I don’t know how to thank you enough! Every other TH-cam video showed people spraying down their painted popcorn ceilings and magically scraping them off. We tried so many different areas and no luck. Fast forward, we spend the next two days literally chiseling the stuff off. With my exhausted hand, I decided to do one more search and found your method. Scraping first to provide “holes” in the paint and using more vinegar did the trick. You are a life, and arm, and relationship saver!
This video is a life-saver. Just bought a house with 36x58 open floorplan and it's all popcorn ceiling. Not a big deal, except I found out last night that it's painted. Not a lot of fun when dealing with 14' vaulted ceilings. My shoulders and sanity thank you, good sir.
Pearl Perlita Venegas definitely! 1.) Prep your areas before doing anything. Light fixtures, ceiling fans, any obstructions; take them down or at least get them in a position where you can get everything off with 1 swipe. 2.) Start in an area that doesn’t get much use. This whole process is done mostly by feel so don’t be afraid to make mistakes. It’s just easier if it’s in an area where people won’t see those mistakes LOL 3.) Be patient and let the water soak in. I used a pump sprayer with an 8’ ext, covered it until it was damp, waited 5 minutes, did another spray, waited 5 minutes, and scraped. The time allows everything to soak evenly and it’ll sheet off very smoothly. Aside from that, there’s not much to it. Start with a shallow angle on the tape knife and get more aggressive once you get comfortable with it. The most pressure I used was to make the initial “cuts” into the popcorn; after that, I was able to walk the knife and get clean 10-12’ scrapes. And a respirator... definitely invest in a good one. I went with a 3M and aside from my shoulders hurting a little, I never felt bad.
I have sand texture stuff on every ceiling in the house. I used hot water to clean out an area around a hole we had to repair, but it didn't work that well. The addition of the vinegar makes _such_ a difference-and this is so simple! I've been watching videos of sanding and scraping and was going to just give up on the whole idea-but not now. _THANK YOU!!_
I was freaking out because I have a plumbing repair I need to get to thru a paint stucco ceiling and Board of Directors were thinking of just adding a 1/4" sheet of drywall once I was done but your video popped up first in search and I'm definitely trying your way! Thank you so much for posting!!!
Nina Williams glad this helped with your project! Luckily I only had one room that was painted popcorn in my house and this method worked well for me also
@@daSTARPlayer no I just used a cheap window cleaner neat straight out of the spray bottle. I’m pretty sure that cheap window cleaner is literally vinegar, perfume and food colouring. It was cheaper than vinegar in my store and worked really well. Nice smell too.
I figured for my parents bday/xmas gift this year, I'd remove the popcorn ceiling we have in our living room and paint over that to finally finish our house
@@mariana7802 Only if you try to remove it, and you can test for it easily and if it turns out positive you should get professional help for the removal instead of doing it at home.
It works well. I did my whole house and only the bathroom was painted popcorn rest of the house was non painted popcorn and comes off easily with just hot water mist
Glad to be your 1000th sub!!!!!!, congrats. I like what you said "soak for a second", because I need to save time and make music. I have a spot of dirty popcorn ceiling, but it is very high up close to skylight, will try this.
Thank you so much! My ugly ceilings are painted with glossy paint so water won't penetrate it. This is the only video I can find that addresses painted ceiling texture.
It’s much easier when the room is empty. All my bedrooms upstairs have these popcorns. I hate it but removing the furniture before scrapping them off is a huge job. It’s a paint in the a$$.
Popcorn ceilings may or may not contain asbesto but if your unsure and never paid to have it checked you should treat it as it is asbesto and protect your self and the rest of your home with plastic . Good luck tho .
likely a stupid question, but will it have to be filled in and evened out with drywall compound? Sanded? before painting. My understanding is builders do this as the easy/cheap/lazy way of finishing off a ceiling so that it is flat and smooth, so I wonder if anyone has had surprises underneath the popcorn? How much time would it take for one person to completely remove a popcorn ceiling that is 12 x 17?
Tim Davis problem is just water didn’t work on my painted popcorn. So I went with the vinegar tec. I have a video showing how I use an air hose with spigot attachment and a sprayer hooked to the other end. I then hook this to the hot water line behind me washing machine and go throughout the house and spray and scrape as needed with hot water. The hot water really helps to soften the popcorn
IMPORTANT. Any house built before 1983 absolutely needs to be tested for asbestos first. You can buy a test kit off of amazon for less than 20 dollars. Send it to the lab and you will have 48 hour turnaround on asbestos results.
Also, it’s better to use a weed sprayer from the hardware store. If you’re doing a really small space like this maybe a spray bottle works but need a lot of water and that’s a bit excessive.
I know this. Just didn’t have one at the time of doing this spot. What I used for my whole house is actually a lot better than that. I used a hose connected to my hot water line behind my washer and Hooke a mist sprayer to the end. Ran the water into my tub until the hose was filled with hot water then let her rip. I also have a video showing the sprayer method
Older houses had Asbestos in the "popcorn", I would avoid scraping before it gets wet. That being said, even with Wet Popcorn the possibility of breathing asbestos fibers is present.
You don’t need the vinegar. Prescraping should allow the water to penetrate and that should be enough to make it easy to remove. If it doesn’t come off, you don’t have enough water on it.
This works, 25 years ago I removed the texture from my parents' kitchen with vinegar, ,water and a putty knife. I don't believe it had been painted, though. It came off amazingly well.
@@YaMonBaitCo wow, that's incredibly insightful thank you so much. Now, how about when you spray the ceiling in the corner where the ceiling meets the wall and some of the water mixture inevitably gets on the wall. Does it have any effect in your experience? That's what I was asking. "DoNt SpRaY tHe WaLLs"...like ffs you sarcastic douche, I don't even care about your answer now, you are clearly a little prick.
That's definitely NOT the popcorn ceiling I've painted: It gets wet, it rolls off, a total mess and complete mistake on my part to even attempt to paint. On the bright side, hopefully it all comes off just as easily.
Is that semi-gloss paint or flat paint? After seeing you scrape it I know it's flat paint semi gloss doesn't come off that easy it's an enamel and wont let water soak in.
This reminds me of the cover of Hillary Clinton's book regarding the 2016 election. It said "What Happened?" by Hillary Clinton. Question and answer right on the front of the book
What if this is over wallpaper? 100 year old house with nice wood walls. Thick cardboard smoothing paper, two layers of wallpaper, popcorn stuff and paint on top. Lord help me.
doesn't work used water out of a boiled kettle and 50/50 of white vinegar and water doused it 3 times water dripping on the floor 30 mins later still like rock
@@princesunnyboy it's been on for over 50 years so it was well painted I managed to strip it all off using a wallpaper steamer worked really well best for older painted ceilings
If your house was built pre 70’s that means from like 79 and before is when you should check for asbestos. Anything 80’s or newer you should be good. At least in California
I don’t know how to thank you enough! Every other TH-cam video showed people spraying down their painted popcorn ceilings and magically scraping them off. We tried so many different areas and no luck. Fast forward, we spend the next two days literally chiseling the stuff off. With my exhausted hand, I decided to do one more search and found your method. Scraping first to provide “holes” in the paint and using more vinegar did the trick. You are a life, and arm, and relationship saver!
The ones where they sprayed it and it came off were ones that weren't painted, if you haven't figured that out by now.
@@shevinsacrey5862 one can tell if it’s painted or not soon as the scraper touches it
Vinegar and water
Just for those wanting to know he said hot water and white distilled vinegar 1-1 mixing ratio
Thanks I was about to ask you that.
@@someone_5870 you can buy it in the grocery store. Will say "distilled" on the label
I just saved money thanks
🤣🤣🤣 Absolutely.
Thanks! I’m going to start on this ASAP! I’ll rather do the ceiling and walls before flooring.
This video is a life-saver. Just bought a house with 36x58 open floorplan and it's all popcorn ceiling. Not a big deal, except I found out last night that it's painted. Not a lot of fun when dealing with 14' vaulted ceilings. My shoulders and sanity thank you, good sir.
Follow up: all gone in 3 days.
Pearl Perlita Venegas definitely!
1.) Prep your areas before doing anything. Light fixtures, ceiling fans, any obstructions; take them down or at least get them in a position where you can get everything off with 1 swipe.
2.) Start in an area that doesn’t get much use. This whole process is done mostly by feel so don’t be afraid to make mistakes. It’s just easier if it’s in an area where people won’t see those mistakes LOL
3.) Be patient and let the water soak in. I used a pump sprayer with an 8’ ext, covered it until it was damp, waited 5 minutes, did another spray, waited 5 minutes, and scraped. The time allows everything to soak evenly and it’ll sheet off very smoothly.
Aside from that, there’s not much to it. Start with a shallow angle on the tape knife and get more aggressive once you get comfortable with it. The most pressure I used was to make the initial “cuts” into the popcorn; after that, I was able to walk the knife and get clean 10-12’ scrapes.
And a respirator... definitely invest in a good one. I went with a 3M and aside from my shoulders hurting a little, I never felt bad.
I have sand texture stuff on every ceiling in the house. I used hot water to clean out an area around a hole we had to repair, but it didn't work that well. The addition of the vinegar makes _such_ a difference-and this is so simple! I've been watching videos of sanding and scraping and was going to just give up on the whole idea-but not now. _THANK YOU!!_
Glad this helped!
I was freaking out because I have a plumbing repair I need to get to thru a paint stucco ceiling and Board of Directors were thinking of just adding a 1/4" sheet of drywall once I was done but your video popped up first in search and I'm definitely trying your way! Thank you so much for posting!!!
Used your method and it worked flawlessly. Thanks!
I really didn't think it would work on painted popcorn, but it did.
Nina Williams glad this helped with your project! Luckily I only had one room that was painted popcorn in my house and this method worked well for me also
You sir are a friggin hero!! This works perfectly, even better with cheap window cleaner. Saved me days of work. Thank you!
cglees awesome! Glad it worked for you. It saved the day for me also!
does it make your house smell sour afterwards?
No smell that I noticed
Did you use window cleaner and vinegar ratio or 1:1:1 of each water vinegar and window cleaner? I need the deets 😩😬
@@daSTARPlayer no I just used a cheap window cleaner neat straight out of the spray bottle. I’m pretty sure that cheap window cleaner is literally vinegar, perfume and food colouring. It was cheaper than vinegar in my store and worked really well. Nice smell too.
I figured for my parents bday/xmas gift this year, I'd remove the popcorn ceiling we have in our living room and paint over that to finally finish our house
annainretrograde please no, you’ll run the risk of asbestos exposure
samara what is that? is it dangerous only if you try to remove it or already on its on?
@@mariana7802 Only if you try to remove it, and you can test for it easily and if it turns out positive you should get professional help for the removal instead of doing it at home.
Thanks for the simple demonstration. Will be trying this method soon on a few of the rooms in my house.
Good stuff! Was set knowing I would have to pay a pro, but just tried this on a corner and it comes off like butter! Haha sweet!
Thanks for posting this video. I am removing popcorn from my livingroom and this method worked perfectly.
Brian Samuel awesome! Glad this helped
Was yours painted?
Wow! Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to do this! My whole house inside has this type of ceilings!
It works well. I did my whole house and only the bathroom was painted popcorn rest of the house was non painted popcorn and comes off easily with just hot water mist
On my way to a customers house to do this today and I was initially going to spray just water, picking up vinegar now! Thanks man!
How did it work for you?
@@simewo it worked perfectly! Made the job very easy and the I blended the new popcorn seamlessly with the old. Customer was pleased!
Just finished do my entire house and wasn’t to hard. Letting it soak for 20 minutes and repeat worked well.
You just saved me a mess of time. And a big mess. Thanks dude!
I wouldn't do that if ceiling is from early 80 s or older (asbestos.) Skim coat them instead. but you did a good job!
My whole house is painted popcorn fml
Robby Duenner this comment made my day
Same here man .. same here smh
Rob Duenner I feel your pain
How did it go?
same and I hate it
Glad to be your 1000th sub!!!!!!, congrats. I like what you said "soak for a second", because I need to save time and make music. I have a spot of dirty popcorn ceiling, but it is very high up close to skylight, will try this.
Thank you so much! My ugly ceilings are painted with glossy paint so water won't penetrate it. This is the only video I can find that addresses painted ceiling texture.
Hell yea brother 👍🏻 I’m doing mine this week!
Thanks for the vid!
Dude, thanks for the tutorial. Well explained and works great :)
dude....spent the whole day today cursing the mofo who painted the ceiling i was scraping ..give this a shot tomorrow..Mahalo
My guy if this works you will be a life saver. Going to the store rn
It’s much easier when the room is empty. All my bedrooms upstairs have these popcorns. I hate it but removing the furniture before scrapping them off is a huge job. It’s a paint in the a$$.
I'm definitely going to try it. You just save me some time.
Anna Collins did it work?
Popcorn ceilings may or may not contain asbesto but if your unsure and never paid to have it checked you should treat it as it is asbesto and protect your self and the rest of your home with plastic . Good luck tho .
A BIG thanks i was looking for this all day
I’m about to start this! My whole house is painted popcorn!
It’s a pain to do but very rewarding
Would it work on Popcorn Ceiling that has been painted with Oil Based Paint?
Just saved me a bunch of time and money thanks
Awesome glad it worked for you!
The great thing about water and vinegar, which is acetic acid, is that both evaporate to nothing. So no residue is left on the paper.
Do you think this would work on textured walls too ??
Any one attempting this should be careful that there's no asbestos in there
Nice trick, I'm gonna test this out now
likely a stupid question, but will it have to be filled in and evened out with drywall compound? Sanded? before painting. My understanding is builders do this as the easy/cheap/lazy way of finishing off a ceiling so that it is flat and smooth, so I wonder if anyone has had surprises underneath the popcorn? How much time would it take for one person to completely remove a popcorn ceiling that is 12 x 17?
for 12 by 17 room it will take around 7 weeks
Bro! Thanks for the tip! NOTED!
thanks , I have one coming up ... painted ..... I'll remember your vinegar trick if it gives me a hard time
Thank youuuuuuuu. I’m going to start with my closet first! Just in case I am too lazy & old 🥴🤫 to fish the job , LoL 😆
ZuuZ Sh. Your welcome! It worked great for me. Luckily out of my whole house only the bathroom was painted popcorn
Thanks for posting this.
Your welcome! Thanks for watching
The roof 🤣 this was helpful though thanks
Thanks bud it was a great help
Much appreciated
Glad this helped!
Thank you for making time to make the video! Great job
Your welcome! Thanks for watching!
Instead of the spray bottle try a garden sprayer nap sac for bigger ceilings
Tim Davis problem is just water didn’t work on my painted popcorn. So I went with the vinegar tec. I have a video showing how I use an air hose with spigot attachment and a sprayer hooked to the other end. I then hook this to the hot water line behind me washing machine and go throughout the house and spray and scrape as needed with hot water. The hot water really helps to soften the popcorn
You probably should consider a deck sprayer
How about adding alcohol to the mix? It thins latex paint. Plus, I love a ceiling I can eat off of
That could help. I know the acidity of the vinegar helps break down the paint
Garden sprayer with a FINE spray setting is faster and easier, and it can be done with no step ladder.
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I have one...trying this method this weekend. Thanks.
@@stinka4079 did it work?
IMPORTANT. Any house built before 1983 absolutely needs to be tested for asbestos first. You can buy a test kit off of amazon for less than 20 dollars. Send it to the lab and you will have 48 hour turnaround on asbestos results.
Eric Pierce I think maybe 300 people have posted this. My house was built in the 90s
Will this work on old layers of paint on plaster walls?
Also, it’s better to use a weed sprayer from the hardware store. If you’re doing a really small space like this maybe a spray bottle works but need a lot of water and that’s a bit excessive.
I know this. Just didn’t have one at the time of doing this spot. What I used for my whole house is actually a lot better than that. I used a hose connected to my hot water line behind my washer and Hooke a mist sprayer to the end. Ran the water into my tub until the hose was filled with hot water then let her rip. I also have a video showing the sprayer method
Older houses had Asbestos in the "popcorn", I would avoid scraping before it gets wet. That being said, even with Wet Popcorn the possibility of breathing asbestos fibers is present.
you are top man of the work
When you spray that on the roof, how does it affect the ceiling? Just saying.
doesn't affect the ceiling at all
Yeah he said "spray the roof" and I busted out laughing. I pictured him up walking on and spraying the shingles lol.
@@ramblin_man23 That's why it doesn't affect the ceiling lol
Can you please clarify what ratio of vinegar to use?
If you or a loved one have developed mesothelioma after following the instructions of the videos you could be entitled to compensation.
What kind of vinegar and how much for whole ceiling ?
Distilled vinegar is a freaking Miracle product!!
You don’t need the vinegar. Prescraping should allow the water to penetrate and that should be enough to make it easy to remove. If it doesn’t come off, you don’t have enough water on it.
I tried that. After the vinegar it came off like butter. The acidity helps soften the paint
Sprayed with hot water directly from behind my washer with a sprayer attached. Didn’t budge
I did my entire house. This was the only spot with painted popcorn. Water worked perfect everywhere else
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The first step is wet it good then scrape it . This will eliminate the dust 🇨🇦
Awesome video.
What if it had asbestos? Wouldn't you be better off coating it with topping?
The 2054 my house was built in the early 90s. Asbestos is in your older houses. There are tests you can buy to test it.
Great instructions !
Thanks for the video! Will the vinegar and water mix soak into the drywall itself and damage the drywall? How long will the vinegar smell last?
Your only misting. Drywall won’t be harmed. After a day I didn’t even smell it. But only did my bathroom this way
Vinegar!! That must be the trick!
Any issues after the fact when mudding, if the water used had a squirt or two of dish soap?
Can you get mold if you spray too much? Sorry if this is a stupid question. I wanna try this!
It dries fairly quickly
And vinegar is a mold inhibitor
you're the man, thank you!
*if only I had butter*
Will this work if an oil based paint was used to seal the popcorn ceiling? Thanks!
Great vid, thx man
I'm gonna try this .
Do you have to repaint the wall after removing the popcorn texture or is the wall paint/texture underneath the same as a typical smooth painted wall?
Andrea Du I did this to a curling and there was raw dry wall underneath. I primed, sprayed a light orange peel texture then painted
I didn't do dry prescraping. Worked just fine. With 3 coats of 'water'. Lesser the mess....
Thanks so much for this!
This works, 25 years ago I removed the texture from my parents' kitchen with vinegar, ,water and a putty knife. I don't believe it had been painted, though. It came off amazingly well.
Painted comes off as a sheet as in the video. Not painted as a 'crumbly mash'
Pimp'n, saved me time to Bro!
FUCK YEAH BRO WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER THANK GOU🎉
Thank you for this...
It worked! Thanks for the info!
Ingrid Sawubona Im glad it helped with your project!
Did it really? Was it pretty easy?
@@BoBBy_Loko Absolutely! The trick is to use either hot or warm water. Worked perfectly!
How long did you leave it sit to soak in, Hunter? Very neat trick by the way!
Lonvae 15 min
very good
K but what about the walls? Does the vinegar not affect the paint on the walls?
Don’t spray the walls
@@YaMonBaitCo wow, that's incredibly insightful thank you so much. Now, how about when you spray the ceiling in the corner where the ceiling meets the wall and some of the water mixture inevitably gets on the wall. Does it have any effect in your experience? That's what I was asking. "DoNt SpRaY tHe WaLLs"...like ffs you sarcastic douche, I don't even care about your answer now, you are clearly a little prick.
@@shevinsacrey5862 I had no issues. When it die it was like normal for me
not just the 70s and early 80s but sometimes, well into the 90s for asbestos containing popcorn.
This house war built in 97. No asbestos
What about testing for asbestos? I don't think anyone has thought to mention that yet....
Merci beaucoup
Good work
How long do u let it soak?
Those the water have to be hot ??
Check for asbestos friend
There's no asbestos in acoustic ceiling mix. Never has been never will be.
@@joeschmuckatelli3198 dude you are 100% wrong. Don't lie to people. Some had asbestos in it up till the 80's. Get an asbestos test kit y'all.
@@joeschmuckatelli3198 lol why would u even say that
@@Anar-hk5rv because I wanted to
Where are the boat restoration videos????
That's definitely NOT the popcorn ceiling I've painted: It gets wet, it rolls off, a total mess and complete mistake on my part to even attempt to paint. On the bright side, hopefully it all comes off just as easily.
Paint popcorn is a nightmare to get off
Pump sprayer would be Easier maybe 🤷🏼♂️
definitely would be. this is just what i had and only had a very small spot to do. was only painted above ther shower in the bathroom
Is that semi-gloss paint or flat paint? After seeing you scrape it I know it's flat paint semi gloss doesn't come off that easy it's an enamel and wont let water soak in.
you answered your own question lol
This reminds me of the cover of Hillary Clinton's book regarding the 2016 election. It said "What Happened?" by Hillary Clinton. Question and answer right on the front of the book
Does it work for UNPAINTED popcorn?
Cathy Brown for unpainted ceilings just use regular water
Wows nice
Wow, thanks for the vid. Looks like vinegar is the trick.
Doyle Redwine did it work?
@@BoBBy_Loko yes it did
What if this is over wallpaper? 100 year old house with nice wood walls. Thick cardboard smoothing paper, two layers of wallpaper, popcorn stuff and paint on top. Lord help me.
They should NEVER have put PC on a bathroom, we dont have in ours NOR the kitchen/adjoining dining room either
If it worked on the ceiling I'm guessing it would also work on walls.
Luis Gamez sometimes wall texture is plaster and that stuff is a bit more tough than dry wall mud
Wow
Thx
doesn't work used water out of a boiled kettle and 50/50 of white vinegar and water doused it 3 times water dripping on the floor 30 mins later still like rock
It was probably painted over already.
@@princesunnyboy it's been on for over 50 years so it was well painted I managed to strip it all off using a wallpaper steamer worked really well best for older painted ceilings
@@24welly at least you got it off easily bro, i don't think people use popcorn ceilings so often these days, for me i don't like it.
If your house was built pre 70’s that means from like 79 and before is when you should check for asbestos. Anything 80’s or newer you should be good. At least in California