The Easiest Way to SKIM COAT A CEILING!!!
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- This BEGINNER FRIENDLY method is IDEAL for FLATTENING TEXTURES such as knockdown and light orange peels. Lot's of in depth information here!!
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Tools I use often:
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Hawk and Trowels
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Auto tools
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I've watched so many of your drywall videos that as I am mudding, I literally say to myself, in your voice, "feather my edges".... LOL
Same here!!
He's enjoyable to watch and listen to , makes you feel like you can do it too. Most DYI teachers have no sense of humor, he's easy on the eyes, ears and brain. Time to tackle my horrible ceiling
Thanks Vancouver
Success! This video was very timely. I always feel braver after watching you deal with something I'm afraid I'm going to screw up. Finally, finish my bathroom ceiling- Level 5!
One tip when using a roller to spread the compound is to slightly moisten the sleeve before dunking. This helps with the initial adhesion to the new knap.
Also you can prime a ceiling before rolling on texture it makes it wayyy easier to spread but you dont have to.
@@joenowak7212 priming how exactly? With paint primer?
You make it look so much easier than it really is for the average joe. Keep them coming! 🤙
I'm new to drywalling which is only some of what I'm learning in the construction. I'm age 20 and trying to learn a lot. You are the best instructor I've seen for doing drywalling (or other things too). You explain things well and what to expect. Thanks. Anton
I just watched the video and I have to say its the very best video on skim coating Iv'e seen. I took off the popcorn texture in my home about 200 sqtft, then re shot it with knock down. I came out real good ,but your method is quicker and better. I will use your method on my next project! BIG THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! I'm always willing to learn new ways.
I do a lot of drywall/taping/plaster repair work. So when people ask me for tips and tricks on how to... now I just refer them to your site. Thanks for sharing your skills. I work very similarly to you but I don’t have to ability to explain and teach and you do 👍🏻😁
Absolutely brilliant video Ben! Showing the entire process of an efficient technique incl. mud consistency, tool characteristics, tool variation, trowel "maneuvering" and sanding advice! Keep up the great work! 👍🏼🍁
Same thoughts exactly, excellent video !
Thank you. As a landlord dyi learning from scratch I appreciate your videos thank you. I'm also finding I enjoy doing this is fun
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Great work. Thanks for showing us how to do it. You're the master!
Just finished a remodel of my son's living room fireplace wall and 2 alcove on either side. There was much patchwork from removed electrical and architectural shelving original contractor installed. With your videos giving me confidence I was able to create a great result. Taped and skin coated old work to new with the hawk and trowel method you prefer. Keep creating this great content for all of us who are profiting from your knowledge
skin coated...like silence of the lambs?
@@pmny3423 "Ready when you are Sgt Pembry....."
Great video and tips. Never thought of rolling the mud. So much easier and faster. Keep it going. Also it’s so relaxing watching your vids. Cheers!
I am glad I found you video since I am not ready to redo skim coat a soffit. Just in time. I subscribed to your channel since your "fixes" are items I am battling with now. Thanks for information and great technique hints. From way down in southern New Jersey. YO !
Using a roller to apply the mud. Thats actually super creative. I am resheeting an entire upstairs. For the bedrooms i am going to try skim coating the popcorn ceiling with a roller! Seriously genius. I hope it works well for me. Thanks for the tip!!!!
Did the ceiling come out well?
Purchased some sponge back sand paper!! It really works well. Thanks for the suggestion. So smooth!!
I've recently been doing drywall a d taping, these are very helpful. Your tips and tricks save me so much time and you're a fantastic teacher.
Wish the guy who taught me was half as good. haha
Great work!! Nice to see someone who cares about their work!!
This is my NEW FAVORITE DRY WALLERY CARPENTER GUY
Thanks so much for your videos! It's really helped me a lot with my home projects.
Love it man, your whole channel is on point with great tips and tricks!
Your videos have help me make my home look more beautiful and enjoyable. Thanks homie.
Thanks very much. I appreciate your content and your attitude. I've learned a lot.
Thank you, this saved me so much time and neck pain! I noticed after trying it a couple times on different projects that if you do a final roll over the entire section in in the direction you plan to skim, it wont get nearly as many bubbles as, "going against the grain" so to speak
You just SAVED MY LIFE! OK, well not really, but you definitely saved me a lot of time, shoulder and back pain! 😂 YOU ROCK!
I was doing a similar sized patch today, it was pretty hot outside and mud was drying almost before I could trowel it in. This would have worked really well with thinner mud
this video is to coincidental as I just did this today at my work...it turned out ok as I have learned so much from watching your other videos. thanks for your channel.
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I just scrapped all the popcorn ceiling off in my Mom n Dads house bathroom, dear Lord, what a wet mess and now my back hurts. Although this looks easy enough I am considering a professional for the small job. I am glad I found this video with great instructions. Thank you.
Beautifully done! LOVE!
...and a good arm workout
Great Video Man!! I will be trying this method!!!!
Literally noone and I mean noone could do that first time or even the first year of doing it. But I appreciate the finish you get because you UNDERSTAND the material
Great tips thank you! I wish I would have found this video before I did my kitchen ceiling....which has some shadowing in certain lighting...so I'm thinking I will have to skim coat it and re-prime and paint. If you have any suggestions for me please let me know. Thanks again for the handy tips!!
Awesome video thankyou for your time and expertise!
very good illustration and big thanks
I use an 18 inch x 4 inch concrete finishing towel for ceilings. Covers a lot of area. I don't like larger taping knives as they flex a little too much. Personal preference. :)
Love your videos; you've got me hooked!
Thank you for your great videos...I'm off to get those tools now
great work on explaining this
I'm a plasterer in England, but also live part time in Canada, so am interested in your techniques and materials for skimming a ceiling. I was curious as to that little motion you were doing along the edge. I'll give it a try. Normally I just firmly press the trowel up into the edges/corners, then afterwards run the narrow edge of the trowel along the lengths of the corners to ensure a straight and true corner.
Hi, love your videos! Easy to follow. Have to redo my bathroom ceiling. Had to scrape off peeling paint. I already painted it with BIN. What kind of mud do you use? I will be doing a small 6x9 section. How much should I buy for that?
I had never seen the slide method with a knife or trowel, and ever since I started wathing your videos I wondered why you did this. But now that you explained it, it makes perfect sense! I'm never going to fight with pesky corners again! haha
Keep up the good work man! Love your videos!
Yeah it's called cutting in. It makes the pass a lot more smoother
“I don’t know what you wanna make sure of. Make sure of something.”
Thank you for the great video again
I skim coated all my popcorn ceilings by hand without the roller method...nightmare. wish I saw this video earlier. Great work!
Probably wouldn't have worked very well anyways. You did it the right way. Sometimes, with certain jobs, there is no easy way. Just the hard way.
I'll make sure I thumbs up the video 👍
Very good video Ben.
I will try this on next skim job thanks
This guy is awesome. Makes it look soo easy. I say feather the edge while I'm mudding also. He should Patten that saying😂
Very nice, I always use lights as I apply. Lots of lights!!! its amazing how you can miss many areas.....
You do beautiful work, and I'm wondering if you have the time to answer questions or requests. A mistake I made in my living room drywall stares at me every time I sit on the sofa, andyou're the man with the skills, eh.
Thank you for the advice, Ben. This video is very useful.
Man I just got started with the Hawk and Trowel way you did in anther video. Then I see this way... Now i gotta try it lol.
Yes plasters in the UK DO swipe sideways in corners as u do...releives "suction" and potential pulling off plaster (I believe, I'm not a pro but dabble), as well as straightening the corner, as u describe...you'd be a great wet plasterer! 👍👍
I will definitely try this. But i like how the guy paul puts a paint grate in the bucket to get the excess off the roller first. Not as messy.
You can probably apply your tape like this as well! Obviously not so much mud, just enough to embed the tap maybe a 3in microfiber heavy nap roller
I have a feeling this is going to be waaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy harder to do for me than how easy he is making it look. FML.
It's eyes open to watch such rolling technique for skim. It makes the job looks easy! Would you recommend this method for a larger ceiling size 6mx6m?
Best thing ever.
Extremely helpful. Thanks.
Hi. Glad I came cross your channel this is exactly what I was asked to do to my friends house how many times you coated the ceiling and do you have to thin out the puddy or just roll it on as is
Asbestos.. wish I knew before I demo’d my textured ceiling. Thanks for the PSA. More people need to know about it
It's pre 1980 in the USA. If it's a popcorn ceiling in the USA, it's probably asbestos. Popcorn went out of style right about the same time.
I do miss them though. They were so much quieter
Travis k welp! I know what I’m gonna die from
@@justinmiller7422 lol. Only pussies die from asbestos. Just saying😉
it's full circle in the 80's and 90's people paid me for spray there ceilings now they pay me to get rid of it
@Bill Williams right them and the dust mites hate to see me coming 😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for teaching me.
Roll one direction then opposite . Mud consistency is user preference. Roller talk to you when it even . Wiping down is all about feeling in hands and fingers ....good kamera stream
Hi Ben,
Countless thanks for taking your time to make these super instructional videos. I used a lot of your technique for repairing a peeling ceiling; I'll send you a photo of it looks as good after priming and painting as it does after the mud. That light against the ceiling tells on you, doesn't it?!
It sure does!
@@vancouvercarpenter Hey man, awesome video. Rookie question; what type of mud you advise to use? Would it do the job to use All purpose? Thanks again
@@andyfc1114 You could use AP for the whole job. AP light sands easier though but has less adhesion for tape.
What kind of mud you use for the skim coat? I am scraping popcorn ceiling and skimming it. Should I use synko classic finish red or classic all purpose blue or other one? Thnx
Tanks nice video you are the master !!!
Love your tutorials, thank you.
But does the filler/mud not go hard on roller while you’re skimming a section?
Thanks again ❤️
It’s hypnotic
Thanks for your content, and make sure...
Does this work on heavy texture as well? Or is there a better way? Thank you for showing us the tricks of the trade.
Very enjoying your videos, btw the camera auto focus system uses contracts focus. Since interior mostly white it is very hard for the camera to find focus. Only thing you can do is using smaller Aperture like f5.6 to f8 by using manual focus that will put everything in focus but you have to prefocus before filming. Another option is using auto face detection on the camera that will focus on you with combination of f5.6 to f8. This will keep you focus yet allowing few feet of focus, yet you will need more light to compensate the depth of field.
Question for you, I did remove my popcorn ceiling and did two coats of mud but after three days the surface is still feeling soft. Did I used the wrong mud or still needing time to cure. Yes, I’m from Vancouver and using the Classic finish mud from Homedepot. Thank you and keep up the good work!
I used to use joint compound for drywall patches, but was told spackle is easier to sand. However I'm finding the spackle I'm using is hard to spread, because it seems to be too thick. What do you recommend for just patching large holes; joint compound or spackle?
Great videos, I wondering which joint compound did you use for this video?
You're and artist dude! =)
Where there are multiple repairs between ceiling panels of drywall, should fiberglass mesh be laid under the skim coat to provide more support or is it best to rely on the plaster?
after the 1st application, we have to clean the ceiling before the 2nd application?
Thx for the video but i miss the end result! Can you make a quick video of the finishing touch. Thx again. Grt from Belgium
Great video, thanks for sharing this technique with us! I'm still contemplating whether to try it on my Artex ceilings, or if I should pay someone to do a full skim. Would you say this is beginner friendly?
Yes he said that in the video. Why don't you try it yourself and if it isn't coming out great, then hire a pro
Can I use joint compound to put a skim coat over plaster walls? I have a 13'x14' bedroom with a lot of hairline cracks in the ceiling and walls. I'm getting ready to repair them. Do I need to skim coat all the walls and ceilings?
Where do you send off your samples to when you are looking for asbestos? Or do you just avoid it altogether and not take the chance? Thanks
What do I use for skim coat over texture California knock down for first coat and 2nd please?
Can I use this method in video for skimming over texture ceiling?
Much appreciated
My shoulders burn just watching this...
I have a concrete ceiling with popcorn texture I’d like to eliminate with skim coating instead of scraping it off . Thanks for the video
Great stuff! Do you have a video on removing popcorn texture? I've looked through your videos real quick and couldn't find one on that. Maybe a suggestion for a future one?
I just removed ~200sqft of popcorn, and have another 1k to do. Important part is to get your texture tested for asbestos - I bought a $30 kit on Amazon. Just take some scrapings (dry scrape, wear a mask and treat it as if it were asbestos) from each of the rooms you are doing, bag it up and send it in. Once you've got a negative test, use a garden sprayer filled with water (with a drop of dish soap in it), and do a couple of passes over the popcorn, letting the water soak for 10min or so between passes. You'll want the popcorn to be saturated, but not dripping. Then you can just use a standard 14" knife, the texture should come off like butter. If it's still not coming off, use some more water.
all i gotta say is that he makes this look easy
Hey mentor I got a question I follow the techniques and you explain them very well I haven’t started yet to try to become a painter and drywaller yet but I was wondering could you explain the purpose of doing a skim coat and when to do it?
Skim coating is used on walls or ceilings that have imperfections. Such as, bad drywall repairs, poorly done wall paper removal, textured ceilings, and also on larger walls a skim coat might be done after taping so the paint looks the same all over the wall. Paint will look different on the spots where the seems are so a skim coat evens things out. Ben makes it look easy, but skim coating can be messy and difficult without practice.
I dip my knife in some water when things may start to dry out. It's real nice
hi nice job.
any tip to match texture when you repair a ceilling
thanks
You make that look easy. Like scary easy.
swimming pool trowel will help alleviate some lines as you spread. A bucket of water and a light wet sponge float will help you smooth so you can avoid sanding all together.on the final coat. sanding is no fun .. neither is the dust. USG DIAMOND VENEER BASECOAT is a great economical two-coat drywall finishing plaster that mixes easily and offers superior coverage. You could also use a bonding agent to coat the drywall first to provide MAX adherence .. like larson's plaster weld. Thanks for sharing your technique !!
Thanks for these típs, JB!
Thank you my dude.
thanx as always!
How best to tape around a replacement ventilation fan when there are some larger gaps to cover (due to larger older fan) around the edges? Gaps are some places about 1" and not regular.
Where do you get your popcorn ceiling tested to see if it has aspestose?
If you have a couple of light grey spots can you paint over them or do you have to re-skim?
I just skim coated over a painted and light textures ceiling. Its been a month and I have a hairline crack thats starting and is currently 3ft long. Any tips on preventing/fixing this or is this something that happens when skimming
I am about to remove popcorn ceilings. So is it best to prime the whole ceiling after this step then paint?
The video is GREAT. I'm attempting to do a ceiling. What type of mud do you use for the ceiling. In your other videos you mention the desire for 'hot' mud. Is this loose hot 'setting type' or some other type of mud?
What primer/sealer would you recommend for ceiling texture ?
Skim coat takes time, but it fills in little scratches and pin holes. It’s worth it to do this because you’ll get a smooth finish ceiling. Then prime and paint it.