What is super cool about this product is that it comes in multiple types of finishes (and yes…there is a popcorn finish). (Step 3.) Once the mud has dried and you are satisfied, you get to spray your texture! On a positive note, since the surrounding ceiling is textured, we didn’t have to obsess over sanding or making sure the mud was perfectly smooth. ) Apply very thin layers of mud onto joint tape (This takes a while as we had to do several coats). (Step 1.) First, apply joint tape over the area you need to patch. Once you have confirmed you are asbestos free, you can get started! **Note: If your home was built between the 1950’s thru the mid 1980’s, you will want to test your ceilings for asbestos before disturbing any of the popcorn material on your ceilings. So before I get into the details, I do need to give an obligatory warning about textured ceilings….
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* How To Patch a Textured Ceiling without Scraping the Popcorn: As an Amazon and RewardStyle Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. *For your shopping convenience, I have included affiliate links. So with that being said, if you ever find yourself in a similar predicament and are looking for the easiest way to patch a textured ceiling, let me show you what we did… Given the ceilings were not technically popcorn (which I do truly despise), but instead a less offensive texture referred to as “knockdown”, it didn’t bother me enough to go thru the hell of actually removing the existing surface ( as we had done in other parts of the house). I was weary of covering the bathroom ceilings with a wood surface ( like we did years ago in my dining room) which may not fare so well in a steamy shower.Ģ. Many of you are probably wondering why the hell we chose not to do something about our dated ceilings, and here was our logic at the time:ġ.
Not wanting to spend the extra money on supplies to cover the textured ceilings and hoping to avoid the mess of scraping them, we needed to figure out how to patch the ceiling so that there wasn’t an obvious smooth spot once we applied a few fresh coats of sheetrock mud to the area where the old wall met the ceiling. In our somewhat recent bathroom remodel ( which you can read about here), we were faced with a design quandary when we knocked down the wall between our tub and shower… In today’s post, I am going to share how to patch a textured or popcorn ceiling without having to scrape or resurface the entire ceiling…
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