comfortable.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY So, it makes climbing over a barbed wire fence both easier, yet at the same time harder (or, at least, a bit trickier) ?
I did this to pay my way through college in early 80's. My family and friends still ask me to help them with their ceilings.
How did you do it? Did you like it? Probably a good way to put yourself through college. Me, I went to college for one year and paid my way through by working for my dad, doing all drywall, lol. 😎👣
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY The first two years were re-sprays and after that we started to remove the popcorn just like the way you describe it in the video. My boss always test it for asbestos and would not touch it if came back positive. I like the work a lot but I wasn't the boss making $.
Question!!! What are your thoughts on mudding over the popcorn ceiling? Opinion on quality?? Anyone please! 😂
Thank you for the education! You're a great teacher! Love the kilt!
Thanks for all the compliments, I truly appreciate it.
Anyone else done this?
I literally just finished the DIY removal in my own home. The home has been/is in the process of being completely renovated because it’s just all garbage, carpet, vinyl flooring etc.
We removed the flooring, floor boards and zero furniture in the house. I laid plastic down and wet the ceiling and scraped with two other people. We wore masks N95 and goggles and gave ourselves a blow job after, pun intended. Got the 800-1000 square feet done in 1 hour, cleaned any lingering material with a vacuum for about two hours after. The entire time we wore masks while coming in and out of the house during clean up and I will still continue to do so until I feel the house has been sufficiently cleaned. When we rolled up the plastic with the ceiling on it we wet it and but it in big heavy duty black bags. I used a 50ft garden hose with mist sprayer attachment and pulled it through the window. It’s still needing more cleaning and it will get it.
You can either live with it or get rid of it and I was not going to live with it for the next 30 years until it becomes a problem and I cannot do anything about it because there is furniture and flooring installed (I probably still will if it’s in my lungs!). My house was built in 72’.
Great detailed presentation, thank you for such a professional approach to helping others.
Im lazy, i was going to do the removal and refinish the ceiling's ut the Russian Mob, made me an offer i can't refuse..
Remove, make repairs and refinish each room for $100 per room..
$600 total..
Including 2 vaulted ceilings, one at 22x22, the other is 22x17.
But i get to help and learn too.
Thank you so much. I just bought a condo and wanted to remove the popcorn. This looks like something I can do.
I have a whole playlist about popcorn ceiling removal. There may be other videos in that which might be of help, but yes, if you take all the steps and #DoItRight, you can.
My home was built in 2008...yet it has popcorn ceiling...shameful...received a quote for $5k for removal. 🤦🏾♂️
That is shameful. Omg. My 2,600 SF home was built in 1996 and I had multiple quotes between $8,500-$11,000. Needless to say, I'm doing it myself. 😬🔫 lol
@@stupidkitty84 oh wow...maybe I shouldn't complain...I'm at 3900 sq ft. Still think that's a very tough amount to spend on pop corn ceilings
Wow. That’s a huge ceiling. I would honestly charge around $3/sq ft as it’s a huge amount of work to do it correctly.
If you were spraying popcorn in the 70's, were you wearing protection if your popcorn material contained asbestos? If not, you look and sound great, so should I be overly concerned about the dangers of asbestos for a day or two of contaminated popcorn removal?
Trust me, I actually worry about that often but there’s not much I can do about it now. When we mixed up the popcorn texture back then we cut open bags of powder and dumped them into a giant hopper & the dust went everywhere so I’m sure I breathed a decent amount in. But so far it hasn’t gotten me so I may be lucky.
As for worrying about the dangers when removing it, I honestly think that’s a bit overblown if you use the water method. It pretty much Encapsulates it in a mushy mess when you scrape it off that way so I think it’s safe, but I can’t legally touch it so I don’t.
But I can’t say for sure so I’m not giving you advice either way. I’m just giving you my point of view. Thanks for asking.
Oh yeah, once we started spraying it was totally wet so there was no need for protection at that point.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY but u also said that u need to let it dry out before bagging it.. also if it goes out in the trash, aren't u exposing the refuse guys to it ?
What I’m talking about above, was applying the popcorn texture. I never remove it if it has asbestos in it because it’s illegal. Homeowners are allowed to by law here in Colorado so I guess they figure once it’s bagged up it’s not that dangerous.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY but then the bags get ripped to shreds by the garbage truck compactor sometimes. Seems like stupid Coloradons to me
dang..😳😳.... now I'm wanting good, hot, buttered popcorn. I was ok until the last shot..💪. then I broke😕...😂😅🤣
another great video.... thx
QUESTION: #1- Why do YOU hate popcorn ceilings?
#2- Will you be trying this yourself?
I don't hate popcorn ceilings, but my wife does. I am now learning from you so I can remove 874 square feet and replace it. I am confident I can do everything except for the 20 foot vaulted ceiling. That I will call in a pro for. Thanks for the training!!!
jon clarkson glad I could help
3:19 answers your question.
Patty Wheat thanks, and you’re wincing
I have a question, but first, its good to see someone on youtube who isn't ashamed of their heritage and are not trying to shove down your throat. In a DIY video you want commentary to tell what, why and how. You give alternatives about why you do this or that your way. As it should be. 'Don't like it, don't watch'. Now the question. I have a 40 year old 2000 sq. ft. home. Fiber board skin, 8" walls with R12 sitting on a 6" slab with foundation. The room in question I need to sound proof from the road noise. The wall facing the road has a 4'×6' single pane window. Any inexpensive DIY would help. I'm pretty handy. Thanks.
Hi Toliver and thanks for the comment. Sound deadening can real complex as there's dozens of things you can do to sound deaden a room, but it often depends on what type of sound you are trying to block. There's 2 common sound ratings called STC, sound transmission class, and NRC, Noise Reduction Coefficient. One is how well things absorb sound, the other how well they block it.
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@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Great. Sounds:) like some of what I need. What would be your suggestion on building an inner wall. It's 3/4 wallboard all around a woodframe house sitting on a concrete slab. I want to keep street noise, which is 40 ft. away. I've been told interlacing fiberglass insulation between vertical studs to setting the inner wall frame on rubber. None of these well intentioned opinions have the expertise you do. Right now I have a double layer of mattresses against the wall (it's a secondary bedroom). Thanks again for any help.
Use a Regular Paint Sprayer to Wet the Ceiling Popcorn Texture is more faster.
I've tried that and even at low pressure and with a larger tip there was way too much fog, which the customers didn't like and it made things dry out much slower. But it did get it done. My sprayer here wastes less, no fog, less moisture overall for faster drying and it costs less than $50 to build. I also show this since most of my viewers don't have an airless, but if that works for you then cool, use it. Thanks for sharing your way.
We use a quality water hose and trigger sprayer that dont leak, and we set it to a nice fan spray setting, works great, and its fast.
I did try that and kind of liked it. Ended up with too much on the floor and I always had a slight leak. Plus, here in Colorado, it doesn't work well in the winter, lol. Sounds like it works well for you though. Maybe you're down south?
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY yeah, SoCal. Alot of warm weather here
I am doing my kitchen. The thing I wished I had known about is the vacuum sander. I used an orbital sander, and had a lot more dust. Also, I was eliminating a soffit. So after I got the soffit down, I had to install wallboard on the ceiling and wall, and replaced wallboard around a light fixture that was used to char the wallboard and crack it! I used very hot water without detergent, scraped the whole popcorn ceiling. After it was dry I used Gardz first on my gouges from scraping, sanded the old wallboard at the edge, and taped the joints first with a couple of coats, then after it was dry, troweled the whole ceiling with no sanding on most of the ceiling before troweling. I did not have any nail issues. I am not quite finished, so I might rent the sander at the end. Great video.
Enjoyed your video, until you said the A word. Glad i watched before removing, BTW hate popcorn ceilings two story house with all that crap.
Awe, the a word is safe unless you poke it, like sleeping bear. Thanks, Guy 😎👣
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY I'm not sure how the stuff (A) becomes dangerous when its wet and comes off in strips. I'm sure a dust mask would eliminate the risk even further. You have to inhale asbestos to get in trouble with it. Removing it from the room, sweeping and such could become problematic.
It’s the cleanup that would be the most dangerous
This helped me understand the process. I was let down by a contractor in N Ga. Who took my money, but didn't really start, or finish but left a huge mess on every surface. including all the wood work and doors inside and out. It took a week for me to clean up. Ugh! I’m going to small claim court in order to recoup some of the loss.
Sorry to hear that
This video convinced me to never buy a home with popcorn ceilings.
Just make the buyer remove it
Does spraying the texture soak through paint? I've never tried this with painted popcorn but I need to soon.
Nice and thorough description! I dealt with my 'popcorn' several years ago on my 3600 sq ft house. I used a bit different method to minimize the mess. I emptied out the room first, laid down rosin paper, and using a garden sprayer, a scaffold (particularly important for my 10 ft high ceilings in some rooms) and two tools. I used the same 6" bladed, round putty knife blade seen in your right pocket, which I rounded the corners on first. I then took a paint roller tray (metal). Holding the putty knife in one hand and the paint roller tray in the other, I scrapped the asbestos-laden popcorn a section at a time. I used my garden sprayer to wet the ceiling, a section at a time. Perhaps I had a bit of an advantage over others--my popcorn was laid down (up?) over a masonry-mortar ceiling which encapsulated the tiny wires in my radiant heat ceiling. (House is vintage 1967 in Southern California). Wearing a respirator and glasses for safety, I would scrap the moistened popcorn into my roller tray, and as it would fill, I would dump the tray's contents occasionally into a kitchen trash bag which, when full, wasn't stupidly heavy. My goal here was to avoid getting this stuff into the air, and leaving a mess on the floor. To me, it saves a significant step--clean up! I avoid getting this stuff into the air as it only falls about 12-18 inches into my paint tray, rather than 8-10 feet to the floor below. Being the owner-operator, I was able to legally dump all of this popcorn material (even with asbestos) into my garage can and my local trash company hauled it away like any trash. Once the ceiling was thoroughly dry, I would go after it with a standard kitchen broom to remove any more of the loose stuff. Rolling up the rosin paper, into the trash it went as well. I didn't own a shop vac at the time so you can do this quite simply with the minimum of tools. (1) Respirator, (2) 6" putty knife, (3) paint roller pan, and (4) a bunch of kitchen trash bags. Remember to check your local regulations regarding doing this yourself, and how you may legally dispose of this stuff. I figure I saved a small fortune because I understand that when you hire a professional to do this, they have to follow a myriad of OSHA rules and regulations that drive up the cost! Thanks for sharing. Go Air Force (me too).
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As much as I would love to remove the popcorn ceiling, it IS level 1 asbestos. I’ve decided to hang 1/2 drywall over it & remud & tape the whole thing. Removed it in one room & it was one heck of a mess. Not ready for a repeat lol
I sprayed thousands of gallons of acoustic in my day also ,started with hopper then trailer rigs to a skid mount truck rig would spray 3-4 houses a day. Hello from CO-Springs
Hello from Grand Jct. I actually didn't do as much of the spraying back then as my dad preferred to do it, but we did it a bunch of different ways. In 1974 he moved us here from Eagle CO. While in Eagle he did a lot of work for George Shaw, of Shaw construction and ran a crew of about 50 guys doing a LOT of the condos and such in Vail and other ski areas. (His name was George Purcella). At one point I think at least 3 of my dads brothers worked with him up there and they even had a family band playing country music. It was while in Eagle that I first did drywall at age 8, walking on stilts, spotting nails, lol.
He got tired of the big crews and moved us to GJ and opened up the 1st Big O tire store in town. He sold that after a few years and went back into drywall.
So we started out spraying by mixing acoustic in 55 gallon drums in the back of a Datsun Pickup and dumping it into a pro style sprayer but it was one your could pull by hand, with an auger and heavy hose. Then he got a Trailer rig again with the dual tanks. My first time spraying was a hopper when the big rig was broke down and we had to spray an entire big house with a hopper, so he made me take turns, lol. Not a fun way to learn as my arm killed me, but it's funny now. We were down to just my dad, me, my uncle and my cousin Earl who was 6 months younger than me. Good memories. Thanks the reply. Guy
I once worked for a company that sprayed this shit, and we also remover it. If it hasn't been painted over, one, two or more times it's very easy to remove, but if it's been painted, it is a bitch to scrape off. I had it in my home, and I just dry walled over it. Some older popcorn have asbestos in it, and if it does, it is really expensive to removed through asbestos abatement companies. In that case, I'd dry wall right off instead of paying thousands to have an abatement company come in. This guy knows his business, but some ceilings are a pain in the ass to remove.
You really got to "the good stuff" around 14 minute mark. I appreciate the warning about the sheet rock taping at the edges of the room. Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Enjoyed your video it popped up in my screen. I live in Florida and most houses have popcorn ceilings. I only have it in my bedroom and I hate it. It is a 1980 mobile home. I found this information very interesting and informative.
Great video, thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it. Are you removing popcorn soon?
Looking at houses on the market and almost every one of them has some form or another. I don't hate it but I grew up looking at it my whole life in about every house I've lived in, so if we buy and it's there it's likely coming down lol You make it look easy! I'm sure we'll have our share of boo-boo's but watching your videos are sure to be a big help! Thanks again!
Thanks, glad I could help. If you do tackle this and have any questions, feel free to ask.
Good old fashion hot water in like your sprayer now I don't spray any more water then I have to and you find out where muded seams are and right in corners popcorn is harder to get off so a film left behind so I like to sand it down cleans up nice then I always roll a pro block before I put any mud on it like you said black stain don't come out and can bleed into new mud so primer takes care of that plus ceiling all one color I think your ceiling going hold up better you won't get no shadows if they had past water damage if I roll primer on it if bad it will bubble or blister so primer will find bad spots and that will make it easier on you won't be a good day if you skim coat or just retexture and it all full of blisters your right on bud
Meanwhile, I really like the popcorn ceiling over a plan boring flat ceiling. While you are removing that from houses, I will be adding them to my houses. They just look better with the popcorn texture.
Well you can do a spray texture with a knock down, or a skip texture done with mud. Popcorn is a just, and cob web catcher.
Best video on this procedure, and what problems I could encounter, kilt or no. 😊
I was in my daughters newly purchased condo(circa 1988) and was going to add drywall to existing popcorn ceiling however I found out the original ceiling was not fastened to studs but rather a grid system which in turn was attached to trusses. I decided that adding the extra weight to the original ceiling would not be a good idea. I eventually scrapped the ceiling and after watching your video, I discovered that I was not putting enough water on it.
I ended up doing more sanding because of it and skim coated the entire ceiling and re-sanded. The ceiling came out nice but a lot of work for one room. Four more rooms to go! Hopefully the remainder will go more smoothly (pun intended).
Thanks for your video.
Hi, it sounds like that ceiling probably had RC channel which is a sound deadening technique. It’s probably a good idea that you didn’t put the extra layer on there. I’m glad you were able to scrape it and yes a lot of people don’t put enough water on and that makes it much harder.
Usually, actually about 99% of the time, I don’t have any need for skim coating an entire ceiling. I just re-coat the joints that existed and smooth out any gouges & defects.
Anyway, I’m glad you got something out of the video. Thanks for the comment. I’ll catch you on the next one, Guy Purcella
Thank you for your service! I too am an AF Vet. Thanks for this video as I will need to remove the ugly popcorn from my grandmother's ceiling. God Bless
Very well done video. Alot of good information I thank you sir. I plan on checking out your other presentations. The green acre brought a smile to my face. I was USAF 1977 to 1981 and my spine has also bessed me with neuropathy. Well going to watch more of your vids. Thks again.
Thank you Jerry. You got out of the Air Force just before I joined up. And I don’t know if I mentioned it, but I also have neuropathy and it’s just lovely isn’t it? I went for a walk in the snow barefoot this morning at 5:30 AM to numb my feet so I could go back to sleep. Be sure you subscribe and click that bell icon and you’ll get notified each time I put out a video. And thanks so much for your service, and for your support of my videos. Guy
I was actually watching green acres on prime and when I heard the theme song just started cracking up! Love the old shows
Did most of my house about 15 years ago wish I would have sanded like you showed. I did most of the house wet but did one of the bedrooms dry and I must say if you can scrape it dry you do much less damage. The finish of the dry scrape needed very little Finnish work. I only did my house so there mite be big differences from houses but I would try to start dry but there is some dust when dry not as much as you mite think tho. Any way thanks for the video I was glad to see I did it correctly.
Thanks for sharing!
Stop talking! Work while you explain. You took for ever to show us. Work and explain. Thank you
I know its odd... but I love my popcorn ceilings and im only 30, i guess its a sentimental thing because my grandma's house had the glittery type!
Sheila, not everyone hates popcorn ceilings, but I've found over many years that most do. But when something reminds us of grandma, I get that. For me it was a pressure cooker. We'd go visit grandma 500 miles away, and we'd always walk in and smell beans and green chili cooking in a pressure cooker. So there's nothing wrong with liking even for sentimental reasons.
PS: I used to spray this with my dad and we applied the glitter too. Silver and gold choices and we'd come out looking like we had a glitter party, lol. We 1st sprayed the popcorn, and then applied the glitter to the wet popcorn with a glitter gun. Fun days. Thanks for commenting.
Me too! I like the texture and I keep mine clean. Yeah, maybe it was a fad or whatever at one time, but I think some of the hate for it is kind of a fad too. Some of the Joe Blows hate it because someone told them they should. My house was built in '93 so I don't think mine has asbestos.
Eph Tea, just curious, what do you do to keep it clean? I know they can be hard to clean if not painted so is you're painted? Thanks, Guy 😎👣
I'm not sure if it's painted, but just a soft cup brush at the end of a vacuum hose. Ceiling is still pretty white. If it was a pain in the ass to clean I guess I'd probably hate it too.
You probably have refrigerated air conditioning? or maybe somewhere where you have no cooling? Swamp coolers always make a ceiling black around the vent, which is one reason people hate it. And be careful cleaning it if there's an chance of it having asbestos as cleaning it will disturb it and that's when it's dangerous. Thanks again, Guy
"the proffesional way" as hes wearing a KILT! this is awesome
I watched a few other videos and wished I had seen this one first! I so overworked!!! Thank you. I am a fan.
Glad you found us, and I'll try my best to save you money, time, effort and frustration by showing you the right way to do it. Thanks!
Best video I've seen on popcorn ceiling removal.
Thanks, I appreciate that 😎, & Thanks for subscribing!