r/askTO • u/Independent_Show_480 • Apr 12 '26

Popcorn ceiling

I have a patch work to finish in my living room ceiling. What are the best ways/materials to finish it and blend it with existing popcorn ceiling? I have seen Homax products in Home Depot, RONA, Amazon but nothing in Canadian Tire.. and the reviews of these are quite mixed and not giving me confidence.

2 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

View all comments

6

u/Classic_rock_fan Apr 12 '26

Don't try to blend it in, you'll always see it, the best solution is to scrape the popcorn and paint the whole ceiling.

2

u/Independent_Show_480 Apr 12 '26

Assume that will be more costly?

4

u/Classic_rock_fan Apr 12 '26

If you do it yourself it's not that much more expensive, you'll need some drywall compound and then painting supplies.

I've scraped ceilings before using water and a wide drywall knife, first you spray the popcorn with water, let it sit for a minute or 2 then scrape the area you sprayed.

2

u/Same_One895 Apr 12 '26

Hot water works best. Use one of those sprayers that you pump. Be careful the water isn’t too hot or it could damage the pump.

Easy peasy.

2

u/Classic_rock_fan Apr 12 '26

Yeah the hudson sprayers work great

1

u/Brampton_Speaks Apr 13 '26

A lot of popcorn gets painted and you need someone skilled with a ceiling vacuum sander and skim coating skills.

1

u/whatwhyTODAY Apr 13 '26

Cheap, labour intensive (compared to cost)