Does Anyone Know the Best and Fastest way
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Jerrod W
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The ceiling has a texture, I need to remove it and make it smooth.. Any Ideas please..
Smooth with hi-hat lights will be awesome
5 answers
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Jerrod, this has been discussed several times here on Hometalk - http://www.hometalk.com/?filter=popcorn+ceiling&search=posts You can do a search here on hometalk when you are looking for something.
Yamini LEED AP at Urbanmotifs
on Jan 22, 2012
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If its a sand texture a power pole sander used for Sheetrock spackle does the trick nicely. It can be rented at most home centers and uses a vacuum to pick up the bulk of the dust. But you still need to cover everything. Its hard on arms but not to bad of a job. If its popcorn then you need to wet and scrape. If its painted popcorn lots of arm scraping with lots of drop cloths to pick up the debris as it falls.
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on Jan 22, 2012
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I can't tell much from your photo can you post a better photo or describe the ceiling in more detail?
Tri-Lite Builders ~ Homework Remodels
on Jan 22, 2012
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probably easier to skim new mud,and sand to smooth
Collingwood sawdust builders
on Jan 23, 2012
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Depending on how it was applied....you can mist it with a water filled spray bottle and scrape with an angled floor scraper (you might get lucky)....this is one of the worst jobs going! We did one last year where they must have used a mortar mix for the stipple....took a week to do 4 rooms....we ended up using a combination of methods including a Porter & cable powered sander with a vac attachment....LUCK!
HandyANDY - Handyman & All Repairs, LLC
on Jan 23, 2012
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