What is that stuff called on ceilings that looks like cottage cheese and how can i remove it?
Question:i want to put up some mosquito netting without buying a four post bed but my ceiling is covered with some sort of"cottage cheese" looking stuff. Can/should i just scrape it off?
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They're soooooo tacky, looks like stuff from cheap motels - or cellulite! lol I don't know where it comes from, but I hope it never comes back!
I think it's called "popcorn" and yes you can scrape it & peel it, then sand it. Good luck!
It's called Popcorn Ceiling. It's a plaster base coat. You can scrap it off it will just get messy.
you have to use a special tool or get it professinally done
it's stucco.. i think you can sand / scrap it off... its going to be a messy project! ooh sounds like a cool thing to do though to make a very cool canopy bed.. might be worth the work!! have fun and good luck!
I can't remember what it's called right off the top of my head, but you can remove it. But beware, to my understanding, it's toxic. My parents live in an older home and that stuff was all over their upstairs ceilings. You should be able to just scrape it off the ceiling with a scraper, but wear a mask when you do it. You don't want to breathe in any of the particles. I wish I could remember what it's called. Sorry.
Probably popcorn texture. Remove by scraping and sanding.
Popcorn ceilings were a very popular design trend during the 1960s and 70s. However, many people living in homes of that vintage nowadays don't like the way textured ceilings look, and want to get rid of them.
Removing the popcorn is fairly straightforward, but it is very time consuming and messy. Most importantly, the popcorn might contain asbestos, in which case you're usually better off just leaving it in place.
So, if you want to remove that popcorn, the first thing you need to do is find out if it contains asbestos. (It's important to note that not all popcorn ceilings contain asbestos).
How to check for asbestos in your popcorn ceiling:
* Using a spray bottle with water, moisten (don't soak) about four small areas in different parts of your ceiling. Scrape about a 1 sq. inch patch from each area into individual plastic bags with a small putty knife. Take these samples to a lab that can determine if there is any asbestos in the samples - check your Yellow Pages for labs that will do this work.
* Important! If there is any asbestos, experts recommend you do not try to remove the popcorn yourself. Either have it removed professionally or cover it with a new drywall ceiling.
If there is no asbestos in your ceiling:
Once the lab has assured you the popcorn ceiling doesn't have any asbestos, removing it becomes essentially a larger-scale version of the sample-taking process.
* Remove all the furniture the room if possible, or cover it with waterproof plastic sheets. Spread plastic sheets or tarpaulins on the floor to protect it.
* Put on a long sleeved shirt, wear a hat and make sure your eyes are covered. Safety goggles with sides are best.
* Use that spray bottle and water to moisten an area of 2 to 3 square feet. Alternatively, you could us a long nap ceiling paint roller dipped in water. The objective is to wet the popcorn enough to soften it and make it "easy" to scrape off without soaking the ceiling above.
* Once a section has softened, use an 8 or 10 inch taping knife to scrape the popcorn off the ceiling.
* Move across the ceiling, section by section, moistening and scraping until all the popcorn is gone.
* Once the popcorn has been removed, sand the ceiling and paint it. You will probably have to Spackle some sections of the ceiling, some maybe more than once, to get it as smooth as you would like.
A Couple of Pointers
* Putting too much water on the popcorn could cause water spots on the underlying ceiling drywall, something that can be just as unattractive as the original popcorn texture.
* Try not to catch the corners of the taping knife. This can create holes in the ceiling that will need to be repaired.
An alternative method to wetting and scraping would be to use a sander and dry sand the popcorn. While this technique would probably work, it would create all kinds of drywall dust (a very fine powder) that would spread throughout your house, and probably rule this method out as a viable option.
Rather than going to the trouble of either wetting/scraping or sanding, a third alternative would be to simply install a new drywall ceiling over the popcorn. You would lose about 1" of ceiling height but it might be the most hassle-free way of getting rid of that popcorn.
Its called "Popcorn". Go to the HGTV website and look for helpful hints, you may be able to find a solution there. I know there is something you can spray on to soften the popcorn then just scrape it with a putty knife.
popcorn ceiling , you need to wet it and scrape .ruff job good luck..
You don't say how old your home is. It is possible if the house was built prior to the early 1970's that the cottage cheese ceiling is asbestos. I am a former asbestos inspector, specializing in schools. You may want to contact a local asbestos abatement contractor to have the ceiling tested before you do ANYTHING!! If the material is asbestos, it can be very expensive to have it removed. The safest and easiest decorating is paint, which encapsulates (fancy word for covers) the asbestos and prevents it from becoming friable - chipping off.
There is a relatively new product that is helpful in decorating. It is ceiling paper - - wallpaper for ceilings. I would recommend painting the ceiling before putting up the paper.
Pease be careful, asbestos can cause cancer. Good luck.
It is called textured stucco and it is sprayed on and if you want it off---you can wet it LIGHTLY by spraying with warm water ( DO NOT SOAK ) and use a wide scraper and scrape gently so as not to damage the drywall sheets under it ..in other words do not dig into it and tear the Gyproc sheet which is your ceiling...this is a lot of work to remove and you will have to smooth out after you remove the bulk of it...
It's called ceiling acoustics material. If it has recently been put on ( 10 years), it is made out of styrofoam, if it's older than that, it might be asbestos. Scraping, then sanding will be about the safest way (for the sheetrock) to get it off. It will be a really messy ordeal to get it off. Good luck!
please listen to the gentleman that used to inspect for asbestos. Many pre-1970 ceilings of this type are very high in asbestos content. Be careful with it whatever you do. Do not scrape, sand or remove it until you kknow.
When you do remove it be sure to wet it down and wear protective clothing and respirator to make sure you don't inhale it.
It's called "popcorn" you can purchase a remover from home depot. You roll it on it's pink when it dries you scrape it off. It's very easy.
That is called a "popcorn" ceiling finish and is most frequently used to cover a myriad of drywall finishing problems. If you DO remove the popcorn ceiling, you're most likely going to find that the drywall finishers did not do a lot to hide the drywall seams as well as they would have had the ceiling been finished with a smooth finish. It takes more work to properly finish drywall and the popcorn ceiling gives the drywall finishers a way to hide substandard finishing.
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