If you decide to remove the popcorn at any point, something to be aware of / consider:
Our friends who live in the home behind us removed theirs when they moved in, using the wet and scraping method others here mentioned. The unexpected issue they ran into, was once the popcorn texture was removed, they realized how bad the drywall seams and tape jobs were, and then had to deal with fixing that. I guess the builders did a subpar job taping and smoothing the seams knowing the popcorn would hide it anyway.
They also said the process was MISERABLE. The husband is a contractor and no stranger to that kind of work or laborious projects but said he’d never do it again. It’s the main reason we’ve decided to not mess with trying to remove the popcorn on our ceiling, lol. That might be uncommon, I don’t know, but we decided we didn’t want to take on that project, which sounds unpleasant already, and then find out we have same issue and a second project.
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Reply to New painter questions about old paint on walls, unpainted popcorn ceilings and primer! by thatoneguyovertheres
If you decide to remove the popcorn at any point, something to be aware of / consider:
Our friends who live in the home behind us removed theirs when they moved in, using the wet and scraping method others here mentioned. The unexpected issue they ran into, was once the popcorn texture was removed, they realized how bad the drywall seams and tape jobs were, and then had to deal with fixing that. I guess the builders did a subpar job taping and smoothing the seams knowing the popcorn would hide it anyway.
They also said the process was MISERABLE. The husband is a contractor and no stranger to that kind of work or laborious projects but said he’d never do it again. It’s the main reason we’ve decided to not mess with trying to remove the popcorn on our ceiling, lol. That might be uncommon, I don’t know, but we decided we didn’t want to take on that project, which sounds unpleasant already, and then find out we have same issue and a second project.