How can I easily smooth my rough ceiling?
The ceiling looks like dish mops flowers of drywall mud. Very rough. It is not popcorn and is bout 30 years old.
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If covering it up isn't an option then sanding it down to make it smooth would probably be the only way to go.
You could add drywall or spackling with a trowel to smooth it out a little and still give some texture. Scraping and repainting is an option but tedious. Cover with beadboard sheets in 4 x 8 panels for under $20 a sheet. Glue on ceiling tile in sheets and paint.
It's the same removal as popcorn. My parents have it in part of their house. It's called stippling. It's sheetrock mud but very thick. Wet it down and use a tool like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002YSQSW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If you are looking for a smooth ceiling, forget it. The other options mentioned are not really very “do able” to get good results. Take the ceiling down and use sheetrock.