02/27/2026
We removed popcorn ceiling and painted the ceiling and walls on this project. Here is our method for popcorn removal it has evolved through the years. First common prep by covering floors moving objects and draping furniture and items with plastic. We use a festool planex to sand off the texture the trick here is the 24 grit sandpaper from festool called sapphire, that's the real star of the show. This will remove the texture except for the edges and around lights. This will also fray the drywall in some areas. We hand scrape and float with mud all the edges and around lights. We then light sand. We seal all the ceilings with a coat of paint. We sand the ceiling in the frayed spots to make them smooth and just buff the ceiling in general. We then put a finish coat on and voila. Hope this helps someone.