Repair Popcorn Ceiling After Leak

In this video i show you how to repair popcorn without scraping all of the texture off of the ceiling.

Repair popcorn ceiling after leak.

If you fail to do so you ll end up with far too much texture on the surrounding areas which will also make the patched area of the popcorn ceiling stand out. Spray water in the area and scrape. When water leaks onto a drywall ceiling ugly coffee colored stains usually appear. Now i need to fix the area to blend in with the rest of the ceiling.

It s easy when you use a special texture patch now available in an aerosol spray can. There are really only 2 types of texture that we commonly see in vancouver and there are variations of these two types. I took it home sprayed it and easy peasy looked great. Water damage repair on textured ceiling a step by step guide.

I have a popcorn ceiling and there is a dark water stain in the center i have found the source of the water leak and it has been fixed. Ceiling covering buying guide. Sometimes the ceiling texture will become saturated and start to flake off. Since ceiling was white i did not even have to paint.

Repairing a peeling popcorn ceiling involves removal of the damaged portions and reapplying a new coat of texture. Painted popcorn ceilings are hard to remove. Test a small area in a corner to see if your ceiling is painted or not. The first thing a professional texture repairman does is decide what type of texture your ceiling has.

Spraying popcorn texture with a hopper is messy and labor intensive. Because the texture is applied over the existing dry wall on the ceiling it can peel off over time due to moisture impact damage or simply old age. Painted texture will not come off easily normal texture will. How to patch and repair drywall.

The process involves low cost items available at any home improvement store. You will have far less control and the patch may look like little more than a shoddy repair. We ll show you how to repair small damaged areas of typical popcorn ceiling texture. When you re patching a popcorn ceiling don t spray on the texture.

The popcorn texture stucco cottage cheese material in the water damaged area does not look the same as the rest of the ceiling. How to spot repair a popcorn ceiling. Orchard hardware had this can like a hairspray can.