Covering Popcorn Ceiling With Joint Compound
Use a drywall mixer attached to an electric drill to blend thoroughly.
Covering popcorn ceiling with joint compound. Cover popcorn ceilings if a popcorn ceiling or stained and damaged drywall or plaster is making your home look outdated it s time to trade that frumpy bumpy texture for something stylish and inviting. Place a mark where. Scraping dry texture is a dusty mess and skim coating requires some practice. Just skim coating projects popcorn ceiling is also an older ceiling pre 1978 which could have as asbestos or lead paint.
Press enough compound in to cover the popcorn. About our styrofoam ceiling tiles polystyrene styrofoam ceiling tiles are one of the fastest and easiest ways to cover the popcorn ceilings and enhance any room s decor. Lift the knife and keep on pressing the compound down across the ceiling until it is all about a inch thick. On this painted popcorn ceiling project i ll be skim coating over it using a 14 inch drywall taping knife 16 inch stainless steel mud pan and an all purpose joint compound made by usg.
Removing popcorn ceiling that way makes a big sloppy mess and almost always leaves you with repairs to do afterward. Place a mark in the exact center of the room. Beginning at this mark on the wall measure half the distance of your ceiling s width by running your tape measure. Replace it rather than scraping or covering up the popcorn ceiling you could replace it altogether.
The mixture must be just the right consistency or it will drip from the ceiling. All you need to do is glue the ceiling tiles directly over the popcorn. Measure half the length of your room by running your tape measure along the top edge of your wall. Starting at an edge of the ceiling least noticeable press the compound down and then drag the knife across the ceiling at about a 45 degree angle.
Removing a popcorn ceiling is a messy time consuming job. Covering a popcorn ceiling with drywall this method involves installing a complete layer of 1 4 3 8 or 1 2 inch drywall over the popcorn ceiling screwing the drywall into the ceiling joists above the original ceiling. Mix 2 quarts of water into a 5 gallon bucket of joint compound.