How To Cover Popcorn Ceiling Without Removing It | Skim Coating Over Popcorn Ceiling

Here's how to cover popcorn ceiling without removing it. Skim coating over popcorn ceiling is the best way to go if you have painted popcorn ceilings that are hard to scrape off. All of the tools and supplies I used are linked right below.
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I've previously shared a couple of other videos dealing with popcorn ceilings but this is the first time I've shared how to smooth out popcorn ceilings by applying a skim coat instead of scraping the popcorn texture off. Acoustic ceilings are ugly and awful and there's not always an easy answer on what you should do to get rid of them!
If you have unpainted popcorn ceilings you can scrape the texture off first and then apply a skim coat to your unfinished drywall ceiling. If you're wanting to go that route, you can check out my tutorial here: • How To Remove Popcorn ...
I've also shared a video all about how to remove popcorn ceilings easily. You can remove popcorn in 5 minutes (If it's not painted)! You can check that video out right here: • How To Remove Popcorn ...
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
0:24 mixing joint compound
1:35 1st coat
4:28 2nd coat
6:09 3rd/finish coat
7:47 sanding ceiling
9:12 why there are bubbles in your skim coat
10:13 wipe off dust
11:00 filling in bubbles/holes
11:52 final sanding
12:24 final wipe down
12:42 final results
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[@TheNiftyNester]

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[@julibugable]

I’m impressed.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you, Lisa 😊

[@sandracastle42]

And how sore were your arms after?

[@amyk6453]

Can this work for not painted ceilings?

[@caroltomlin8822]

You are not only good fixing pop-corn ... you are good at explaining it.

[@neilpeach5215]

Why didn't you just spray it with water . seem like it would of been a lot easier.if it is not painted

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you!

[@TheNiftyNester]

I apparently didn't make it clear enough in the video. I put it in the thumbnail and title that this is for painted ceilings but I didn't stress that enough in the video itself. This ceiling was painted, that's why I didn't scrape it.

[@teresatanyag8237]

@@TheNiftyNester , Is it necessary to scrape the popcorn if it is not painted?

[@lenaely6146]

​@@TheNiftyNesterthank you for posting this 😮 Idk what inspired you to share this but 😊🎉👍🙂🤩🥳

[@reynoldsbillie]

Wonderful job! Absolutely brilliant! Girl, you deserve a bubble bath and a bottomless glass of wine after all that work!! 🍾

[@MissPrissy6688]

Instead of using sandpaper to sand the dried joint compound, I use a damp sponge. No dust. Easy.

[@metabolicamente]

Do you have to do it while the compound is yet?

[@Spike-ck5tj]

Wow that's determination, impressive. Reaching overhead for hours is tiring. I need a lie down after watching this. Great job 👏

[@am3589]

I've looked at SO MANY videos at how to remove popcorn ceilings until I'm dizzy. Came across yours and I know for a fact I'm using your way. Thank you for enlightening me to this no nonsense technique!👍🏽

[@TheNiftyNester]

Awesome thank you so much! I hope it works out well for you, good luck!

[@debbiegarella3389]

If the popcorn ceiling is stained or dirty, would this process still work? As you know trying to clean popcorn isn’t really a option.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Yes you can still do this if they're stained or dirty! Just vacuum off or dust as much as you can off of the popcorn ceilings but I know it's almost impossible to get them completely clean. I did my best but everything I couldn't get off just got covered with the skim coat, it didn't hurt anything.

[@patfanortiz8973]

Big mistake

[@appl314]

​@@patfanortiz8973 What's a big mistake and why?

[@johnnyrottenwood4935]

Tip. Use a texture spray hopper with thinned joint compound to saturate the ceiling and smooth with a wide knife. Takes a few coats but easier and faster way.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you for the tip! That sounds like a great idea, I will probably buy one and try that in the next room.

[@hameedahudda6338]

Would love to see how that goes. This surely looks painstakingly long and hard. Kudos to you guys for such awesome work.

[@JamieM470]

@@hameedahudda6338 Yeah, it looks like a LOT of hard work. Maybe even more work than the wetting/scraping process...I did a lot of that in the main rooms of my home many years ago, but just couldn't face that again, so recently I simply dry-scraped the worst of the popcorn off the remaining room and painted it with an oil-based paint. Now it looks like a lightly-textured ceiling, and it's mop-able. Easy peasy.

[@lbrowning2543]

This is much more feasible and doable than instructions from hot shot guys with 30 years experience skim coating who tell you to do it in one coat. This inspires me to try again on my abandoned ceiling project and take it slower with more coats. Bless them for their skill, but thank you so much for showing what is practical and good quality now without years of practice.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you, I appreciate your feedback! I love sharing these projects from a DIY'rs perspective. The pro videos are so helpful, but it can feel overwhelming trying to replicate their methods. I hope your ceiling is less intimidating this time around! Good luck!

[@paulalascola6714]

I painted mine and I have been happy with it for 15 years I anm getting ready to do it again

[@ricosrealm]

It's not possible to do this in one coat, no matter what those hot shots say. Best way is to use hot mud to get it 90% covered, but this requires you to be fast.

[@paulalascola6714]

Well yes it is because I did it

[@paulalascola6714]

You go ahead I am painting mine again I used glidden semi gloss paint​@ricosrealm

[@terryblagg3432]

Be sure to sweep off the ceiling before you try to cover it. Popcorn ALWAYS has loose pieces that will mess up your skim coat.

[@johnbizo2008]

Your videos and descriptions on STEP BY STEP are better than 90% of the MEN on here thank you!!!

[@rweems5796]

You go girl! What a job. I’m impressed with this alternative to removal. Thanks for the video.

[@amb7440]

Very nice job! Today I was looking for some drywall guys to skim my ceilings & walls. Thanks to you, I will be doing this myself. Thank you so much for the inspiration!

[@alexiaajordan3344]

Not only is this helpful, it's influential. I'm about to go do this right now. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I know it takes a lot of effort to both execute And film 😊

[@mikejames7013]

I've been dealing with how to fix my popcorn ceiling for years, and by chance I came across your video and clicked on it, and I think your solution is the best I've seen to date. Thanks for sharing.

[@thezfunk]

You definitely figured out the difference in the compounds. The All-Purpose is hard to sand. It is great for taping and first coat. The light-weight stuff sands easier and is good for 2nd/3rd coats. If you are doing this a bunch, I highly recommend one of those 9" orbital drywall sander with vacuum. You can get a cheap one for like $150, you don't need a Festool at $1 million dollars. The cheap one will work fine for DIY.

[@beingsaveddaily6303]

Our bathroom is same. We are getting ready to undergo the same process. Thanks for vid! You did amazing!

[@okosalaska]

Beautiful job. I did not first know why I was watching your video. I have a 3000 sq foot house with popcorn ceilings and I will never be able to do this. Then I figured out, why did I watch it? You are a very good teacher and you are eloquent. I love when people speak beautiful English. Be proud of yourself. You did not just do a great job, but helped a lot of people too.

[@Sunfl0werTE]

This is the most clever solution I've ever seen! Thank you for sharing your big juicy brain with us.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you and you're welcome! 🧠

[@anner4598]

You are such a hard worker! Your bathroom ceiling looked great at the end. Thank you for your content. I'm learning a lot!

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you, I appreciate that so much! ❤

[@devinebug]

Damn, you did awesome job… man can’t imagine number of hours you put in that efforts. I learnt a lot from your channel, thank you and I appreciate you and your efforts.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much! It did take a lot of time but I keep doing it so I must enjoy something about skim coating lol. I appreciate you watching and your kind comment 😊

[@stopkarinka]

Before we bought a House we never did any diy work so tried your way to cover ugly popcorn ceiling and it came out great! We bought a ready mix and covered our ceiling in 3 layers in a small 3x3 room and I’m so happy 😁 of course there was some imperfections but we managed to fix them and ready to do same thing in the second room which is slightly bigger ❤ thank you!

[@valerieatkinson8799]

Thanks for sharing! I now feel confident that I can cover up my textured ceilings instead of having the texture removed! 🎉

[@elainemurphy8793]

Excellent! Your commentary is so helpful. Lots of tricks and hacks. Perfect.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@nauy]

You did a great job! I’m dreading doing this because i get terribly nauseous and lose my balance if I have to look up for longer than a few seconds.

[@kathrynkathryn4836]

Your attention to detail is incredible. Takes a lot of patience, too. You did a fabulous job! I had always been told that you can only remove the popcorn ceilings and to never paint them. I painted mine years ago and they don't really bother me. I might use your technique though on the ceiling of my back porch, which is patterned drywall panels. Once I fix the split seams with webbed tape, that will disturb the marbled pattern. Just maybe I can cover the whole pattern by using your technique. Worth a try. Otherwise, it would cost me $3,000 to hire someone to do it.

[@catherinedooley194]

Thanks so much for this video! You are an excellent teacher! Lucky for me I only have one small popcorn ceiling but still did not want to spend time and energy removing it if I don’t have to. I’ve repaired lots of old walls with joint compound and taped new ones but didn’t know about thinning it with water. Thanks again!

[@amwildanimal]

thank you so much for this video! your explanation was super thorough and clear, but it never got distracted or off on a tangent like some other folks where i feel like i need to watch on double speed to get to the point of it haha. 😅 and you have such a calm, patient teaching presence. you made it all seem so doable! we are working on an incredibly stubborn painted popcorn ceiling right now and oof, im hoping we can get it done as nice as yours🤞

[@albertancustomer4232]

Thank you for this video. I have never seen anyone skin coating a popcorn ceiling before. This works great for popcorn ceiling with asbestos. Also this increases the thickness of the drywall which helps with sound proofing.

[@sdophoto1405]

Best video that explains how to do this. I have been looking for a clear explanation of how to do this.

[@sharroberts9083]

I am so inspired by this video. I have watched it and the others in the bathroom makeover series, and I am now convinced that I can skim coat my own ceilings. Room by room. I've gone out and purchased all the produces, waiting for the drill mixer to come in. I will be starting a small room to get the hang of it, but I plan to do my entire townhouse. All the steps just seem so simple, fully described and I'm convinced this is totally doable! Thanks!

[@TheNiftyNester]

That's awesome, I'm so glad this helped you to feel inspired! It's definitely a lot of work, but it's doable. I had zero experience when I did my first room. Starting in a small room is definitely the way to go. It took me a couple of rooms to really get the hang of it. The nice thing is that you can fix mistakes easily with sanding, so I never felt like I was going to ruin the ceilings. Also, give yourself time in between rooms. It's a lot to try to do all at once. Good luck, I hope everything goes well!

[@sharroberts9083]

@@TheNiftyNester Thank you so much for taking the time to leave more tips! I got in everything I need!

[@TheNiftyNester]

You're welcome, anytime!

[@michaelbartholomew1110]

Do let us know how it goes. Good luck

[@mutekuro]

how did it go?

[@quicks2929]

Thank you for sharing the beautiful video..we scrapd off popcorn ceiling in our home with applying little mist before scrapping off..we found the job easy

[@csimet]

That came out nice. For a small ceiling, like a bathroom, this is a great option and I agree that removing it is a royal pain (and could be a health hazard if asbestos if involved). It is rather labor intensive and if not done as a DYI project and probably expensive to have someone do it (3 coats, sanding, filling, re-sanding and painting). For me and my DYI family room remodel, I covered it with tongue-and-grove... the materials are pricy (~$2000 for a 20x14 room), but it goes up so fast and looks fantastic now. I will add resale value down the road and worth the investment.

[@homegirl1776]

Beautiful job! And great step, by step explanation. I just wanted to make a suggestion for an alternative way for covering up popcorn ceilings - beadboard panels. Still takes a lot of effort with spackling nail holes, trim, and paint. But if it works with your style aesthetic, it's another option. Especially for those with asbestos who can't afford to have it professionally remediated.

[@SG-dk9gn]

Great job! Your way looks so much more efficient than how I've done it. I removed the popcorn from my ceiling in my kitchen and hallway using hot water in a spray bottle, drywall knives for scraping the popcorn off of the ceiling and plastic sheeting to cover everything. Soooo messy...I still have my living room to do...ugh.

[@ALFIGUEROA-nb4rv]

Excellent video! I was going to scrape my ceiling until I saw your incredible video, I love it.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much! I'm glad this was helpful. Good luck with your ceilings!

[@AB-xl2dl]

You are my hero!!! Thank you for sharing this and your tips. I feel encouraged to do it or at least pay and supervise the guys down the street to do it.

[@jeevespreston]

Wow! I would never have thought of this approach. Well done!!

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you!!!

[@juann-nada]

Glad my algo picked up this vid. Def gonna try this. Great explanation. Thanks for sharing

[@murdockscott]

We have been trying to figure out the best way to rid ourselves of our popcorn ceilings. I am not sure if we will use this technique, but this video was very helpful for understanding the options! Thank you!

[@mollykillarney2419]

This was 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 helpful. You clearly know your stuff, girl. Thank you 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 much. ♡︎

[@jennifersignsoflife1375]

*Dang, you do GREAT WORK!* This is BEAUTIFUL. My former husband & I bought our first house from my best friend's Mom, who gave us a fantastic deal bc she hadn't been able to do much maintenance. All the ceilings had popcorn coating & in one room there had been a small electrical fire in the lighting fixture. Our budget, with two small children, was VERY tight, so I just scraped the whole popcorn off of it. After I'd completed it, a neighbor came over to inspect my handiwork & casually mentioned that our homes ALL had asbestos ceilings and I'd been breathing it in the entire time I was working on it. She thought it was very funny. Luckily, bc my kids were so young, I worked on it when they weren't around! Thank You SO Much for posting such a detailed & encouraging video!

[@jennifersignsoflife1375]

Quick follow-up: I just watched all the rest of these videos & WOW... JUST WOW! I happen to have been holding onto a beautiful antique dark oak buffet with the idea of maybe someday turning into one of those bathroom vanity sinks! @TheNiftyNester does SUCH BEAUTIFUL work & is SO inspirational. I now plan on using her video to follow for mine. Thanks so much!

[@kingssing]

Girl I am so impressed and never would have thought to do this ! I would have been wetting and scraping but thanks to you for showing this way to get it done is fantastic. Thanks a lot we need much more when like you in this world 🌎

[@kingssing]

Much more woman like you would be fantastic

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much! ❤️ You just made my day 😊 women can do it all, I love the uplifting comments!

[@daisystravels6682]

Do you have to sand it? Or could you just paint over it after it dries?

[@lukewebb9692]

​@daisystravels6682 you need to sand it to get that perfect finish.

[@joanne4120]

Holy Moley !! Yikes... I admire your incredible HARD WORK!!... not for me...but grateful for all your info and hard work!!😢❤

[@cllf9971]

Love your video! I hate sanding joint compound too!!! Thank you for the instructions.

[@LSUTigerMom]

It’s so easy to scrape popcorn off. I watched some KZbin videos and removed the popcorn from all of my ceilings. There is a slight texture left but after it was painted it looks great.

[@tammysanders9924]

Great video. I covered my bedroom ceiling with wood planks. The rest is still popcorn 🍿 Love how you explained your project

[@afishyfella]

Well presented. Good commentary. No nonsense.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you!

[@teresamurphy633]

Thanks for sharing this video tutorial! Learned so much , also you did a very good job 👏🏾

[@Libraxbruja]

This is literally so amazing. Thank you for posting this!!

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much! Thank you!

[@christianpoynter7971]

Great video. I would make one slight adjustment - if you fill in pinholes or low spots in bare mud, those spots will never sand out perfectly. Prime the skim coat first, then come back for the spot repairs. They’ll sand out 100x easier and better.

[@IcbinButta]

Girl you are Heaven sent🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I will be doing this for sure!

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much! Good luck!

[@jessicamperigaultrios7946]

Thanks so much for the video, very instructive. Seeing you working, make it look so easy that encourage me to do it myself.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much, and you're welcome! Good luck, I hope yours goes well!

[@scottmartin7049]

I've hated my popcorn ceilings since I bought this house but since they have several coats of paint, scraping isn't an option. After seeing your video, I know what I'll be doing this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@HesbrooksRiverbottomHomestead]

I totally needed to see this video, thank you! I spent a day trying to take down painted popcorn, what a mess! I am going to skim coat what I did take down and then eventually do the rest a little at a time. Thank you again for this video and I’ll will definitely watch the others in this series.

[@TheNiftyNester]

That's awesome, I'm so glad this was helpful! Thank you! I've had the same thing happen to me and had to patch that spot where I managed to get the popcorn off. It'll definitely be fine when you get the rest skim coated and won't be noticeable. Good luck with your ceilings!

[@carolmiller7450]

Did you do it. How did it turn out?

[@BrendaHawke-kc2vn]

Grateful for your video this morning. Your detail step by step was incredible; subscribed!! Just what I needed to keep my project(s) going! God Bless!!

[@matute11]

My goodness! Yo a good worker! Cant believe you did all of that! Great idea about this instead of removing the popcorn. At this point I am not sure what is easier....Their both messy and labor intensive. You made a great video and did a great job! Thanks!

[@thequestionis2113]

You make me feel good I figured this out 10 or 15 years ago thanks

[@terrypurvis2535]

I always wondered if skim coating would work on ceilings. I thought not because if it worked, everyone would recommend it. This is very cool.

[@jeanstrait2904]

Amazing work, takes alot of muscle to get a perfect look. You are awesome!

[@ROBSOLUTELY]

Nice work! I have a swirled ceiling, not as bad as popcorn, but this video inspires me on how to smooth it out. Thank you!

[@sarahchevaucher543]

girl you did such a good job!

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so so much!!! 💓

[@cassiejo0012]

Oh my god you're a genius. I am so glad I ran across this video cuz I was looking how to get rid of the popcorn ceiling crap. Anyway I saw a lady on a video that was showing you how to spray it with water and then like scrape it off and I was like oh my god there's got to be a better way and then I found you oh my God I could kiss you. Thank you so much for sharing this.❤

[@thomascorbett2936]

Good job, I do this also but I use Easy Sand 45 or 90 on the first and second coat . I doesn't shrink near as much . Then I use Dust Control on final coat . When it's all dry I prime with oil base pimer . The oil is not a solvent to the finish coat as would be a water base primer, plus it's a much more durable primer in a bathroom .

[@charivari85]

Thank you! This is a great idea! I have 1 room with popcorn. I’m going to tackle it myself now!🙂

[@cathiwim]

This is brilliant! I took out the popcorn ceiling in our bathroom, and the longest part was mudding the irregular sheetrock and sanding. I still have to do the rest of the house! Three bedrooms, a hall, great room, and a living room!

[@darrenwilliams7741]

That would be the last place I would put dry wall compound on a ceiling as unlike plaster which is water resistant, dry wall compound and fillers are not so the humidity in the bathroom may cause the ceiling to crack where the filler is starting to get damp.

[@Stacy-]

​@@darrenwilliams7741- Couldn't you paint it & seal it?

[@kenhoover3942]

Yes, put oil based KILZ on the ceiling. (and on the walls in the bathroom) It is a base coat plus not going to absorb moisture.@@Stacy-

[@702ringo1]

That looks great! Nice job, looks like a professional job from where I’m standing.👍

[@karlataylor7003]

I have been trying to figure this out for years!! I REMOVED popcorn from one bathroom and swore I would never do that again. I paid to have it done in my living room/dining room, but still have it over the rest of my 4000 sqft home!! I think I am going to watch this again and try this😬

[@TheNiftyNester]

I'm so glad this was helpful! I've learned there's really no easy way to deal with popcorn ceilings but there's definitely less messy and less stressful ways lol. This was still a lot of work but it was great not having to scrape the popcorn first. It sounds like you've got a lot of rooms left to do, if you try this I really do hope it's easier for you. Good luck with your renovations!

[@warrenkato6057]

My neck and bach aches for you.

[@Rochellemarieschwab]

What a great video. thank you. I'm not looking forward to this - because it's a ton of work. You did a great job.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much! ❤️ I feel your pain, it is a lot of work and I dread it every time I start another room lol but I'm always glad I did it. Good luck with yours, you've got this!

[@jayross2628]

Stellar instructions! Your clear, no-nonsense delivery is refreshing. Speaking of chatter, and as a woman, I wish other presenters (mainly women!) would cease their cutesy, sing-song, irrelevant chatter when they record instructional videos.

[@deannaallenchampagne7248]

Wow! Well done, and so helpful!

[@michelleisabel88]

Wow! It’s a lot of work but it looks sooooo much better.

[@MavericAvi8or]

Impressive video and great explanations. Really appreciated your hard work ✊

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much!!!

[@jeffmcmillan945]

Great solution! We have scraped the popcorn from every room in the house. The master bedroom was the last room and we've left it for a long time. We were ready to do that room today, and discovered that the popcorn had been painted at one time. All the other rooms it came off easy, but after struggling to get it off for a couple hours we had to give up. It is a complete mess. We've been scouring the internet all day to find a solution. Thanks so much!

[@watermelonlalala]

Oh, I painted the popcorn ceiling in one bathroom. Was thinking of doing the kitchen, next. Guess not.

[@finally0famous]

Your so amazing. Sooooo proud of you.

[@marg233]

Overhead always hardest task and u did an excellent job 👏🏻 well done looks beautiful 💃🏻👍🏻

[@govindamparamanandam1]

Wow. You transformed the look of the ceiling and walls. Technique much better than most expert dudes with fancy tools so far.

[@handytbutler7380]

fantastic job. amazing what you can do with a 20 bucket of mud.

[@lochness132]

Thank you for this video. I was about to have a breakdown because I'm destroying my ceiling trying to scrape it and every other skin coat video seems like its totally not possible for an amateur to tackle. You did such a good job showing and explaining everything in an approachable way.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much for this comment! ❤️ It's scary taking on these projects when everyone else is a professional and it looks so unrealistic for someone like us. I can't scrape a ceiling without making a mess of it either lol so you aren't alone there. I hope this works better for you, it's still a lot of work but I think it's worth it in the end. Good luck!

[@vanstromi7810]

If you’re destroying your ceiling trying to scrape then you don’t have the popcorn wet enough. Using a weed sprayer pump with water in it is the best way.

[@mbchudno]

make sure you test for asbestos before craping your popcorn. if your place built before 1980s, it probably has it in the mud on the ceiling. skimcoating is better solution if it does.

[@summertime8879]

Wow…that’s absolutely amazing!!! Thank You 🙏🏿

[@adamduvick]

I’d be curious to know how this method holds up over time. Do you have an update? My intuition from working as a painter would think that the skim coat would not adhere to the painted popcorn & would delaminate over time.

[@lindaedwards6683]

When we moved into our house 35 years ago, the builder had covered every square inch of the walls in horrendous bumpy texture. I've despised it from the very beginning. 4 years ago I found out about skim coating and had some painter friends come over to skim coat the dining room. It was a miracle! There have been no issues with delamination, or anything else for that matter. Since then I've had all the walls in the house skim coated except the kitchen, which has been painted so many times now that it's smoothed out quite a bit, so haven't decided if I'm going to do it.

[@billpholde4816]

Great video. Will send this to some people I know who have popcorn ceilings.

[@Whitetigerfyre]

Brilliant thankyou, i had a quote yesterday to remove the artex on 3 ceilings, it wasn't expensive atall but it botherd me he wanted to steam it off and i KNOW its not only messy it's likely to reveal atleast one section with a dodgy uneven plaster board. I searched everywhere for solutions, i even tested a section last night with the vinegar and wrapping method (didn't even remotely budge it😂) then i see the roll on version looked better again but I know id end up wearing most. Im definitely doing your way 😊

[@melissad.1885]

All I can say is Wow!

[@leticiaruvalcaba-arballo3181]

What a great idea, very nice work.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you!

[@juliahelland6488]

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing this! 💯

[@1.IceCream]

Looks good. I like your videos. You say what needs to be said without a lot of silly talk with it and your voice is very pleasant. I need help with some of these projects. I am lazy and need to know what I need to do so it doesn't take long. I'm 74 yr old and you know everything hurts. I will test the pop corn to see if it has been painted and for asbestos first. Thanks.

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much, I appreciate that! I'm all about just getting it done, I'm glad it seemed straight forward to you. Sometimes I feel like I over explain things so it's good to get feedback like this. There's nothing wrong with just wanting to know what has to be done so you can get it done quickly!

[@naturewatcher7596]

Just watching this video got me tired already. :) So much work, but the result is nice. Great job!

[@ciarazabolotney3998]

this is awesome!! you did a great job! glad I found your channel!

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much! I'm glad to have you here ❤️

[@w1975b]

great job, it looks amazing!

[@alonaranjo2931]

In Mexico we usa a sand sheet before for the loosen parts or dust and before applying anything else we use a sealant that is like transparent layer that will keep the mud in place for longer time, i mean durability but you did a great job, i bet your shoulders hurt for a while hehe is not an easy job, it looks amazing. I like it

[@TheNiftyNester]

Thank you so much! Yeah, my arms were like rubber by the time I was done lol. Do you know what product is normally used where you live? I know different regions use different materials. I was curious if you have similar materials used for textured ceilings there.

[@junehearn2292]

I wish I had seen this video about a month ago.....when I started removing the popcorn ceiling in my bedroom! But I can, and WILL, use this technique for living room and kitchen!!

[@IrishMorgenstern]

This video is amazing. I was very reluctant to scrape my popcorn ceilings as my house was built in 1952 and aesbestos is a fear. So this just makes me feel much more confident that i can do this safely.

[@sandrafernandez6319]

Great job! Thanks for sharing. ❤

[@krissymichele]

You did SUCH an amazing job and clearly you’re a hard worker, which is admiring. But there’s a MUCH easier alternative to this and it’s not only less time consuming. But it puts far less strain on your neck, arms, back, etc. 📝 All you need is a 5 gallon multipurpose sprayer (or any kind of spray bottle), 50% hot water, 50% distilled white vinegar, a large scraper and plastic sheeting (trash bags, tarps, etc) to line the floor with. 📌 Use your sprayer with the mixed solution to completely saturate the ceiling, let it sit for 10-15 min and remove with your scraper. (It will come off nice & smoothly & in huuuge sections!!) 🖌️Let it dry COMPLETELY (24-48 hours should be good), Paint and VOILA!!! You’re good to go. I recommend this from personal experience; as I’ve tried literally every method out there (including the one being demonstrated here, which was far too time consuming for us). The method above however was hands down the most effective, efficient way- It took us about a month to finish every room in our 2,000+ square foot house & that’s just because we have kids & jobs. (It would have been faster, had we been able to make it our main priority).

[@jamiedorsey4167]

As someone who has removed popcorn from dozens of ceilings, that is the way to go. It won't work if the ceiling has more than a couple coats of paint and sometimes the popcorn was used to hide a poor mud job underneath and one skim coat is still needed. Scraping off an unpainted wet popcorn ceiling is also very satisfying as it comes off!

[@TheNiftyNester]

I've done both methods. I've scraped popcorn, I've scraped popcorn then skim coated, and now I've skim coated over popcorn. As Jamie said, it really depends on how much paint you're dealing with. This bathroom had thick layers of paint. Water won't soak through that, and the popcorn won't scrape right off. I guess it would have if I tried long enough, but honestly, this was the better solution for this situation. I'll continue scraping the rooms that aren't painted. It's just a case by case basis.

[@central_scrutinizr]

@@TheNiftyNesterhow can you tell if the popcorn ceiling has been painted or not? Thank you

[@fairbs]

Thank you; very well explained

[@TheNiftyNester]

You're welcome and thank you!

[@thedigmy9707]

Good job! Another important point is good lighting. Also make sure a contractor has good light!

[@Sunnie26]

I’m having a panic attack hearing so many people who are/have tried removing popcorn ceiling 😳 my landlord did this right when we were about to move in and he contaminated EVERYTHING because many popcorn ceilings have asbestos in them. PLEASE everyone, be careful with ANY lose pieces and do NOT remove it without first having a professional test it for asbestos.

[@annasophia7977]

Thank you! You did such a great job!

[@donatospoony]

Thanks so much for this video . Re: sanding , the big box stores sell a connected sand tool that connects to your shop vac . (Richards) that has sanding screens . Just invest or look for extra hose (s) in my opinion . I Ike your sponge technique .

[@jcz136]

Great work and video thank you very inspiring

[@kathywood1196]

Thanks so much for the great tutorial!🎉

[@TheNiftyNester]

You're welcome, thank you!