What’s the best way to get rid of popcorn textured walls?
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These walls are made of some kind of cheap paneling. If you bump them lightly or if the kids throw something they indent and the paint chips off. I am trying to figur... See more
I'm just playin, I've never done the walls before, but on the ceiling, a wide sturdy scraper brings it down fairly easily
The first step is to test for asbestos.
Until the mid-1980s, the Artex coating was made with white asbestos to strengthen it. Therefore old Artex manufactured by Artex Ltd. will contain asbestos while Artex coatings applied after 2000 may or may not contain asbestos. It is also worth noting that the texture is only harmful when in a powder form, i.e., being sanded, and poses no risk while it is undisturbed (without drilling holes or more substantial practices) on ceilings or walls and covered with emulsion paint.
Removing even more modern non-asbestos coatings can expose the operator to hazardous dust particles. Older coatings, containing asbestos, pose a particularly serious hazard. Inhaling microscopic asbestos fibers can cause asbestosis, a fibrosing lung disease; pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining ( pleura) of the lung; and peritoneal mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining ( peritoneum) of the abdomen. Professional expertise to identify the presence of asbestos is recommended. Only those trained to remove the coating or working with a surface covered with the substance should do so only wearing effective dust-proof protective clothing and masks and the area being worked on should be sealed off.
If it happens that it’s not Asbestos, you want to remove everything that is not nailed down, open your windows, and use plastic sheeting and tape to seal all doorways, floors, and built ins. This is going to get messy! Wear a lead rated respirator and goggles. Point a fan so that it blows out of one window for ventilation. Spray your walls with a light mist of water until they get wet, then scrape them down. If there is paint preventing water to saturate, then carefully use a sander with the finest grit you can get to work. Use a light touch so that you don’t gouge your walls.
Please get it tested first. I am literally going to the funeral of a cousin who got Mesothelioma from Asbestos today. He was 63.
It’s worth the time and money to test for Asbestos.
I hope that helps😊