Mudding Over Popcorn Ceiling

It s round two of skim coating over a textured ceiling series.

Mudding over popcorn ceiling.

And i ve seen it do. Ceiling tiles drop ceilings and new drywall will also hide existing popcorn texture. For a total style upgrade cover the ceiling with wood paneling or wood planks. When scraping a popcorn ceiling there is a very common belief that you can just scrape it and paint it.

I did the first skim coat o. You ll need to securely screw it into the framing and be proficient at mudding and taping for a seamless job. Removing popcorn ceiling that way makes a big sloppy mess and almost always leaves you with repairs to do afterward. Covering a popcorn ceiling with drywall.

On this painted popcorn ceiling project i ll be skim coating over it using a 14 inch drywall taping knife 16 inch stainless steel mud pan and an all purpose joint compound made by usg. With unpainted texture the most common approach is to mist it with a spray bottle and scrape off the softened texture. In today s video i m going to show you how to skim coat a ceiling. Popcorn ceiling if you have a heavily textured ceiling and just don t like the look you have a few options.

In today s skim coating tips video i ll show you how to apply skim coat over a painted popcorn ceiling the skim coating tools i use and why you should skim. Affix ceiling grade gypsum board which weighs significantly less than standard wall board right over the existing popcorn ceiling.