Hey Paul new subscriber here I’m attempting my self to learn the skim coating technique ... how long do you wait for the 2nd and 3rd step ? Can I finish a whole day ? Also can I substitute the 3rd step with a nice knockdown texture ?
I used this method on my walk-in closet, after I removed the dreaded popcorn. What a breeze, Paul. No sanding needed. No texturing needed, smooth as silk. So very happy with the results. Thanks a bunch!
Hey Paul! I'm a DIYer and have watched many of your drywall vids. Your techniques have SO helped me! I was able to do all the raw walls in my renovated kitchen and now it's ceiling time! But truly my walls were beautiful after watching/following your instructions. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thanks, I’m a DIY’er and your advice is spot on. I wasn’t perfect and’ll definitely do a second coat - the stakes are high, ha ha, it’s my bedroom ceiling and I don’t want to have to lay there and look at imperfections.
I'm a DYI'er, I am building my first basement project and it is coming along better than I thought it ever could thanks to guys like you who teach from experience. Thanks a lot, I really mean it.
Name is Frank, ALMOST a jack of all trades, 39 years in multiple trades from the foundation of a house all the way to the shingles on a roof. I am almost considered to be an old timer born in 1970. by far your video is an excellent illustration of how to apply a stipple or stomp surface on the ceiling. I’ve laid almost every texture on the ceiling except the stomp or stipple coat what ever it is called and I’m amazed that I didn’t learn that any earlier through my whole career as a master handyman, well just about a master handyman. Not very inclined in computers, that would be sophisticated security systems or advanced solar systems in a house.
Amazing! I would have spent days doing that by hand. At 62, I will be able to do ceiling so much faster and better. I am a perfectionist. Thank you for sharing!!!! I was a USAF wife for my husband’s 30 years-we just hit 39 years of marriage. He was gone so much flying and deploying, I had to teach myself how to fix everything. I taught myself how to repair drywall. My son deployed and I removed several rooms of popcorn ceiling for him while he was deployed while watching his house back East. I wish I’d known this process in 2014!
Alot of people don't know what they are truly doing when they do videos like this but from what I see you are experienced and have an eye for detail. I've been a professional painter for 11 years and I take pride in my work. You must have a priority on details to make the job look as good as possible. Keep up the good tips👏👏👍👍
As a drywaller myself, I'd take a textured ceiling over smoothwall any day. I feel lucky when we do textures. The heavier the better lol. Heavier texture means less touch up, which I hate doing touch up.
@@anothergamingchannel2656 You bet, flat walls would make no sense in my Hacienda style home in SoCal. For that matter neither would comp. Shingles Lol.
I’m about to smooth out my first texture ceiling. Then I’ll have two more to go, the last one is a spare room I’m not concerned with yet. Hope it goes ok.
I am a Do It Myself. I live in an very old house. Im always doing repairs. Im repairing a tile ceiling. This video has given me a great idea. Thank you.
I’m a diy-er wanna be. I like tackling new jobs and learning new skills. You’ve inspired me to try skim coating my ceiling. Thank you for sharing you techniques.
Just Thank You! I have skim covered two different rooms in my house and it has been more work than I could imagine. However I tried your technique and it took me a fraction of the time and my shoulders weren't burning when I was done! Thank you so much!!! #drywalltube 😊
Thanks for that video Paul. You make it look easy, of course there’s no substitute for 25 years of experience, but I have followed your advice and instruction on a couple of projects in the past, and they turned out pretty good for a beginner. I hate to think what they would have looked like if I hadn’t watched your videos first. You’re a real godsend.
I used to have a problem with making trowel lines when I did parallel troweling until I saw your videos a couple of years ago talking about just what you mentioned here, putting pressure on one side of the trowel.
I’m 73 and have avoided skimming all my life. The ceiling under my bathroom was soaked, I’ve renewed the plasterboards and was going to use an oil based primer and then wallpaper it. After watching you making it look easy I have decided to buy the primer and wallpaper it - sorry but I should have seen this when I was young with strength. Many thanks, Colin - retired UK Automobile Association patrolman but keen DIYer.
You make it look easy. I've got a 1400 sq ft rancher we're closing on in 2 weeks and have looked at a lot of videos, but the roller idea looks brilliant. I scraped, sanded and painted about 600sq ft last year and it's a lot of work.
I'm a drywaller and have been curious about trying this method for awhile. Did you try the roller method and did you prefer it? Some of the guys I work with have kind of dismissed the idea and gave reasons why they didn't agree with it, so I'm on the fence about trying it. It seems easier than applying the mud with a drywall knife or trowel tbh
Coating ceiling tile is what I want to do in a few rooms, the rest have been sheetrocked and smooth finished. Thank you for letting me know this can be done and looks good❤❤❤.❤❤❤
I skim coated my bathroom and then sanded it. The dust is awful. It got everywhere and on everything. I did my best to keep it contained but it was still bad. It was my first time and want to do the main living spaces too but the dust really turned me away from the idea. You didn’t have to sand and gave great tips so thank you!
Wish i never went. I did side jobs out of my college appartment and made 5x what I did out of school. Quit that job and went back to construction anyway lol. In sales now but if anyone reads this, contracting or sales is a way better alternative to joining the rat race
65 year old DIYer, whole house, down to the studs remodel of a 1930 house. New windows, new cabinets, etc. Trying to save money and did most of the work myself with the exception of plumbing and electrical. I did all the drywall myself and is a little less than perfect but a decent job for a diy. My wife was telling me she wanted smooth walls. I was going to hire a pro to texture but you make this process look so easy. I will try this in a closet to see how it goes. It would be great not to hire a pro.
I am so glad I found this video!! I removed the popcorn ceiling in my bedroom and we are having to skim coat it because there are so many problems -- it's a VERY old ceiling. This makes my job look a whole lot easier! Ty ty ty!!
There is something way too comforting and relaxing about watching this video... Great tutorial BTW! I feel pretty confident in attempting my ceiling project. Thank you 😊
Wow , thanks for the tip on skim coating !! I am a Pro Maintenance Repair contractor , never seen this method but it's Awesome ! My own house is a H . S. Construction build house , so everyone got to use the hopper , and not all seams were sanded prior to spray n knockdown . So I will definitely use this to redo each room ! Happy to see your video & the speed with the roller method !! Thank You
Thanks...i did this with a paint roller like u said and it worked better than i thought. After it dried i sanded everything down and painted it and the ceiling had a textured look. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
DYIer here. Right now working on remodeling my kitchen. Your video showed up. Thanks to God. Put up all the Sheetrock panels getting ready for drywalling mud and tape. Had to remove soffits and need to cover the joints with existing ceiling whicg is a thick 3/4 inch 1950s plaster. This technique is awesome
I skim coated over a painted knocked down textured ceiling using USG Plus 3 joint compound. I was a very large room and had numerous areas that had poor patch work along with two long seams that were humped a 1/2” and needed to be floated out to
Hey Paul - DIYer here getting my hands (and arms, and clothes, and everything) dirty in my first ever drywall work. Badly damaged drywall in my finished attic that needed new tape on most points and a full skim coat. I got the first coat done on all of the walls and am about to get working on the ceiling. I'm not as good as you (obviously!) so I'll be sanding after the 2nd coat and spraying orange peel texture then too. Thank you for the tips!
Wow! Thanks for sharing this option! I loathe our popcorn ceilings almost as much as the idea of scraping them. Looks like I may get smooth ceilings after all!
I removed a popcorn ceiling by spraying water on it first with a paint sprayer. It worked great! The 40y/o sheetrock was not finished the best in the world. I watched this video and tried it. It worked great! now I'm watching mud dry. :)
Hi Paul, great video, I am a retired UK Artex Texturer. I was doing this for years to cover old ceiling patterns. Artex was asbestos bound so it was recommended not to scrape down, easier to cover like this to flatten down then re- pattern.
Well I wish I'd found this channel a lot sooner lol! My current drywall project is mudding and eventually painting a sheet of 4x8 drywall in my ceiling. Turns out that my bathtub plumbing wasn't up to par - a couple sections of pipe weren't even glued. It was only when I replaced the rotted-out bathtub drain to replace it that problems began. So got down and cleaned up all the sodden drywall, had my buddies (former contractors) glue the plumbing and put up a new slab of 4x8 for me. I've done lots of mudding and painting already so have all the tools and knowhow. But I sure didn't know about easing off the corner of the knife to get rid of that stupid line which I always get! Though I am too far along in my project to switch to the roller technique, I will definitely keep in mind. Thanks so much, nothing quite like watching a pro at work! 🙂 ETA one bugaboo I always have...those stupid little corduroy like ripples. Drive me nuts.
Thanks Paul, going to try it this week on a 50 year old unfinished kitchen ceiling. Not much experience with skim coating but I'll let you know how it turns out😊
I'm a finisher by trade and can skim coat with the best of them....I am running my head into the wall at the fact that this makes soooooooo much sense 👌
I've been painting for over 25 years and 22 on my own and I still could never do this as well! I have covered over through the wall air conditioner holes with drywall and mud and smoothed some textured walls that came out well but I have never mastered total wall or ceiling areas! You make it look easy!
Idk depends on what texture you're doing. Skimming blades definetly help but I've done jobs for people who have attempted to use them and still butchered their job. The thing about drywall is it takes practice. It's not something just anyone can do and have it turn out great in most cases. I've rarely seen homeowners work turn out to be as good as ours. Although it has happened at least once in my career, but it took the homeowner months to do what we could've in less than a week. It was a level 5 smoothwall though in their defense
Glad I came across this, had removed popcorn ceiling from my small guest bathroom, was hell on my neck and shoulders. Now need to do another medium size bathroom and won't be removing instead skim coating! Thanks.
I have a room where some lazy person popcorned ceilings and all the walls. I hate it so much, and spiders love it. I want to make everything smooth again. This was helpful. I like this roller method! I will do the same for the walls. Thanks
Drywall over that garbage using 1/4 wall board. People spend so much time creating a huge mess trying to de popcorn ceilings. Easier and faster to board over it.
@@meloearth You will have to adjust your electrical outlets and switches but you just need longer screws. Trust me it’s much easier to cover that crap than scrap it off walls and ceilings.
Hello Paul, thanks again for giving me the insight to complete my task of shoring up my leaking roof with all of the supplies and technique that I need to finish this job at hand and as a retired ruff framer it's great to know how to maintain a job like this for my own personal needs to complete at hand. 👌
You make it look easy. I'm a DIY'er but have done a lot of drywall for both my own homes and friends. Currently I am removing the crows foot from every room in my house (2700 sq ft) and going to try the skip trowel. #drywalltube
You are so talented I have been painting and patching,doing repairs (by the way thanks for the tip on replacing a piece of sheet rock by tracing the hole with a pencil and putting a reference arrow and cutting out the old sheet rock)anyway I have been doing this for 45 years and I still make a mess with sheet rock mudd
Hi Jessica, yes you can use the Green lid for ceilings.👍🏻 Thats actually what I used for the first skim coat on this textured ceiling. Here’s the video: ruclips.net/video/xLWTldTAMC0/видео.html I like using the green lid all purpose joint compound when going over textured or painted surfaces because it has a lot of glue in it. So that means it has really good adhesion to those types of surfaces. I hope this helps. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!😎 -Paul
DIYer planning to do an old plaster ceiling, maybe walls too. House built in 1938 and skimcoating looks like the best way to pretty things up. Thanks for the great video!
Thank you great tutorial, simple no music straight to the point, I have popcorn ceiling can I use this method to cover it or do I have to remove the popcorn first? thanks again
he's got that and then some! He's showing to the majority of those that are not in the BIZ and cannot afford to buy all the bigger end tools and have the ability to purchase a 14 inch trowel/ knife. But yeah I get it, I'm a tool head too, just bought a 24 inch skimmer and 36 inch plaster darby and purchased the Wen drywall sander with vac attachment, I JUST GOTTA STOP ( buying now ) lol, what profits?!
A DIY lady 65+ with a couple of ceiling repairs: 1. water damage in kichen and 2. an ugly crack in LR where someone in attic must have stepped through. Also want to flatten out LR stomp texture but whether I'm up to that job is questionable! Terriffic videos. You are a super teacher and pleasant to listen to. Thanks.
i am a DIYer and i will tackle most jobs around the house. i have just recently skimmed the ceilings at my sons new home. wish i saw your tutorial first. still came out nice, i actually used plasterboard adhesive as i had it left over.
Hi Paul! I love your vids and want to say Thank you for making them! Is this joint compound you are using in this vid the recommended one for pop corn ceiling also? Or is this compound specific to the roller brush method used for this, what appears to be a flat ceiling? Or is this the post popcorn 2nd coat?
DIY here but started helping my dad over 60 years ago.. it doesn’t take a professional to appreciate your beautiful workmanship. I do have a question and that is can I do the same procedure to cover a acoustical foam textured ceiling. I’d rather coat it than remove the old ceiling coat. Watched your next video on skim coating over a textured ceiling so I have my question answered. Thanks and keep up the great videos.
@@jeremyhorn2670 without knowing whether or not there is asbestos in the popcorn texture, you shouldn't wantonly recommend people scrape it. It was commonly used in homes up through the 80's until it was officially banned in 1990.
Undoubtedly the stains on the old part of the ceiling will bleed through the new drywall mud. At some point a stain killer will have to be applied. Any time I remove a texture I do this exact thing. On new ceilings/drywall I glaze the ceiling with a much thinner mud and then spray 1 coat. Painting ceilings with a semi gloss, satin, or eg-shell is a no go. These sheens will highlight all imperfections. Great video.
Just started my bathroom and I am not a professional. I am a DIYer and I watched your videos to see if I could make my life easier. My biggest problem was keeping the mud in the center of the mudding knife. The mud kept squishing out the sides of the knife and dropping on the floor. You make it look so easy. I guess with more practice I will get the hang of it. Thanks for the help. You don’t have to skim coat the whole ceiling if your just getting it smooth to paint.
I'm a DIYer. Took out some non load bearing walls in our master bedroom closet to open it up and had an electrician put in some can lighting. So, I'm planning on skim coating the ceiling in there.
Just removed 900sq ft of popcorn from my ceiling. All the other videos I watched had me feeling reluctant and tired of the job ahead, but you just gave me hope! Thank you!
I'm a DIY homeowner. I live in Florida and I have faulty AC ducks that drip water in my ceiling. I have cracks on the tape line and discolored on other spots. I'll be replacing the AC ducks and then fixing the drywall myself. I can't afford to hire someone so I do what I have to. Great video.
I am going to try this method to smooth out my ceiling and walls in my spare room. I scraped the ceiling yesterday and am trying to motivate myself to start skim coating today. I’m pretty sure I’ll have to sand a little since I have zero practice with the drywall knife, but a little sanding is better than the popcorn ceiling I did have!
Been rehabbing our house for 5 years. 60 years and many layers of paint decided to come off the walls to the bare drywall. So years of scraping and skim coating every surface. This works well when your shoulders are good.
I'm finishing s kitchen and a dining room ceiling. Scraped down popcorn ceiling in one room And did new drywall in the kitchen. I skimmed the whole ceiling but only used a 3/4 sleeve. It was not as effective as the 1 inch your using. So I ended up aiming the whole ceiling with my 12 inch mud knife. It was so trying. Wish I saw this video. The right tools make everything easy. I did use plus 3 as well.
I’m doing my sons sons room which looks identical to the room you are working on. I cleaned the pop corn off today, and will try the roller method for applying the mud! Thanks!
Paul. Perfect timing. I just scraped all of the popcorn texture of of a ceiling. Lots of work and really really messy. I will skim coat over the popcorn on the rest of the ceilings left in the house using your videos.
I am learning to be a DIY technician on dry wall it was a challenge on how I would remove my old popcorn ceiling and renovate it.It appears like it is impossible until I watch your videos,thank you I am now confident that i can do it.
My apt maintenance had to remove some shelving. Because they were busy that day, it was just a verbal to come back and repair the drywall without my filling out a mx request. I never did since I'm using the opportunity to practice and repair it myself. I can take as long as I want to get it right since I'm the customer. They aren't picky or perfect around here anyway. And I'm enjoying learning in preparation for having a house within the year.
Over 30 years as a drywaller. You do it the same way I do it. Sometimes I just use a 12 inch broadknife depending on the size of the job. Nice job. Do yall see more skip trowel than knockdown. In South Ga I don't see much skip trowel.
Hi Paul. I'm a DIY guy. I'm reworking a 14'x28' ceiling that had popcorn texture. I spent 2 days trying to smooth the seams. I'm gonna try the skim coat It has to be easier. Been watching your videos and I feel that I can do that. Obviously not at your pace .
Here's this entire video series playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL7Ww-LhWbB0F8fOEwjAbiJyT6YYFERvUL Thanks so much for watching!
Hey Paul new subscriber here I’m attempting my self to learn the skim coating technique ... how long do you wait for the 2nd and 3rd step ? Can I finish a whole day ? Also can I substitute the 3rd step with a nice knockdown texture ?
How big is the knife ? How many inches?
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@@77leojr my handyman allowed each coat to dry at least 12 hours
Had a guy who would mix it with his bare feet
I used this method on my walk-in closet, after I removed the dreaded popcorn. What a breeze, Paul. No sanding needed. No texturing needed, smooth as silk. So very happy with the results. Thanks a bunch!
That great!💥👏🏻 Thank you so much for the awesome feedback and the Super Thanks.🙏😎
I like how you go straight into the content and the voice over to fill in the necessary details. Great videos!
Hey Paul! I'm a DIYer and have watched many of your drywall vids. Your techniques have SO helped me! I was able to do all the raw walls in my renovated kitchen and now it's ceiling time! But truly my walls were beautiful after watching/following your instructions. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thanks, I’m a DIY’er and your advice is spot on. I wasn’t perfect and’ll definitely do a second coat - the stakes are high, ha ha, it’s my bedroom ceiling and I don’t want to have to lay there and look at imperfections.
Retired drywall mechanic of 35yrs., great job!!!
Contractor here
Working on a whole house project with this method
Works great , super finish
Thanks for the tips
Awesome man! Thank you for taking the time to leave your comment. 👍🏻😎
I'm a DYI'er, I am building my first basement project and it is coming along better than I thought it ever could thanks to guys like you who teach from experience. Thanks a lot, I really mean it.
Name is Frank, ALMOST a jack of all trades, 39 years in multiple trades from the foundation of a house all the way to the shingles on a roof.
I am almost considered to be an old timer born in 1970. by far your video is an excellent illustration of how to apply a stipple or stomp surface on the ceiling.
I’ve laid almost every texture on the ceiling except the stomp or stipple coat what ever it is called and I’m amazed that I didn’t learn that any earlier through my whole career as a master handyman, well just about a master handyman. Not very inclined in computers, that would be sophisticated security systems or advanced solar systems in a house.
Amazing! I would have spent days doing that by hand. At 62, I will be able to do ceiling so much faster and better. I am a perfectionist. Thank you for sharing!!!! I was a USAF wife for my husband’s 30 years-we just hit 39 years of marriage. He was gone so much flying and deploying, I had to teach myself how to fix everything. I taught myself how to repair drywall. My son deployed and I removed several rooms of popcorn ceiling for him while he was deployed while watching his house back East. I wish I’d known this process in 2014!
Shout out to you for dealing with popcorn ceilings. As a drywaller I dread popcorn ceilings lol.
Alot of people don't know what they are truly doing when they do videos like this but from what I see you are experienced and have an eye for detail. I've been a professional painter for 11 years and I take pride in my work. You must have a priority on details to make the job look as good as possible. Keep up the good tips👏👏👍👍
Great job. You make it look easy. One thing I have learned over the years is I don’t ever want another textured ceiling.
As a drywaller myself, I'd take a textured ceiling over smoothwall any day. I feel lucky when we do textures. The heavier the better lol. Heavier texture means less touch up, which I hate doing touch up.
@@anothergamingchannel2656yeah, who cares if it's ugly, as long as it's easy.
@@anothergamingchannel2656 You bet, flat walls would make no sense in my Hacienda style home in SoCal. For that matter neither would comp. Shingles Lol.
I’m about to smooth out my first texture ceiling. Then I’ll have two more to go, the last one is a spare room I’m not concerned with yet. Hope it goes ok.
I am a Do It Myself. I live in an very old house. Im always doing repairs. Im repairing a tile ceiling. This video has given me a great idea. Thank you.
Good luck
Let us know how it comes out. This is what I would like to do to my ceiling tiles, too.
I’m a diy-er wanna be. I like tackling new jobs and learning new skills. You’ve inspired me to try skim coating my ceiling. Thank you for sharing you techniques.
Do it!
My lounge room looks like a new room thanks to his advice and inspiration ;)
Dyi guy your video is very good for us guys trying to figure it out!!! Thanks!!!
Anyone else have millions of tiny bubbles in their mud?
I just did 2 rooms.. use Plus 3 mud you can get it at Home Depot, it sands easy. The sanding is the worst part..
Mad skills- this guy is an artist.
Just Thank You! I have skim covered two different rooms in my house and it has been more work than I could imagine. However I tried your technique and it took me a fraction of the time and my shoulders weren't burning when I was done! Thank you so much!!! #drywalltube 😊
Thanks Paul, for sharing your knowledge and wealth of experience from over 25 years in the game.
Thanks for that video Paul. You make it look easy, of course there’s no substitute for 25 years of experience, but I have followed your advice and instruction on a couple of projects in the past, and they turned out pretty good for a beginner. I hate to think what they would have looked like if I hadn’t watched your videos first. You’re a real godsend.
Es lo que hace la experiencia ( experimentar con tecnicas y adoptarlas para el trabajo ) no es el tiempo
I’m a DIY guy and I’m really liking your videos. I especially like how you voice over allowing the video to be all watching you work.
Thank you. I really appreciate you watching and commenting!💥👍🏻😎
I used to have a problem with making trowel lines when I did parallel troweling until I saw your videos a couple of years ago talking about just what you mentioned here, putting pressure on one side of the trowel.
🍻🍺☃️
Me too
Good to know Jeff.👍🏻 I really appreciate you watching and commenting my friend! -Paul
DIY'er here, re-doing a small master bath in a 1960 conc block home, in Jacksonville, FL your video is a GREAT help !!!!
I'm a landlord and I've just finnished removing a popcorn ceiling and wow , its bad up there . Thanks for the video. Now I know how it's done .
I did the same thing, removed the popcorn texture and boy! It's ugly asf. Will try this method
I’m 73 and have avoided skimming all my life.
The ceiling under my bathroom was soaked, I’ve renewed the plasterboards and was going to use an oil based primer and then wallpaper it.
After watching you making it look easy I have decided to buy the primer and wallpaper it - sorry but I should have seen this when I was young with strength.
Many thanks,
Colin - retired UK Automobile Association patrolman but keen DIYer.
You make it look easy. I've got a 1400 sq ft rancher we're closing on in 2 weeks and have looked at a lot of videos, but the roller idea looks brilliant. I scraped, sanded and painted about 600sq ft last year and it's a lot of work.
I'm a drywaller and have been curious about trying this method for awhile. Did you try the roller method and did you prefer it? Some of the guys I work with have kind of dismissed the idea and gave reasons why they didn't agree with it, so I'm on the fence about trying it. It seems easier than applying the mud with a drywall knife or trowel tbh
Painting contractor and DIYer and this so far seems the easiest method that I think I can successfully attempt!
I tried this metthod on a ceiling that I had repaired. It worked great! Thanks for the video.
That’s awesome!💥 Thanks so much for your feedback.👍🏻😎
Coating ceiling tile is what I want to do in a few rooms, the rest have been sheetrocked and smooth finished. Thank you for letting me know this can be done and looks good❤❤❤.❤❤❤
I skim coated my bathroom and then sanded it. The dust is awful. It got everywhere and on everything. I did my best to keep it contained but it was still bad. It was my first time and want to do the main living spaces too but the dust really turned me away from the idea. You didn’t have to sand and gave great tips so thank you!
I was going to college until I started watching your videos.
😂😂😂
This comment should win the internet!
Wish i never went. I did side jobs out of my college appartment and made 5x what I did out of school. Quit that job and went back to construction anyway lol. In sales now but if anyone reads this, contracting or sales is a way better alternative to joining the rat race
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65 year old DIYer, whole house, down to the studs remodel of a 1930 house. New windows, new cabinets, etc. Trying to save money and did most of the work myself with the exception of plumbing and electrical. I did all the drywall myself and is a little less than perfect but a decent job for a diy. My wife was telling me she wanted smooth walls. I was going to hire a pro to texture but you make this process look so easy. I will try this in a closet to see how it goes. It would be great not to hire a pro.
I’m just a handyman and I appreciate your help! It’s giving me more confidence.
I am so glad I found this video!! I removed the popcorn ceiling in my bedroom and we are having to skim coat it because there are so many problems -- it's a VERY old ceiling. This makes my job look a whole lot easier! Ty ty ty!!
There is something way too comforting and relaxing about watching this video...
Great tutorial BTW! I feel pretty confident in attempting my ceiling project. Thank you 😊
Trust me it isn’t comfortable or relaxing on your body actually doing this. 😂
Wow , thanks for the tip on skim coating !! I am a Pro Maintenance Repair contractor , never seen this method but it's Awesome ! My own house is a H . S. Construction build house , so everyone got to use the hopper , and not all seams were sanded prior to spray n knockdown . So I will definitely use this to redo each room ! Happy to see your video & the speed with the roller method !! Thank You
Thanks...i did this with a paint roller like u said and it worked better than i thought. After it dried i sanded everything down and painted it and the ceiling had a textured look. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
thats odd the whole purpose of skim coating is to have a smooth finish
DYIer here. Right now working on remodeling my kitchen. Your video showed up. Thanks to God. Put up all the Sheetrock panels getting ready for drywalling mud and tape. Had to remove soffits and need to cover the joints with existing ceiling whicg is a thick 3/4 inch 1950s plaster. This technique is awesome
I skim coated over a painted knocked down textured ceiling using USG Plus 3 joint compound. I was a very large room and had numerous areas that had poor patch work along with two long seams that were humped a 1/2” and needed to be floated out to
Just used this method for around 1000 sq ft. Thanks Paul this saved a ton of time and energy!👍
Fantastic!👍🏻😎
Hey Paul - DIYer here getting my hands (and arms, and clothes, and everything) dirty in my first ever drywall work. Badly damaged drywall in my finished attic that needed new tape on most points and a full skim coat. I got the first coat done on all of the walls and am about to get working on the ceiling. I'm not as good as you (obviously!) so I'll be sanding after the 2nd coat and spraying orange peel texture then too. Thank you for the tips!
Wow! Thanks for sharing this option! I loathe our popcorn ceilings almost as much as the idea of scraping them. Looks like I may get smooth ceilings after all!
I removed a popcorn ceiling by spraying water on it first with a paint sprayer. It worked great! The 40y/o sheetrock was not finished the best in the world. I watched this video and tried it. It worked great! now I'm watching mud dry. :)
Hi Paul, great video, I am a retired UK Artex Texturer. I was doing this for years to cover old ceiling patterns. Artex was asbestos bound so it was recommended not to scrape down, easier to cover like this to flatten down then re- pattern.
I think u have answered my Q..U can use this method over an artex textured ceiling?
@@richat1691 Yes you can but you must prime the ceiling first and allow it to dry out.
@@johngormanhow do you prime it?
@@iviejo6444 I use PVA. Allow the ceiling to dry then your good to go
@@johngorman like PVA glue?
Well I wish I'd found this channel a lot sooner lol! My current drywall project is mudding and eventually painting a sheet of 4x8 drywall in my ceiling. Turns out that my bathtub plumbing wasn't up to par - a couple sections of pipe weren't even glued. It was only when I replaced the rotted-out bathtub drain to replace it that problems began. So got down and cleaned up all the sodden drywall, had my buddies (former contractors) glue the plumbing and put up a new slab of 4x8 for me. I've done lots of mudding and painting already so have all the tools and knowhow. But I sure didn't know about easing off the corner of the knife to get rid of that stupid line which I always get! Though I am too far along in my project to switch to the roller technique, I will definitely keep in mind. Thanks so much, nothing quite like watching a pro at work! 🙂 ETA one bugaboo I always have...those stupid little corduroy like ripples. Drive me nuts.
Thanks Paul, going to try it this week on a 50 year old unfinished kitchen ceiling. Not much experience with skim coating but I'll let you know how it turns out😊
How did it turn out.
DIYer here. Good video covering everything I need to do my ceilings. I appreciate your work.
I'm a finisher by trade and can skim coat with the best of them....I am running my head into the wall at the fact that this makes soooooooo much sense 👌
Hey hey Sandy!💥👊🏻 I really appreciate that! Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
@@PaulPeck Hi! Can i use a regular paint roller in applying the skim coat?
thank you. been screwing up drywall my whole life and videos like this get me one step closer to doing it right the first time one day
Don't beat yourself up. Drywall is like art. It's something that takes lots of practice to get right
I've been painting for over 25 years and 22 on my own and I still could never do this as well! I have covered over through the wall air conditioner holes with drywall and mud and smoothed some textured walls that came out well but I have never mastered total wall or ceiling areas! You make it look easy!
get the really wide level 5 skimming blade. 24 or 32 inch makes this a diy project once you thin the mud enough.
Idk depends on what texture you're doing. Skimming blades definetly help but I've done jobs for people who have attempted to use them and still butchered their job. The thing about drywall is it takes practice. It's not something just anyone can do and have it turn out great in most cases. I've rarely seen homeowners work turn out to be as good as ours. Although it has happened at least once in my career, but it took the homeowner months to do what we could've in less than a week. It was a level 5 smoothwall though in their defense
Glad I came across this, had removed popcorn ceiling from my small guest bathroom, was hell on my neck and shoulders. Now need to do another medium size bathroom and won't be removing instead skim coating! Thanks.
Thank you! It was life saving to try your method!!! First time doing my ceiling. I had tried to do it the old fashion way and it was such a pain.
That’s awesome Saira!💥👊🏻 Glad you found my video helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
I'm a painter. This stuff is really useful especially the pressure on the right light on the left.
I have a room where some lazy person popcorned ceilings and all the walls. I hate it so much, and spiders love it. I want to make everything smooth again. This was helpful. I like this roller method! I will do the same for the walls. Thanks
Drywall over that garbage using 1/4 wall board. People spend so much time creating a huge mess trying to de popcorn ceilings. Easier and faster to board over it.
@@rolandthethompsongunner64 Thank you! I had that idea before. SO GLAD to hear you suggesting it! I will do that!
@@rolandthethompsongunner64 in my case, they popcorned the entire room; ceiling and all the walls! UGH
@@meloearth You will have to adjust your electrical outlets and switches but you just need longer screws. Trust me it’s much easier to cover that crap than scrap it off walls and ceilings.
@@rolandthethompsongunner64 Fantastic tip. Thanks so much!
I'm covering 30+ yrs of popcorn ceiling and paint! It was hectic but now I'm going for a smooth finish!
Hello Paul, thanks again for giving me the insight to complete my task of shoring up my leaking roof with all of the supplies and technique that I need to finish this job at hand and as a retired ruff framer it's great to know how to maintain a job like this for my own personal needs to complete at hand. 👌
Drywalltube. I'm a dyi but little sheetrock experience and and will be skim coating a small ceiling this weekend. thanks!
You make it look easy. I'm a DIY'er but have done a lot of drywall for both my own homes and friends. Currently I am removing the crows foot from every room in my house (2700 sq ft) and going to try the skip trowel. #drywalltube
I couldn’t do it the sand and dust drove me crazy with just one room.
You are so talented I have been painting and patching,doing repairs (by the way thanks for the tip on replacing a piece of sheet rock by tracing the hole with a pencil and putting a reference arrow and cutting out the old sheet rock)anyway I have been doing this for 45 years and I still make a mess with sheet rock mudd
Hey Paul, quick question, can you not use the green bucket for the ceiling like the walls? Thanks!n
Hi Jessica, yes you can use the Green lid for ceilings.👍🏻 Thats actually what I used for the first skim coat on this textured ceiling. Here’s the video: ruclips.net/video/xLWTldTAMC0/видео.html I like using the green lid all purpose joint compound when going over textured or painted surfaces because it has a lot of glue in it. So that means it has really good adhesion to those types of surfaces. I hope this helps. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!😎 -Paul
My first renovation! Kitchen ceiling. It's scary! Thank you for showing us step by step. Couldn't have done it without the video.
Have three large rooms to cover popcorn ceiling. Practiced in a small room first successfully, after watching another video you did.
DIYer planning to do an old plaster ceiling, maybe walls too. House built in 1938 and skimcoating looks like the best way to pretty things up. Thanks for the great video!
You are very hardworking person bro
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Hi Paul, I am skim coating our Dinning Room ceiling this weekend,,,rewatching your video,,,a few times! :)
I love to watch how he’s doing it👍🏻😁
Thank you great tutorial, simple no music straight to the point, I have popcorn ceiling can I use this method to cover it or do I have to remove the popcorn first? thanks again
Buy a 24" level 5 skimmer. You'll be in love.
he's got that and then some! He's showing to the majority of those that are not in the BIZ and cannot afford to buy all the bigger end tools and have the ability to purchase a 14 inch trowel/ knife. But yeah I get it, I'm a tool head too, just bought a 24 inch skimmer and 36 inch plaster darby and purchased the Wen drywall sander with vac attachment, I JUST GOTTA STOP ( buying now ) lol, what profits?!
With a ceiling, your fingers get cold and numb using knives that large.
A DIY lady 65+ with a couple of ceiling repairs: 1. water damage in kichen and 2. an ugly crack in LR where someone in attic must have stepped through. Also want to flatten out LR stomp texture but whether I'm up to that job is questionable! Terriffic videos. You are a super teacher and pleasant to listen to. Thanks.
Can that technique be used to smooth out a textured wall
i am a DIYer and i will tackle most jobs around the house. i have just recently skimmed the ceilings at my sons new home. wish i saw your tutorial first. still came out nice, i actually used plasterboard adhesive as i had it left over.
Hi Paul! I love your vids and want to say Thank you for making them! Is this joint compound you are using in this vid the recommended one for pop corn ceiling also? Or is this compound specific to the roller brush method used for this, what appears to be a flat ceiling? Or is this the post popcorn 2nd coat?
DIY here but started helping my dad over 60 years ago.. it doesn’t take a professional to appreciate your beautiful workmanship. I do have a question and that is can I do the same procedure to cover a acoustical foam textured ceiling. I’d rather coat it than remove the old ceiling coat. Watched your next video on skim coating over a textured ceiling so I have my question answered. Thanks and keep up the great videos.
Killed it‼️🔥
Great job, Sir, love your videos they're easy to learn I,m a diy repairer, I do most of my home repairs. Thanks for sharing 😊.
Can you do this over popcorn ceiling
gotta scrape popcorn off first, get popcorn texture wet with a pump sprayer and popcorn will scrape right off
@@jeremyhorn2670 without knowing whether or not there is asbestos in the popcorn texture, you shouldn't wantonly recommend people scrape it. It was commonly used in homes up through the 80's until it was officially banned in 1990.
Undoubtedly the stains on the old part of the ceiling will bleed through the new drywall mud. At some point a stain killer will have to be applied. Any time I remove a texture I do this exact thing. On new ceilings/drywall I glaze the ceiling with a much thinner mud and then spray 1 coat. Painting ceilings with a semi gloss, satin, or eg-shell is a no go. These sheens will highlight all imperfections. Great video.
#Drywalltube. Thank you for giving me alternative to the mess of scraping off that popcorn texture.
Just started my bathroom and I am not a professional. I am a DIYer and I watched your videos to see if I could make my life easier. My biggest problem was keeping the mud in the center of the mudding knife. The mud kept squishing out the sides of the knife and dropping on the floor. You make it look so easy. I guess with more practice I will get the hang of it. Thanks for the help. You don’t have to skim coat the whole ceiling if your just getting it smooth to paint.
I'm a DIYer. Took out some non load bearing walls in our master bedroom closet to open it up and had an electrician put in some can lighting. So, I'm planning on skim coating the ceiling in there.
Just removed 900sq ft of popcorn from my ceiling. All the other videos I watched had me feeling reluctant and tired of the job ahead, but you just gave me hope! Thank you!
I was skimming a ceiling today and it was taking too long so I tried this and it speed it up a ton!! Thanks for then help.
I'm a DIY homeowner. I live in Florida and I have faulty AC ducks that drip water in my ceiling. I have cracks on the tape line and discolored on other spots. I'll be replacing the AC ducks and then fixing the drywall myself. I can't afford to hire someone so I do what I have to. Great video.
I am going to try this method to smooth out my ceiling and walls in my spare room. I scraped the ceiling yesterday and am trying to motivate myself to start skim coating today. I’m pretty sure I’ll have to sand a little since I have zero practice with the drywall knife, but a little sanding is better than the popcorn ceiling I did have!
You are a total NINJA with that blade!
High 5! Thank you for sharing honey!
Been rehabbing our house for 5 years. 60 years and many layers of paint decided to come off the walls to the bare drywall. So years of scraping and skim coating every surface. This works well when your shoulders are good.
I'm finishing s kitchen and a dining room ceiling. Scraped down popcorn ceiling in one room And did new drywall in the kitchen. I skimmed the whole ceiling but only used a 3/4 sleeve. It was not as effective as the 1 inch your using. So I ended up aiming the whole ceiling with my 12 inch mud knife. It was so trying. Wish I saw this video. The right tools make everything easy. I did use plus 3 as well.
I’m doing my sons sons room which looks identical to the room you are working on. I cleaned the pop corn off today, and will try the roller method for applying the mud! Thanks!
Paul. Perfect timing. I just scraped all of the popcorn texture of of a ceiling. Lots of work and really really messy. I will skim coat over the popcorn on the rest of the ceilings left in the house using your videos.
Did this work over popcorn?
Thanks for sharing info. I'm a out to drywall a new piece I put up in my bathroom to the old. Trying to match them together. 😊
THAAAAAANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!! I feel like I can do my textured walls with confidence now !!!!! 🙏
I just got done skim coating and sanding some ceiling and spent WAY more energy getting it done. Your method is magic.
I’m a painting contractor looking to up my texture game.
@@FirstnameLastname-bp5cm how long do
You wait for the 2nd and 3rd steps of skim coating ? Can I finish in a whole day ?
I am learning to be a DIY technician on dry wall it was a challenge on how I would remove my old popcorn ceiling and renovate it.It appears like it is impossible until I watch your videos,thank you I am now confident that i can do it.
Can you Skim Coat over the top of the Popcorn Ceiling successfully or is more of a pain in the keister ?
My apt maintenance had to remove some shelving. Because they were busy that day, it was just a verbal to come back and repair the drywall without my filling out a mx request. I never did since I'm using the opportunity to practice and repair it myself. I can take as long as I want to get it right since I'm the customer. They aren't picky or perfect around here anyway. And I'm enjoying learning in preparation for having a house within the year.
Doing the drywall project in my forever home following your technique. Finishing my basement now about a 40 sheet job
I’ve had to do this after knocking down texture ceiling. Nice work
Thank you Jay!👍🏻😎
Over 30 years as a drywaller. You do it the same way I do it. Sometimes I just use a 12 inch broadknife depending on the size of the job. Nice job. Do yall see more skip trowel than knockdown. In South Ga I don't see much skip trowel.
OMG! It looks like I might be a little bit busy this weekend. Thank you so much
My guy with the skills I have with patch work and what not I know for a fact just learned how to skim coat 😎
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I did my ceiling after watching this and turned out great, thanks
Hi Paul. I'm a DIY guy. I'm reworking a 14'x28' ceiling that had popcorn texture. I spent 2 days trying to smooth the seams. I'm gonna try the skim coat
It has to be easier. Been watching your videos and I feel that I can do that. Obviously not at your pace .
I just bought a house and these videos are a tremendous help!
I really appreciate that! Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
Ur tips for the crow foot stamp were great, this is another great video