How to Make Popcorn Ceilings
- 1). Cover the floor with a large piece of drop cloth to prevent any spills from damaging or staining it. Wear old clothes that you don't mind getting dirty and a pair of protective goggles.
- 2). Spackle the ceiling if it has cracks. Dip the wide end of putty knife into a can of spackling compound and smear the spackling compound over the cracks in the ceiling.
- 3). Brush on a coat of primer over the areas you filled with spackling compound and leave it for four hours.
- 4). Pour the popcorn texture mix into a large bucket and add water. Because every product might differ, follow the mixing instructions printed on the product packaging closely.
- 5). Dip a paint mixer into the bucket and turn it on. The mixture will thicken into a porridge-like consistency. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes.
- 6). Pour the popcorn texture mixture into the hopper container of a compressor sprayer.
- 7). Turn on the sprayer and direct the spray gun to the ceiling. A compressor sprayer has a long hose that allows you to move freely around the room while spraying without having to climb up a ladder. Keep moving as you apply a thin layer of popcorn texture to the ceiling to get an even result. Don't worry about covering the entire surface at this point.
- 8). Check the ceiling and spray the texture onto the areas you miss during the first application.
- 9). Scrape off any texture that go onto the walls with a wide putty knife. The spray gun is likely to get some of the popcorn texture on the walls and you have to remove it before it dries and hardens.
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