How To Apply Popcorn Ceiling Spray

Then use a drywall knife or trowel to knock down or flatten the texture.

How to apply popcorn ceiling spray. The roller edgers will be best for getting into the stipple as opposed to flat ones. The first thing you need to do is find out if the ceiling has already been painted once. Wearing a paint suit including a head sock and safety.

Put on a painting suit and protective eye goggles. How to spray paint your popcorn ceiling. Just like spraying with paint spray your texture in long even strokes that overlap by roughly 50.

Stir the primer paint and pour it into a paint pan. Cut in or use a brush to paint about 2 3 inches along the perimeter of the edge. Fasten one edge of a piece of plastic sheeting to the ceiling with thumb tacks or pushpins around the area where you will spray.

Actual coverage maybe about half to two thirds of the stated coverage on the can label. Applying the popcorn ceiling 1. Start in one corner and work across the room.

You can also buy special edgers in roller form for this project. Creating a knockdown texture is a two step process. While it s drying mask off the walls and floor with masking tape and tarps plastic sheets or drop cloths.

Slide a short nap roller onto a paint roller frame and extension. Before you begin spraying the ceiling you can test the spray pattern on a. Start each stroke about 12 before the area you plan on spraying and finish each stroke about 12 after the area.