Popcorn Ceiling Paint Brush

An airless sprayer and a split foam.

Popcorn ceiling paint brush.

It is possible to paint a popcorn or textured ceiling. Usually the rough texture is created with a paint roller with a medium or long nap. If you re going to paint the walls skip the tape for now and paint a few inches down the wall. Popcorn and other textured surfaces require more paint to achieve full coverage so plan to use twice as much of the supply as you would on a flat ceiling.

This will also paint over any old whoops paint spots on your ceiling where you may have gotten paint on the ceiling the last time you painted the walls. Popcorn ceilings have a rough texture from far away it looks like kernels of popcorn. With a brush loaded with paint gently cut in and paint along the edges of the ceiling. Make long strokes and always finish brushing back into the wet paint.

While latex paint is often used on ceilings you actually want to use acrylic paint on popcorn ceilings. Generously load the roller with paint and apply to the popcorn ceiling in one direction taking care not to saturate the ceiling with paint if the ceiling is unprimed the popcorn texture may absorb the paint become too heavy and fall off. When you need to touch up a spot it s difficult to know what approach to use on the bumpy uneven texture. Paint several inches onto the ceiling and feather the edge.

However you have to approach the process differently than you would a flat one. Use your brush and work the ceiling paint into all the edges between the wall and ceiling i like to brush the paint out about 2 from the wall. Don t load the brush too much and start each stroke away from the edge and work the paint toward the tape. Cut in around the ceiling edge with an.

Popcorn ceilings are used in many homes especially older homes where there is a desire to hide flaws in the ceiling.