I wish I had gotten rid of my popcorn ceiling before I moved into this house. I looked into having it done, and it is possible to save the sheetrock.
There are companies that will come in and do it. The spray a chemical onto the ceiling that makes it turn loose, then the scrape it all off. I asked how they keep the mess off of everything, and the said they have something like a gigantic plastic sheeting funnel that they tape up around the top edges of the room, and they go into the funnel through a little opening to do the job. Afterwards they just bundle up this funnel and take it away. Unfortunately, this procedure is a bit expensive, and after it's done it's up to you to texture and paint yourself, or find someone else to do it. Awhile back I did see a spray at home depot that supposed loosens the popcorn so you can scrape it off, but I noticed it's a hand pump. Who would want to hand pump spray thousands of square feet of ceiling? A lot of people in my neighbourhood just took a large scraper and got off what they could before repainting. It's a bit rough, but not nearly as disgusting as the dust and cobweb collecting popcorn! Oh yeah, and if you have an older home, you definitely shouldn't do it yourself. The stuff is known to contain asbestos! ~ Sarah --- In [email protected], "tunecollector" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My little trophy wife wants to scrape off the jagged gnarly popcorn texture > on the ceiling throughout the entire house. Actually, she wants her poor > abused husband to scrape off the jagged gnarly popcorn texture. Is there > some way of doing this without tearing out the entire ceiling? > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
