A popcorn ceiling is a throwback ceiling texture from the 70’s to late 80’s when spray textures where all the rage. The smallest balls are often injected into the compound frame and shot into the ceiling, the super 70 ball disc is viewed all over the world. Often these spheres, where they are made of perlite and vermiculite, attract toxic substances if you try to remove them using brushes and sandpaper. Avoid harmful toxins, heavy ventilators and the huge mess that comes with removing popcorn ceiling. Use a block of drywall texture to complete a job in half time with almost no mess using this guide.
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Remove all furniture and appliances. Use plastic and blue painter’s tape for your walls and cabinets. Cover All floors completely with a cloth. Essentially, cover up the dirty things you don’t want to accept. This is often the hardest part of the job, but it’s worth it if you cover both walls to the ceiling edge using blue painters tape. tape and plastic material.
Prep tools and materials
Getting tools and materials is broken together. You need a long pole and a drywall brush. These can be found in any home improvement store and cost less than $10. In a five-gallon bucket, add compound one-third of the way to the top. Add water to the top of a finger and mix with ½” drill and stick bit. When you have the consistency of ketchup, put a little in paint roller tray and mud are moved around until the bristles are all lined.
Wrap Pattern
The following are simple steps. To make a circular flower shape, start at one corner and make a small stomp and spin. Replace the stomppaint brush in the tray and reload with the composite joint. This one time I wanted a thicker, heavier accent. In some cases, pieces of popcorn will be dissolved in the stomp brush. Remove the joint from the composite and the top of the ceiling before the slime hardens. For several times this example may be pressed to cover the ceiling with old popcorn.
Break the suspended element
To create a unique pattern, stop the brush at the ceiling spur and instead of gurgling it, push it up and down like a brush. It makes a broken form, which bursts out like a firework. You definitely need to load a heavy duty brush with joint compound to completely cover the old popcorn ceiling using this method.
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