How To Wood Plank A Popcorn Ceiling

It made for a very speedy job.

How to wood plank a popcorn ceiling. You want to make sure that your planks run perpendicular to the joists in the popcorn ceiling. We used a bostitch air compressor and nail gun and 1 and 3 8 inch 18 gauge nails to nail the plywood planks into the ceiling. Then i gave one side of each plank 2 coats of paint. This created just a small line between the planks to make them more visible yet not allow any of the popcorn texture to show through.

Between each row we used a nickel for a spacer. Before we started the ceiling ed cut all the plywood into 8 planks. You do not want it soaked but somewhere between a light spray and dripping. He made a sled shown below to speed up the process.

As long as the ceiling is wet there will be no dust. Scraping the popcorn ceiling is not that hard of a job all you need is a spray bottle with water a 6 inch scraper and a cheap drywall mud pan. We got 6 planks out of each sheet of plywood. Take your first piece of wood and make sure to apply your adhesive to the backside of the board from there set the board in place and line it up across the joists.

If it is just the popcorn then the removal consists of spraying the ceiling with water i used a 1 gallon garden sprayer with water from our sink and scraping. And for a little extra security we ll squirt some liquid nails on the back side of each plank too. Cover your floor and spray a small section of the ceiling let sit for a minute or so and while holding the mud tray under the scraper start scrapping letting the plaster fall into the tray.