Most people hate their popcorn ceilings. The good news is that it’s really not that difficult to get rid of it. Experts say the popcorn ceiling was very much of the early 90’s along with pickle stained wood. Most builders sprayed the ceiling with the popcorn ceiling because it is fast and cheap.

If you hate yours, you need to put in a little elbow grease and you will be popcorn free. Like any surface removal, you have a few basic choices: scrape (or pry off), sand, or use a chemical.

Keep in mind, scraping can dig into the ceiling, sanding can be very dusty and tedious and a chemical that would dissolve the finish would be even more nasty.

In situations like this you can rent a dust-collecting power sander from the local tool rental shop. This makes a terrible task only mildly tiring and really does a nice job of containing the dust and debris. If this is more than you want to tackle, hiring it out shouldn’t be too terribly expensive.