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    Default Scraping popcorn ceiling

    This new house we're getting has popcorn ceiling throughout most of it. We got a quote on getting it scraped out, refinished, and repainted. What's a good rate per square foot for this? Just trying to make sure I'm not getting bent over.
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    $2.25-$3 a sf

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlie horse View Post
    $2.25-$3 a sf
    I got a guy that does it for $1.00-$1.25, I’ll let him do it for that all day long. You couldn’t pay me $10.00/sf to do it. Most of the time we drywall over it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saltydog235 View Post
    we drywall over it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by charlie horse View Post
    $2.25-$3 a sf
    That is what my guy charges as well. Its a pain in the ass to do.
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    Sounds right - thanks! The wife took this on or I would have called you...
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    No problem, I would have just given you my drywall guys number, let know if I can’t help with anything else.

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    Lol.

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    I enjoyed scraping ceilings in my parents house when they upgraded. We used a sprayer with warm water and it peeled off like butter. Kind of satisfying.
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    It ain’t too bad until you run into one somebody put the kiltz* to, then you wanna hang over it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlie horse View Post
    It ain’t too bad until you run into one somebody put the kiltz* to, then you wanna hang over it.
    True. I have had that happen. It sucks.

    Charlie, you may know this, but a paint sprayer is a good tool for removal. Spray water in about a 3 x 3 area and hit it with a big drywall knife and it comes right off. If its been painted forget about it. The water won't penetrate the popcorn.
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    it doesnt always come off that easy! Test a spot in a closet or something and see.

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    Quarter inch drywall over the popcorn or full skim after scraping are really the only decent options if you want a quality finish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FishSticker View Post
    Quarter inch drywall over the popcorn or full skim after scraping are really the only decent options if you want a quality finish.
    This x10

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    Quote Originally Posted by FishSticker View Post
    Quarter inch drywall over the popcorn or full skim after scraping are really the only decent options if you want a quality finish.
    They're removing, skimming, sanding, and repainting.
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    We pulled and hung new drywall in our house when we renovated.

    Ours had multiple layers of paint on top of it though.

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    I did my entire house. I left the closets popcorned. I’ve done a lot of stuff in my days from roofing to carrying brick you name it. I’d do those all day long over anything that involves Sheetrock
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    i'd just ignore my ceiling. how hard is that? what? you're not cool if you have popcorn ceilings? they are "out of date?"
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    Real cavemen love popcorn ceilings.............
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