Regardless of whether or not the popcorn contains asbestos, it is still dumb to do this without a respirator. The debris contains other stuff you do not want to breathe. It could lead to other problems.
It should probably be said that most "poporn" ceilings installed before 1980 have asbestos in them. If in doubt, you should have it tested before trying a DIY removal.
At least the kind of texture that isn't made up of that "popcorn." So... *regular* textured ceilings, then. (Remember, the "popcorn"/"cottage cheese" surfaces are a texture, too.)
I bought a home and one of the bedrooms they had this texture on the walls! Inspector said I would have to re-drywall it. Not anymore, thanks so much!
Here's a tip: If the ceiling was indeed painted, try using a 1/10 ratio of acetone and hot water into a pump sprayer. Allow it to eat at the latex paint for approximately 10-15 minutes, then scrape away. This worked effortlessly for my ceiling project at my house.
She doesn't mind doing all the work. She lets you listen to alternative rock in the house. She's gorgeous.... Man, are there any more back home like her?
Didn`t actually believe you until I read some medical reports. Yea you are certainly right. There was one study which actually took apart the lungs of 11 or so dead workers who died of meso. None of the lungs contained chrysolite but they did contain the other types. Apparently it has to do with the structure of the strands that allow the immune system to take care of it. But there really needs to be more research done. In the mean time fear will spread.
@Allante715 If I know anything about this, chrysotile fibers are softer than those of the blue and brown varieties of asbestos. They don't stick in the lungs as easily and cause the inflammation that leads to cancer.
It really should be noted that asbestos used to be used in popcorn ceilings (though not always). Before trying to remove it, it should be tested and if it comes back positive, it MUST BE DONE BE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL. You really don't want to get exposed to that stuff.
if the ceiling has never been painted, then it can be removed with a water solution (you will know if you can touch the ceiling and if it breaks up easily; imagine what water or latex paint will do when added - it will crumble and fall apart). if your ceiling doesn't do this, then it was painted at some point which will have sealed the 'popcorn' celing. you'll probably have to soak it plenty and scrape. cover everything!!
@GianlucaRaiden If the were exposed, they were overwhelmingly likely to have been exposed to a "safe" variety of asbestos. Even then, the short duration of exposure (the longest this sort of project should take is like a week) and the small amount of asbestos involved (bumps on the ceiling) would not be grounds for concern.
whoever invented popcorn ceiling should be punished.
first order of punishment should be coming to remove all of it from my house.. starting with the room i'm in right now that has a bunch of parts that need extra scraping.
i wish mine was coming off as easily as the woman's in this video.
@ishtapinks The stuff was pretty ugly, but knockdown isn't exactly beautiful, and people cover whole houses with it. Years from now people will be wondering why anyone thought it was so great. The only ceiling textures I really like are mud swirl (easy to skim coat if you want to flatten it) and very light roller or sand finishes (easy to put up, but a little harder to cover up). Flat surfaces are nice, but they make it the room seem cramped it the ceiling is lower than 8'.
WELL SOMETIME IS NO EASY.. POPCORN CEILING REMOVAL PAINTING, TEXTURE,WALL REPAIR AND DRYWALL ARE MY SPECIALTIES. REASONABLE PRICES. I HAVE TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND AM FLUENT IN SPANISH. MY NAME IS FRED AND YOU CAN CONTACT ME BY EMAIL AT full.work@hotmail.com OR MY CELL PHONE (619) 415-5725 THANK'S ALOT FOR THIS VIDEO
what does the vinegar do to the texture?who came with that idea? i know you use it to remove hard water from shower doors and tea kettles but for popcorn JUST PLAIN WATER DOES THE SAME THING,just get it wet to soak with a pesticide sprayer ...as long as the popcorn has not been primes or painted over and let the water do the job it will work...if painted ,no matter how much water or even pure vinegar u use got to go for plan B,scrape scrape scrape and more scrape...paint is like waterproofing
yall got really lucky here...ive been doing the same thing at my place room by room and i tried the vinegar and water mix (3cups v mixed with 2gal of water) and i had no such luck....still ended up scraping the entire ceiling...
I am going to try to do this. My problem is that the ceiling was never primed and the popcorn was applied. Over the last two years it has bubbled and started falling off. There is a section now that looks like the popcorn is glued and I can't get it off. We got a quote of $1400 and I want to try this before hiring someone. Did you find any spots that where stuck on your ceiling?
Hi, I am removing popcorn ceiling right now in our whole house. How did you apply the vinegar and water? And did you add texture to the ceiling after removing the popcorn or did you prime and paint?
@focusmama We used a 2.5 gal pump sprayer which you can purchase from Home Depot for about $25. We textured the entire house a 90% Santa Fe texture which we primed and painted afterwards.
preety lucky ...i used in 5 gallon hot water one gallon vinegar
i wonder for how many sq feet howmuch water you used
for approx 325 sq feet i used almost 10 gallaon mix and what
only plaster base of popcorn celiling scraped easily
for other rooms i continue just water while i was using a wagner paint spray gun as water spreyer with 25 tip and double extension (homedepot cost of just extension arround 150$ plust wagner 350 on sale) yours was just a rare very rare example very much so
It sounds like there was oil based paint used on your ceilings at some point. Vinegar has no effects on Oil based paints. Also we used a 10 to 1 ratio of water to vinegar, I would not recommend anything more. Don't need a wagner to apply this mixture, just need a 2.5 gal pump sprayer which you can purchase from Home Depot for about $25.
I was unlucky, the textured ceiling I had to remove was applied over primed drywall and painted over as well, it did not want to come off even after scraping the paint off and repeated soakings, whoever put it on did too good of a job. I did eventually get it off but it took some effort.
You're VERY lucky. I just spent an entire day scraping popcorn off the ceiling of one of the bedrooms in my house. Not very fun. I think I'll try a vinegar/water mixture on the next bedroom.
Hey... Film producers get paid more than contractors... That's because it's a tough job to hold a camera and comment! Tougher than removing popcorn ceilings!!!
I cant wait to try this but what is the vin/water ratio ? and did you have to saturate so much that it damaged the drywall paper ? Sorry for all the questions but this is much preferable to scraping.
Did you try it yet? 10 parts water, 1 part Vinegar.... Wet it down, wait 5 minutes, wet again then lightly scrap ASAP. Spots that don't come off easily might need more spray. If done properly there's NO DAMAGE.
That is pretty cool. Mine did not come down near as easy because I think it had been painted a few times. I had to scrape the ceiling really good to expose the popcorn and allow water to soak in.
I think it's important to say that this isnt gonna work for everyone. I'm removing spackle from my entire home and frustrated, i tried this and although it helped some, i didnt have results like this and i even added more vinegar. Mine is more like spray a section, wait 5 minutes and scrape and so on. I think cement was added to my popcorn ceiling. eheh
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!! I was stressing out because we could not get the popcorn off. Well we did as you said and it came off very easily with a scraper. Did the entire upstairs in a couple of hours. Do want to mention that either I got the surface to wet or I pressed to hard but I did take off some ( a lot) of the paper that is on the drywall. I wonder if I can just paint over that? Hopefully do.
Awesome! I'm glad it worked! Let the drywall dry completely if you accidentally saturated it, then you want to tape the drywall with drywall tape and float it with compound.
Wish we knew more about repair & drywall install but we're just homeowners that came up with this vinegar idea to remove our popcorn. We had a texture company come out to our house and apply a "Sante Fe" texture 3 days after we removed the popcorn
Worked great for me, one thing I want to mention is if you use this method make sure you use eye proection, I got some mixture in my eye and it stings. While I was washing it out I got a nice sized chip of paint in it as well. But nevertheless it worked great
@fernandovedal I want to thank you we used your method and it worked great we had pros. do the down stairs and they they fought with it for 2 days 3 people . my wife and I did her studio in less tan a day so thanks again
Bet you're glad that job is done! Funny, for the almost three years we've had this video up the "pros" have dismissed our idea to use vinegar, now I just saw 2 drywall companies in the Phoenix area using vinegar to remove popcorn ceilings, crazy! My understanding from the countless people that have tried it & reported back is it works great on latex based paint, oil based not so much! Thanks for your post!
I've watched many of these videos and you are the first one that mentioned using vinegar. And you seem to have gotten the easiest take-down BY FAR. Didn't the room stink afterward?
It was, It's the people with painted popcorn that have issues getting it off so we posted this technique for folks to try. If there's no paint on your popcorn it's really easy to pull off with just water.
We just completed the entire house.. I am guessing your ceiling must have been painted to get that effect.. The latex bonded all the texture together? ouch... I do not envy that job a bit.. ours came down very easy and fast.. 12 x14 room was done in under 45 minutes..
I used a 2Gal weed sprayer... it looks to my like the original video that the ceiling must have been painted (latex) Our ceiling was NOT painted.. 1/2 ounce liquid laundry detergent to 2 gal water, spray till shiny, wait 5 minutes and used an 8" drywall knife on a poll.. works like a charm.. go easy in the corners, you can tear up the tape..
We used those chemical dispensers you use for weeds (home depot, I was like 2.5 gal. We soaked the popcorn until it dripped, waited 5 min. and re-soaked, then immediately removed the popcorn. We attempted this without the vinegar and it didn't fall off like it did in the vid...
Thanks for posting this video! I am soon going to be doing this project in my home. If you do not mind me asking, what steps did you guys do after all the popcorn was removed? Did you sand or anything?
After the popcorn was removed we used a carpenters knife and gently removed the excess from the corners / edges. When fully dry you'll need to patch any drywall problem areas, then re-texture or float if needed, then paint.
I did not find that to be true at all... the mild detergent content helped break through texture and the primer (Zinzer water based) went down without a hitch.. The surfactants of the detergent should actually help a water base primer by removing any grease or oil residue as well as brake surface tension of the paper
The problem you'll hear a lot of in these comments about detergent is that it definitely leaves a residue which will effect how well your paint adheres to the drywall.
Hello, I was trying to read all the suggestions. I decided to ask the source.. so spray wait five minute and spray again and start scrapping right after second spray... and either use soap or vinegar... as for tools lather, puttie knife and anything else... sorry if so many questions but debating if I should tackle or hire a professional
Yes, that is the timing we used, but we used vinegar for it has an acidity level which should break down the popcorn and paint. We never did the soap method, I don't know if it works.
Wow. This video does really make it look so easy. The couple that lived in my current home before me PAINTED their popcorn ceiling so it would not flake off. Is this going to pose any problems/risks if I attempt to remove it this way?
Our ceilings were painted also, thats why it held together like it did. Try a test area first & make sure you let the solution penetrate the popcorn. We spayed ours twice (5 min. wait between) then started removing. Don't over saturate, or you'll be replacing drywall (if you notice chunks of drywall board peeling off then back off on the duration)!
Thanks for this video! We are going to try to remove the popcorn ceiling in our bathroom first to see how if it works. If it goes according to plan, we are going to tackle the living/kitchen areas! Finger crossed! :)
thank you!!!!! I have been scraping and spraying water in my bathroom for hours and thought has to be something easier. I ran across this vid and OMG so far it is coming off so easy from the walls and ceiling. I wanted to kill whoever had textured the walls in the bathroom when I bought this house!! I put up with it now for 3 years and this week was like IT HAS TO GO I HATE IT. Anyways I am so happy I could kiss you both...Thanks Again!!
We're getting ready to try your technique on our ceiling. I've read your posts, I'm trying to determine if you had to do a skim coat after the popcorn came down. Our house was built in 2003, the popcorn is painted, our walls are fine so we just need to get rid of the corn, we thought we'd have to do a full skim coat with joint compound over the entire ceiling after the pop corn comes down, sand, then prime, and paint. Is that what you did? I'm not sure what you mean by scoring the edges?
After the popcorn was removed, you'll need to patch any small areas with joint compound. Since our wall texture was Santa Fe we only had to lightly texture the ceiling. I would only assume that you'll want to match your ceiling texture to your walls, if your walls are flat you probably just need a patch.
You dont need to add vinegar. dishwashing liquid will work just as good if not better and you wont have that horrible smell in your house. The water will do it all by itself but the dw liquid will help. And congrats on working the camera the whole time while the wife was doing all the work. That was a smooth move. How did you talk her into it haha
We tried dish soap and it failed miserably. The problem with your recommendation is that dish soap has absolutely no effect on layers of thick latex paint, the vinegar having a higher PH breaks the paint down. The smell is an unfortunate side effect that goes away after a few days, or less if you primer the next day... Uhhh...Didn't have to talk anyone into anything, our entire family did our share that day without a single complaint. Thanks for the post.
Great tip! I need to remove the popcorn of my ceiling too. Do you know how do you mix the water and the vinegar together? What is the ratio of water to vinegar?
Not that easy if it is painted....trust me. I have to skim my ceiling now. I learned some things on this project. I damaged the paper on the dry wall. I don't think there was any way around it.
These ceilings were painted twice with gloss white paint, which is why it came down in sheets. Did you use the vinegar solution? The acidity of the vinegar helped break down the paint on our ceilings and we had little damage as a result, you just have to live with the smell for a few days until you can primer the ceilings.
No way....the ceiling in the video was painted? I didn't use vinegar. I didn't know about it until this video. Did you scrap the tops off or did you just spray on top of paint? How it the world did you get it to do that?
Personally I think your wife would be really pissed if she caught you sitting on your lazy ass in front of the PC witting lame comments on YouTube again.. Shouldn't you be mowing the lawn? Ta Taa!
Its manufacture was banned in 1978. It was still legal to install the stuff into people's homes because of the financial impact for those many who invested in loads of the stuff. Installation carried on into the 1980s until the stocks of the stuff were exhausted.
hi, today after watching your video, went to the house we just bought last week, and try to put a little bit of vinager about 1 cup to a gallon of water, sprayed it and nothing happened in about 1 hr how long do i have to wait, or how mucho vinager and water, please, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, ...... we are renovating and our house is a caos ...... HELP !!
1 cup per gallon is light, the ratio was 10 to 1, so a little less than 2 cups per gallon of water. It's my understanding that not all popcorn ceilings are alike, i believe oil based paints are not affected by vinegar, so you'll need to know what you're up against. Also be sure to soak it well for the first run, wait 5 minute and soak again, then immediately scrap & dry. Don't let the water soak into the drywall or you'll really have a project on your hands! This is only our experience.
oh oh, thanks for the reply, I thought it was going to come off like without any help and let it soak overnight, I'll go check this afternoon .............. :( .............. hope my housband doesn't kill me ........ hahahha
Cool! how long did it absorb into the popcorn before it started falling off? I'd also like to know how wet you got it. I just bought a house with popcrap ceilings all over the place. Even with 10:1 mix did the place smell like vinegar? thanks for posting this BTW.
Popcorn ceilings are the grosest thing ever...I think newer model homes no longer have this...thank God. Anyway thanks for posting the video now i know what i need to tell my sister in law to use to get rid of hers in her new apartment.
Well that sure makes it a whole lot easier when it falls off by itself!
I live in a condo and I hooked a hose up to my water heater, laid plastic sheets on the floor and sprayed the ceiling until the popcorn tuned into goo. Then I used a floor scraper and just scraped it off...now I just need to sand and paint
We tried an area with only water (minus the vinegar) and the popcorn didn't come off as easily. I wouldn't recommend using too much vinegar though, unless you want to dissolve your drywall or worse make it smell really, really bad...We used about 1 part vinegar for every 10 parts water...Good Luck!
I've just been reading the comments on this video, good lord, the things people find to argue over! who cares whether it was his wife, his daughter or the family dog, its supposed to be an informative video how to do a home renovation job, not a study on their family life! and how sad a life do you have to have to spend it appraising people's decorating videos and criticising them!
No need, we actually should have been wearing rain coats. The room was humid and the popcorn was wet, no dust. When we sanded the ceilings we wore respirators.
bad news...don't thing my popcorn ceiling is really popcorn but paint made out to look like the real deal. How tacky :-( Any ideas to remove the faux popcorn?
No, asbestos was banned years before the house was built. (87'). If I get mesothelioma from this job I'm gonna be a rich man! (at least for a few years before I die)
dude, I am SO going to take your findings and run with it. I absolutely hate the popcorn ceiling in my house and now know how to get rid of it without breaking the bank.
I would have the ceiling tested for asbestos. If it exists then you'll pay a small fortune to remove and dispose of it. It cost about $150 to remove our popcorn ceilings by ourselves, it cost us about 4k to re-texture the entire house (walls and ceiling)to a 90% smooth Santa Fe through a contractor.
Simple1!! If You look You will see the drywall in this video is soaked. The popcorn had been painted and the paint held the water in long enough for the popcorn to bubble and fall. This is great if You don't mind Your drywall warping from the excessive water.
The drywall was never saturated, youll need to scrape the remaining water & texture off immediately. We had a licensed drywaller re-texture the entire house that week & they told us the ceilings were in excellent condition.
Vinegar!!! Ok, now I'm ready to chip some off and get it tested!! I was so discouraged with my google search on removing popcorn texture because they said it would be really difficult if your ceiling was already painted! Then I found this video! Thanks a heap!
what is a popcorn ceiling? i am not familiar with this term her in the uk
MrIknowbest2 1 week ago
How did you know that the ceiling doesn't have asbestos in it?
pinktotempole 4 weeks ago
Fuck that bitch up her ass.
mightydyckerson 1 month ago
That song blows!
naughtycanuck 1 month ago
why don't these airheads pull the thing down? geez.
deebin4 2 months ago
Regardless of whether or not the popcorn contains asbestos, it is still dumb to do this without a respirator. The debris contains other stuff you do not want to breathe. It could lead to other problems.
chefschulz 2 months ago
It should probably be said that most "poporn" ceilings installed before 1980 have asbestos in them. If in doubt, you should have it tested before trying a DIY removal.
YourHandyGuy1 3 months ago
i like how shes like "meh," at somthing so kewl...
Night0wll 3 months ago
watch out for the asbestos!
milenealves1000 3 months ago
I have just unpainted sheetrock under the popcorn will this work?????
kosh2001 4 months ago in playlist Info how too
WOW lol it was creepy looking when the bubble started to grow
jazmyn757 5 months ago
That was weird looking
McGturtle3 6 months ago
Whow, what a big bubble that popped!
Sad part about this, though, is that your lives might end early now, because you weren't protected from the inhaling the dangerous debris dust.
MaxxFordham 7 months ago
en lugar de que le ayude el guevon hahaha
pmartinez32 7 months ago
let's not confuse textured ceiling with a popcorn ceiling. Popcorn is easy, textured is a pain
visvire 10 months ago
@visvire
At least the kind of texture that isn't made up of that "popcorn." So... *regular* textured ceilings, then. (Remember, the "popcorn"/"cottage cheese" surfaces are a texture, too.)
MaxxFordham 7 months ago
She is working and the guy is the camaramen and commentator! lol
Diametrac 11 months ago
@Diametrac
So... what's so funny about or "wrong" with that?
MaxxFordham 7 months ago
I bought a home and one of the bedrooms they had this texture on the walls! Inspector said I would have to re-drywall it. Not anymore, thanks so much!
AntarianChick 1 year ago
Here's a tip: If the ceiling was indeed painted, try using a 1/10 ratio of acetone and hot water into a pump sprayer. Allow it to eat at the latex paint for approximately 10-15 minutes, then scrape away. This worked effortlessly for my ceiling project at my house.
degrande707 1 year ago
What song is this?
GUNSFOREVER1 1 year ago
@GUNSFOREVER1 "Like a Stone" by Audioslave .
lrd9999 1 year ago
@lrd9999 OMG thanks alot =)
GUNSFOREVER1 1 year ago
She doesn't mind doing all the work. She lets you listen to alternative rock in the house. She's gorgeous.... Man, are there any more back home like her?
TheLeroyMoon 1 year ago 6
What can I say... I really hope so ;-)
GianlucaRaiden 1 year ago
I didn't know it could be "that easy" - at least by appearances!
lauryndoll 1 year ago
97 percent of asbestos installed in the United States is of the "chrysotile" variety, which does not cause cancer.
RTpanzertime 1 year ago
@RTpanzertime
Didn`t actually believe you until I read some medical reports. Yea you are certainly right. There was one study which actually took apart the lungs of 11 or so dead workers who died of meso. None of the lungs contained chrysolite but they did contain the other types. Apparently it has to do with the structure of the strands that allow the immune system to take care of it. But there really needs to be more research done. In the mean time fear will spread.
Allante715 1 year ago
@Allante715 If I know anything about this, chrysotile fibers are softer than those of the blue and brown varieties of asbestos. They don't stick in the lungs as easily and cause the inflammation that leads to cancer.
RTpanzertime 1 year ago
It really should be noted that asbestos used to be used in popcorn ceilings (though not always). Before trying to remove it, it should be tested and if it comes back positive, it MUST BE DONE BE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL. You really don't want to get exposed to that stuff.
Teekoness 1 year ago
the MAN is watching the WOMAN do the work....
i like this *thumbs up*
died40 1 year ago 17
if the ceiling has never been painted, then it can be removed with a water solution (you will know if you can touch the ceiling and if it breaks up easily; imagine what water or latex paint will do when added - it will crumble and fall apart). if your ceiling doesn't do this, then it was painted at some point which will have sealed the 'popcorn' celing. you'll probably have to soak it plenty and scrape. cover everything!!
costapanagiotakos 1 year ago
Well, but... That is asbestos... You were exposed to that shit... Or maybe not?
GianlucaRaiden 1 year ago
@GianlucaRaiden If the were exposed, they were overwhelmingly likely to have been exposed to a "safe" variety of asbestos. Even then, the short duration of exposure (the longest this sort of project should take is like a week) and the small amount of asbestos involved (bumps on the ceiling) would not be grounds for concern.
RTpanzertime 1 year ago
whoever invented popcorn ceiling should be punished.
first order of punishment should be coming to remove all of it from my house.. starting with the room i'm in right now that has a bunch of parts that need extra scraping.
i wish mine was coming off as easily as the woman's in this video.
ishtapinks 1 year ago
@ishtapinks The stuff was pretty ugly, but knockdown isn't exactly beautiful, and people cover whole houses with it. Years from now people will be wondering why anyone thought it was so great. The only ceiling textures I really like are mud swirl (easy to skim coat if you want to flatten it) and very light roller or sand finishes (easy to put up, but a little harder to cover up). Flat surfaces are nice, but they make it the room seem cramped it the ceiling is lower than 8'.
lrd9999 1 year ago
how much water and vinigar did you use? did you heat it?
notserpify 1 year ago
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WELL SOMETIME IS NO EASY.. POPCORN CEILING REMOVAL PAINTING, TEXTURE,WALL REPAIR AND DRYWALL ARE MY SPECIALTIES. REASONABLE PRICES. I HAVE TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND AM FLUENT IN SPANISH. MY NAME IS FRED AND YOU CAN CONTACT ME BY EMAIL AT full.work@hotmail.com OR MY CELL PHONE (619) 415-5725 THANK'S ALOT FOR THIS VIDEO
fredremodeling 1 year ago
what does the vinegar do to the texture?who came with that idea? i know you use it to remove hard water from shower doors and tea kettles but for popcorn JUST PLAIN WATER DOES THE SAME THING,just get it wet to soak with a pesticide sprayer ...as long as the popcorn has not been primes or painted over and let the water do the job it will work...if painted ,no matter how much water or even pure vinegar u use got to go for plan B,scrape scrape scrape and more scrape...paint is like waterproofing
ntrxdiver 1 year ago
yall got really lucky here...ive been doing the same thing at my place room by room and i tried the vinegar and water mix (3cups v mixed with 2gal of water) and i had no such luck....still ended up scraping the entire ceiling...
speedskaterii 1 year ago
@speedskaterii Not really, this has worked for many, just depends on if there's paint on the ceiling and what type (oil or latex).
fernandovedal 1 year ago
how do i remove this crap if its been painted over with oil based paint? please somebody help.
lexyota 1 year ago
No prep gross! Hey fella give the lady a hand.
dub2 1 year ago 2
I am going to try to do this. My problem is that the ceiling was never primed and the popcorn was applied. Over the last two years it has bubbled and started falling off. There is a section now that looks like the popcorn is glued and I can't get it off. We got a quote of $1400 and I want to try this before hiring someone. Did you find any spots that where stuck on your ceiling?
heydes01 1 year ago
Hi, I am removing popcorn ceiling right now in our whole house. How did you apply the vinegar and water? And did you add texture to the ceiling after removing the popcorn or did you prime and paint?
focusmama 1 year ago
@focusmama We used a 2.5 gal pump sprayer which you can purchase from Home Depot for about $25. We textured the entire house a 90% Santa Fe texture which we primed and painted afterwards.
fernandovedal 1 year ago
@fernandovedal
what was the vinegar to water ratio?
XHeadshotXOfficial 5 months ago
preety lucky ...i used in 5 gallon hot water one gallon vinegar
i wonder for how many sq feet howmuch water you used
for approx 325 sq feet i used almost 10 gallaon mix and what
only plaster base of popcorn celiling scraped easily
for other rooms i continue just water while i was using a wagner paint spray gun as water spreyer with 25 tip and double extension (homedepot cost of just extension arround 150$ plust wagner 350 on sale) yours was just a rare very rare example very much so
artregeous 1 year ago
It sounds like there was oil based paint used on your ceilings at some point. Vinegar has no effects on Oil based paints. Also we used a 10 to 1 ratio of water to vinegar, I would not recommend anything more. Don't need a wagner to apply this mixture, just need a 2.5 gal pump sprayer which you can purchase from Home Depot for about $25.
fernandovedal 1 year ago
I was unlucky, the textured ceiling I had to remove was applied over primed drywall and painted over as well, it did not want to come off even after scraping the paint off and repeated soakings, whoever put it on did too good of a job. I did eventually get it off but it took some effort.
OlegKostoglatov 1 year ago
@OlegKostoglatov If it was painted with an Oil Based paint it will not come off easily, thanks for the post.
fernandovedal 1 year ago
great video !
tonkpils707 1 year ago
So what is the ratio of vinegar to water?
WDW888 1 year ago
We used 10 parts water to 1 part vinegar.
fernandovedal 1 year ago
You're VERY lucky. I just spent an entire day scraping popcorn off the ceiling of one of the bedrooms in my house. Not very fun. I think I'll try a vinegar/water mixture on the next bedroom.
GentlRebel 1 year ago
Hi, I love your video because it will help me remove that ugly popcorn from my ceiling. My question is: what is the ratio of vinegar to water?
superfluteman1 1 year ago
We used 10 parts water to 1 part vinegar.
fernandovedal 1 year ago
Typical. She's working. He's standing around filming and commenting. lol
ElaineEC 1 year ago
Hey... Film producers get paid more than contractors... That's because it's a tough job to hold a camera and comment! Tougher than removing popcorn ceilings!!!
fernandovedal 1 year ago
I cant wait to try this but what is the vin/water ratio ? and did you have to saturate so much that it damaged the drywall paper ? Sorry for all the questions but this is much preferable to scraping.
hatchls1 1 year ago
Did you try it yet? 10 parts water, 1 part Vinegar.... Wet it down, wait 5 minutes, wet again then lightly scrap ASAP. Spots that don't come off easily might need more spray. If done properly there's NO DAMAGE.
fernandovedal 1 year ago
That is pretty cool. Mine did not come down near as easy because I think it had been painted a few times. I had to scrape the ceiling really good to expose the popcorn and allow water to soak in.
02stampede 1 year ago
Is there a certain chemical that you used ? or just water ????
sheepdogmilitia 1 year ago
I think it's important to say that this isnt gonna work for everyone. I'm removing spackle from my entire home and frustrated, i tried this and although it helped some, i didnt have results like this and i even added more vinegar. Mine is more like spray a section, wait 5 minutes and scrape and so on. I think cement was added to my popcorn ceiling. eheh
paratrooper95 1 year ago
What was the ratio of vinegar and water? My whole house has ceiling popcorn and I want it down.
mjfw10 1 year ago
popcorn ceilling often contain asbestos.
peter17dude 1 year ago
steady makin bitchez remove tha ceilin
ws303ws 1 year ago
Since I scraped too hard and took off a lot of the drywall paper can I just paint over it? Probably have to prime it eh????
theresa3618 1 year ago
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!! I was stressing out because we could not get the popcorn off. Well we did as you said and it came off very easily with a scraper. Did the entire upstairs in a couple of hours. Do want to mention that either I got the surface to wet or I pressed to hard but I did take off some ( a lot) of the paper that is on the drywall. I wonder if I can just paint over that? Hopefully do.
theresa3618 1 year ago
Awesome! I'm glad it worked! Let the drywall dry completely if you accidentally saturated it, then you want to tape the drywall with drywall tape and float it with compound.
Wish we knew more about repair & drywall install but we're just homeowners that came up with this vinegar idea to remove our popcorn. We had a texture company come out to our house and apply a "Sante Fe" texture 3 days after we removed the popcorn
fernandovedal 1 year ago
Worked great for me, one thing I want to mention is if you use this method make sure you use eye proection, I got some mixture in my eye and it stings. While I was washing it out I got a nice sized chip of paint in it as well. But nevertheless it worked great
doughboy09bravo 1 year ago
Good advice. It does rain popcorn / paint when you do this project...
fernandovedal 1 year ago
@fernandovedal I want to thank you we used your method and it worked great we had pros. do the down stairs and they they fought with it for 2 days 3 people . my wife and I did her studio in less tan a day so thanks again
jivyjoy 1 year ago
Bet you're glad that job is done! Funny, for the almost three years we've had this video up the "pros" have dismissed our idea to use vinegar, now I just saw 2 drywall companies in the Phoenix area using vinegar to remove popcorn ceilings, crazy! My understanding from the countless people that have tried it & reported back is it works great on latex based paint, oil based not so much! Thanks for your post!
fernandovedal 1 year ago
Nice vid, we are gonna use this method on our house soon! Thanks!
15569903 2 years ago
We used about 1 part vinegar for every 10 parts water.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Give it a shot, worked for us!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
I've watched many of these videos and you are the first one that mentioned using vinegar. And you seem to have gotten the easiest take-down BY FAR. Didn't the room stink afterward?
whargoul7 2 years ago
Since it's diluted with water the smell isn't bad and does away after a couple days, no trace after you repaint.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
@whargoul7
I think his was painted.. most are not..
randalljames1 2 years ago
It was, It's the people with painted popcorn that have issues getting it off so we posted this technique for folks to try. If there's no paint on your popcorn it's really easy to pull off with just water.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
We just completed the entire house.. I am guessing your ceiling must have been painted to get that effect.. The latex bonded all the texture together? ouch... I do not envy that job a bit.. ours came down very easy and fast.. 12 x14 room was done in under 45 minutes..
randalljames1 2 years ago
I used a 2Gal weed sprayer... it looks to my like the original video that the ceiling must have been painted (latex) Our ceiling was NOT painted.. 1/2 ounce liquid laundry detergent to 2 gal water, spray till shiny, wait 5 minutes and used an 8" drywall knife on a poll.. works like a charm.. go easy in the corners, you can tear up the tape..
randalljames1 2 years ago
We used those chemical dispensers you use for weeds (home depot, I was like 2.5 gal. We soaked the popcorn until it dripped, waited 5 min. and re-soaked, then immediately removed the popcorn. We attempted this without the vinegar and it didn't fall off like it did in the vid...
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this video! I am soon going to be doing this project in my home. If you do not mind me asking, what steps did you guys do after all the popcorn was removed? Did you sand or anything?
Franchescalifornia 2 years ago
After the popcorn was removed we used a carpenters knife and gently removed the excess from the corners / edges. When fully dry you'll need to patch any drywall problem areas, then re-texture or float if needed, then paint.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
don't use soapy water, it will leave a residue that could repel your primer/paint.
christwagon1980 2 years ago
That's what someone else said. We didn't have a problem with the vinegar other than the faint odor which goes away after 2 days.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
I did not find that to be true at all... the mild detergent content helped break through texture and the primer (Zinzer water based) went down without a hitch.. The surfactants of the detergent should actually help a water base primer by removing any grease or oil residue as well as brake surface tension of the paper
randalljames1 2 years ago
The problem you'll hear a lot of in these comments about detergent is that it definitely leaves a residue which will effect how well your paint adheres to the drywall.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
@fernandovedal hmm interesting.. .
Anyway, whole house done and no issues at all with paint not sticking
(or primer)
randalljames1 2 years ago
Vinegar doesn't leave any residue, our son has "tested" the paint with his plane toys and it holds up!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Denver?
randalljames1 2 years ago
Phoenix
fernandovedal 2 years ago
What ratio of vinegar to water did you use?
kaloncar 2 years ago
We used about 1 part vinegar for every 10 parts water.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Great video, I'm going to have to use this on my upstairs instead of paying for it. What did you put down on the floors, painter's sheets?
numchuck87 2 years ago
We did one sheet of thin plastic, then the 3 foot wide painters paper rolls. The paper soaks the water up.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Hello, I was trying to read all the suggestions. I decided to ask the source.. so spray wait five minute and spray again and start scrapping right after second spray... and either use soap or vinegar... as for tools lather, puttie knife and anything else... sorry if so many questions but debating if I should tackle or hire a professional
americanallstar78 2 years ago
Yes, that is the timing we used, but we used vinegar for it has an acidity level which should break down the popcorn and paint. We never did the soap method, I don't know if it works.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Wow. This video does really make it look so easy. The couple that lived in my current home before me PAINTED their popcorn ceiling so it would not flake off. Is this going to pose any problems/risks if I attempt to remove it this way?
madonnawhore 2 years ago
Our ceilings were painted also, thats why it held together like it did. Try a test area first & make sure you let the solution penetrate the popcorn. We spayed ours twice (5 min. wait between) then started removing. Don't over saturate, or you'll be replacing drywall (if you notice chunks of drywall board peeling off then back off on the duration)!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Thanks so much. I hope things just as smoothly for me as it did you for guys!
madonnawhore 2 years ago
Thanks for this video! We are going to try to remove the popcorn ceiling in our bathroom first to see how if it works. If it goes according to plan, we are going to tackle the living/kitchen areas! Finger crossed! :)
patty8860 2 years ago
Good Luck! We sprayed the solution, waited 5 minutes then sprayed again. We started removing the material right after the second spray.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
ahahahah sweet
peptopro17 2 years ago
thank you!!!!! I have been scraping and spraying water in my bathroom for hours and thought has to be something easier. I ran across this vid and OMG so far it is coming off so easy from the walls and ceiling. I wanted to kill whoever had textured the walls in the bathroom when I bought this house!! I put up with it now for 3 years and this week was like IT HAS TO GO I HATE IT. Anyways I am so happy I could kiss you both...Thanks Again!!
arc7795 2 years ago
Gotta love YouTube, helped us install tile this year... Glad it went smoother in the end!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
We're getting ready to try your technique on our ceiling. I've read your posts, I'm trying to determine if you had to do a skim coat after the popcorn came down. Our house was built in 2003, the popcorn is painted, our walls are fine so we just need to get rid of the corn, we thought we'd have to do a full skim coat with joint compound over the entire ceiling after the pop corn comes down, sand, then prime, and paint. Is that what you did? I'm not sure what you mean by scoring the edges?
volvovixen 2 years ago
After the popcorn was removed, you'll need to patch any small areas with joint compound. Since our wall texture was Santa Fe we only had to lightly texture the ceiling. I would only assume that you'll want to match your ceiling texture to your walls, if your walls are flat you probably just need a patch.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Great vid...and yeah...that looked easy:)
clintcarter 2 years ago
You dont need to add vinegar. dishwashing liquid will work just as good if not better and you wont have that horrible smell in your house. The water will do it all by itself but the dw liquid will help. And congrats on working the camera the whole time while the wife was doing all the work. That was a smooth move. How did you talk her into it haha
lovesomecujo 2 years ago
We tried dish soap and it failed miserably. The problem with your recommendation is that dish soap has absolutely no effect on layers of thick latex paint, the vinegar having a higher PH breaks the paint down. The smell is an unfortunate side effect that goes away after a few days, or less if you primer the next day... Uhhh...Didn't have to talk anyone into anything, our entire family did our share that day without a single complaint. Thanks for the post.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Im not dismissing it and im not saying that one is better than the other im just saying its always worked for us. And without that horrible smell
lovesomecujo 2 years ago
Great tip! I need to remove the popcorn of my ceiling too. Do you know how do you mix the water and the vinegar together? What is the ratio of water to vinegar?
cpham35 2 years ago
Not insane just a few layers of latex paint is all!...You guy's are lucky!
albsure22 2 years ago
after u remove it,what is the next step?just paint over it?
missymelmel2112 2 years ago
Simply cut away any material from the edges, refill nail holes & repair damage with mud, primer and paint. Hope that helps.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Not that easy if it is painted....trust me. I have to skim my ceiling now. I learned some things on this project. I damaged the paper on the dry wall. I don't think there was any way around it.
geaux4tigers 2 years ago
These ceilings were painted twice with gloss white paint, which is why it came down in sheets. Did you use the vinegar solution? The acidity of the vinegar helped break down the paint on our ceilings and we had little damage as a result, you just have to live with the smell for a few days until you can primer the ceilings.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
did you just paint the cieling or did you add texture, like knockdown?
kashmb 2 years ago
No way....the ceiling in the video was painted? I didn't use vinegar. I didn't know about it until this video. Did you scrap the tops off or did you just spray on top of paint? How it the world did you get it to do that?
geaux4tigers 2 years ago
why the vinegar?
kashmb 2 years ago
thats cool
illRuinYourLife 2 years ago
My wife would be pissed, if i was filming her work, and not doing anything. WTF?
bordelon1111 2 years ago
Personally I think your wife would be really pissed if she caught you sitting on your lazy ass in front of the PC witting lame comments on YouTube again.. Shouldn't you be mowing the lawn? Ta Taa!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Isn't popcorn ceiling made from asbestos? I think you should were some masks and do a pretty good job of taping off the rest of the house.
lukasz20 2 years ago
It was banned in the late 70's / early 80's, Our house was built in 1986 & is asbestos free...
fernandovedal 2 years ago 2
how can you tell it is asbestos free?
lukasz20 2 years ago
By the year the house was built and/or a professional if your home was built around the year it was banned. 1978.
They stopped making asbestos ceiling materials in the late 70s after it's ban in 1978. However it could turn up in homes built in the early 1980s.
Get a test if you are unsure.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Its manufacture was banned in 1978. It was still legal to install the stuff into people's homes because of the financial impact for those many who invested in loads of the stuff. Installation carried on into the 1980s until the stocks of the stuff were exhausted.
WonkyDoodle 2 years ago
Was the texture plaster or was it like a rubberish material? I just bought a house with rubberish material downstairs and plaster upstairs.
ArtyScout 2 years ago
Plaster. The paint held it together when it came down & was a mess to clean up, looked like cottage cheese!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
hi, today after watching your video, went to the house we just bought last week, and try to put a little bit of vinager about 1 cup to a gallon of water, sprayed it and nothing happened in about 1 hr how long do i have to wait, or how mucho vinager and water, please, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, ...... we are renovating and our house is a caos ...... HELP !!
victoriaamada 2 years ago
1 cup per gallon is light, the ratio was 10 to 1, so a little less than 2 cups per gallon of water. It's my understanding that not all popcorn ceilings are alike, i believe oil based paints are not affected by vinegar, so you'll need to know what you're up against. Also be sure to soak it well for the first run, wait 5 minute and soak again, then immediately scrap & dry. Don't let the water soak into the drywall or you'll really have a project on your hands! This is only our experience.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
oh oh, thanks for the reply, I thought it was going to come off like without any help and let it soak overnight, I'll go check this afternoon .............. :( .............. hope my housband doesn't kill me ........ hahahha
victoriaamada 2 years ago
Just dont let it soak into the drywall. If the popcorn doesnt come off after 5 minutes Id call a professional drywall company to take a look :P
fernandovedal 2 years ago
You're in Phoenix???
daidreeem 2 years ago
Yep.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
How long did u wait for the vinegar to start peeling off the wall paper? was is instant?
CharlesAH 2 years ago
Spay, waited 5 minutes, spay, then scrap and dry. Hope that helps!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Cool! how long did it absorb into the popcorn before it started falling off? I'd also like to know how wet you got it. I just bought a house with popcrap ceilings all over the place. Even with 10:1 mix did the place smell like vinegar? thanks for posting this BTW.
00Mandingo00 2 years ago
Slight smell which goes away after a day or two. We sprayed, waited 5 minutes, then sprayed, scraped, and dried.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Popcorn ceilings are the grosest thing ever...I think newer model homes no longer have this...thank God. Anyway thanks for posting the video now i know what i need to tell my sister in law to use to get rid of hers in her new apartment.
prosperabovehaters 2 years ago
how much of the water/vinegar solution did you use on that area
azfootball 2 years ago
10:1 ratio is what we used. Sorry for the delay.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Well that sure makes it a whole lot easier when it falls off by itself!
I live in a condo and I hooked a hose up to my water heater, laid plastic sheets on the floor and sprayed the ceiling until the popcorn tuned into goo. Then I used a floor scraper and just scraped it off...now I just need to sand and paint
PARKER3688 2 years ago
We tried an area with only water (minus the vinegar) and the popcorn didn't come off as easily. I wouldn't recommend using too much vinegar though, unless you want to dissolve your drywall or worse make it smell really, really bad...We used about 1 part vinegar for every 10 parts water...Good Luck!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
I've just been reading the comments on this video, good lord, the things people find to argue over! who cares whether it was his wife, his daughter or the family dog, its supposed to be an informative video how to do a home renovation job, not a study on their family life! and how sad a life do you have to have to spend it appraising people's decorating videos and criticising them!
lucylovett 2 years ago 4
Thank you for the post!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
What was the vinegar/water mix ratio?
montressor7 2 years ago
Hello, The ratio is 10 to 1, please read the post by Debinsea99 just after yours for more details, thanks!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
I'd like to see some other videos attempting this!
LtStarkiller 2 years ago
Work?? If you watch the entire video the popcorn came down in one sheet, job done!
fernandovedal 2 years ago
No respirators. Not smart.
redrainjedi 2 years ago
No need, we actually should have been wearing rain coats. The room was humid and the popcorn was wet, no dust. When we sanded the ceilings we wore respirators.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
how lucky can you get! it's usually a very labor intensive project
stymye 3 years ago
had a handyman come in to tell me what was on my ceiling...stucco. :-( It's been a real pain in my butt.
Blazer19742002 3 years ago
bad news...don't thing my popcorn ceiling is really popcorn but paint made out to look like the real deal. How tacky :-( Any ideas to remove the faux popcorn?
Blazer19742002 3 years ago
EEEEK! be careful those can contain asbestos... you should of had an abatement... did you have 1?
Etrician55 3 years ago
No, asbestos was banned years before the house was built. (87'). If I get mesothelioma from this job I'm gonna be a rich man! (at least for a few years before I die)
fernandovedal 2 years ago
dude, I am SO going to take your findings and run with it. I absolutely hate the popcorn ceiling in my house and now know how to get rid of it without breaking the bank.
Any other helpful tips tucked in your sleeve?
Blazer19742002 3 years ago
We got an estimate of $4000 to remove it. House was built in 1962, so we are sure it has asbestos in it. Does this seem like a fair price?
joeasmythe 3 years ago
Make sure your insurance will cover asbestos and maybe even mold, or else youll be S.O.L
r2515d 3 years ago
I would have the ceiling tested for asbestos. If it exists then you'll pay a small fortune to remove and dispose of it. It cost about $150 to remove our popcorn ceilings by ourselves, it cost us about 4k to re-texture the entire house (walls and ceiling)to a 90% smooth Santa Fe through a contractor.
fernandovedal 3 years ago
Ouch. I think we will just leave it be.
joeasmythe 3 years ago
Just curious- if it was just water vinegar and scrapers you were using, where was the $150 spent?
adamgscott 2 years ago
In vinegar, floor covering & plastic scrapers.
fernandovedal 2 years ago
Simple1!! If You look You will see the drywall in this video is soaked. The popcorn had been painted and the paint held the water in long enough for the popcorn to bubble and fall. This is great if You don't mind Your drywall warping from the excessive water.
DrywallTextures 3 years ago
The drywall was never saturated, youll need to scrape the remaining water & texture off immediately. We had a licensed drywaller re-texture the entire house that week & they told us the ceilings were in excellent condition.
fernandovedal 3 years ago
that was cool...i need to do mine bad...
Colarx8 3 years ago
Vinegar!!! Ok, now I'm ready to chip some off and get it tested!! I was so discouraged with my google search on removing popcorn texture because they said it would be really difficult if your ceiling was already painted! Then I found this video! Thanks a heap!
memnik 3 years ago