Mudding Over Popcorn Ceiling

Adding a new drywall layer also gives you the option of insulating directly over the old ceiling before adding the new.

Mudding over popcorn ceiling.

And i ve seen it do. Popcorn ceiling if you have a heavily textured ceiling and just don t like the look you have a few options. Covering a popcorn ceiling with drywall. For a total style upgrade cover the ceiling with wood paneling or wood planks.

You ll need to securely screw it into the framing and be proficient at mudding and taping for a seamless job. In today s skim coating tips video i ll show you how to apply skim coat over a painted popcorn ceiling the skim coating tools i use and why you should skim. Affix ceiling grade gypsum board which weighs significantly less than standard wall board right over the existing popcorn ceiling. It s round two of skim coating over a textured ceiling series.

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. Ceiling tiles drop ceilings and new drywall will also hide existing popcorn texture. With unpainted texture the most common approach is to mist it with a spray bottle and scrape off the softened texture. Just skim coating projects popcorn ceiling is also an older ceiling pre 1978 which could have as asbestos or lead paint.

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. When scraping a popcorn ceiling there is a very common belief that you can just scrape it and paint it.