"benick" wrote in
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"Red Green" wrote in message
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"SteveB" wrote in
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I've seen a lot of repairs that just didn't make the grade on that
stuff. On our first house, we had some water damage to such a
ceiling and instead of trying to match it up, simply took down all
the popcorn (steam brings it down quite easily) and re-did the
entire ceiling with a paint/sand mix.

-- Rik

The only real cure for popcorn ceilings is removal.

Steve



True. I've done that one.

But also want to mention this previous post of mine. Repairs often
only noticed by me or if it's pointed out to someone.



Subject: Popcorn ceiling
Newsgroups: PeoplePC:alt.home.repair
To: in2dadark

in2dadark wrote in
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There are a couple of spots on my popcorn ceiling that lost its pop.
Can I repair this with spackle and a sponge or do they sell
somehthing more specific for this.?
Thanks.

The sprays are expensive and a real crapshoot. I found the product
below at the Blue Borg. It works quite well if you ask me considering
the low rate of success most have fixing popcorn. Premixed. The
popcorn itself is actually polystyrene chips. Matching is just a
matter of how good you get at doing it. Dab on with a cheap paint
brush. Don't like what you're getting just wipe it off with wet rag.
Let it dry and paint with ceiling paint. Paid 5 bucks for a qt. Goes
a long way. Wish I found it long ago actually.


http://homaxproducts.com/products/texture/14/index.html

True but it's still just a bandaid that sticks out like a sore thumb
on a crappy cheap looking cheesey 80's condo ceiling covering up a bad
drywall job and EVERYONE seeing it will think that....IMHO.....A
little more effort and the problem goes away and you have a good
looking ceiling....Flat and smooth so you can touch up or patch and
re-paint at will....JMHO...


Don't disagree with you on that. What I pointed out is just something that
works best for me in some places where it's a SMALL eyesore into acceptable
for the case/person.

As mentioned, I've been down the scrape and redo road as well. It was the
only acceptable route in that case.