The Process of Removing Painted Popcorn

If you’ve been keeping up with our blogs, you probably know by now that popcorn ceilings can be a real pain in the butt. When you’re not testing them for asbestos and other harmful chemicals, making a mess as you attempt to tear them down yourself, or trying to figure out how to cover them up, you’re probably staring at them in defeat. What was fashionable in the 70s has now definitively fallen out of style.

However, before you use paint to try and change the look of your popcorn ceilings, you may want to hire a team of Tampa popcorn removal pros to have them taken down once and for all. A fresh coat of paint may be enough to spruce up the look of your room and distract the eye from the outdated ceiling texture, but if you wind up having them removed in the future, that coat of paint may wind up costing you more time and money.

The experienced popcorn removal specialists at New Ceilings have seen just about every type of ceiling texture you can imagine, from lumpy popcorn to slick and smooth. Though the pros have knocked down enough popcorn ceilings over the years to make it a fairly quick and painless process, they warn homeowners that even a single, light coat of paint can make their jobs that much more difficult.

To remove popcorn texture, home improvement experts begin by spraying the ceiling with a layer of water, allowing the texturing material to soften and come loose from its position on your ceiling. However, the paint acts as a sealant and prevents that water from doing its job, meaning that your selected team will have to use some serious elbow grease to scrape off that paint before they can achieve that smooth, modern look you desire.

So, while a coat of paint may be a quick fix when you need it, it can wind up costing you much more in the long run. Instead of risking a future home improvement headache, invest in your home and call in a professional Tampa popcorn removal team to take care of those ceilings once and for all. To learn more about what New Ceilings can do for you, schedule your free estimate today by calling (407) 378-6040 today.