Remove Stucco Ceiling
Removing it will cause the particles to escape into the air making it easy for you and your family to breathe in the carcinogens.
Remove stucco ceiling. The next step is to scrape or try to remove any stucco from the ceilings. Use your ceiling scraper for ease. Clear out the room entirely.
Do this from the floor to the ceiling in a straight line every 3 feet along the wall. Although a canvas drop cloth is the professional. If there are only one or two coats of paint the broom should be able to make large enough scratch marks to allow water to penetrate into the.
For texture in the corners and by the molding. Once you have done your stucco removal then you can take a drywall sander on a stick and sand the ceiling smooth. If you have a large area and your stucco ceiling was never painted then just get a few people together and a few ladders hand out some spray bottles of water and each of you take a section.
Score the stucco by placing a 4 inch metal paint scraper against the stucco and tapping the end of the handle with a rubber mallet to break the surface of the stucco. A wet scrape is easier than a dry scrape. If the ceilings must go then it s a good idea to call a professional abatement company to do the job.
Spray the ceiling with water before carefully scraping away the popcorn texture. Completely cover the floor with plastic covering or a drop cloth. Use your putty and utility knives.
But the rough texture catches lots of dust and cobwebs and it can be difficult to know how to remove popcorn ceiling. Scrape the ceiling with a hard bristle push broom. Scrape in a small square.