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How big of imperfections can you float out of ceiling
Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:08 pm
So I recently scrapped my popcorn ceiling in my living room, but when I got the the last 1/3rd of the room, I discovered it is one big patch. The put a ton of mud up to apparently repair a water leak and the mud won't come off, so that area is raise about 1/8th of an inch from the rest of the ceiling. Is it possible to float this out with mud so it won't be noticible after I smooth and paint the ceilings? My other option is to cut the area out and putup fresh drywall, but will be more effort
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Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:14 pm to dltigers3
Chances are if scraped, then there are other imperfections on your ceiling albeit not as severe as the patched area, that will likely get revealed once finished or take a lot of labor to get perfectly smooth. IMO, and it's what we did to ours, is to just have an orange peel texture applied to the already-scraped ceiling... orange peel looks effectively smooth and is still leaps and bounds better looking than popcorn. A good drywall person should be able to blend that patch in with the surrounding ceiling. If you want it to be perfectly smooth, better to just rip out the rock and start over, or put new rock over it.
Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:20 pm to dltigers3
How high is the ceiling and how likely is someone to look at it? If you are asking if you are on a ladder and looking down the ceiling and are an experienced drywall person, then yes you will be able to tell.
If your neighbor Betty comes in and sees your house then no its not likely she will see a minor hump on a 12 foot ceiling.
I would say it depends on how picky of a person YOU are OP. Worst part about working on your own home is knowing exactly where all of your frick ups are and having them slap you in the face everytime you see them.
General rule of thumb that I've been taught is the best fix you can do is about two trowels wide. So you even it out with one trowel down the middle and then skim about a half trowel on either side of that.
If your neighbor Betty comes in and sees your house then no its not likely she will see a minor hump on a 12 foot ceiling.
I would say it depends on how picky of a person YOU are OP. Worst part about working on your own home is knowing exactly where all of your frick ups are and having them slap you in the face everytime you see them.
General rule of thumb that I've been taught is the best fix you can do is about two trowels wide. So you even it out with one trowel down the middle and then skim about a half trowel on either side of that.
Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:24 pm to dltigers3
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My other option is to cut the area out and putup fresh drywall, but will be more effort
Or here's another option, sand it.
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