So happy this channel is still alive! I will watch tonight. Thanks, Duke!!

Good to see you waging war on popcorn ceilings. Thanks Duke

planning on removing some popcorn in my apartment and in the sea of youtube your vids are the go to, thanks.

This was super helpful. I'm re-doing a room in my apartment and was wondering what to do about the ceiling. Now it's time to make a hawk. Thanks Duke!

Legend is back 🖐🏼🙏🏼💪🏼

Thanks Duke, I just bought my first home! This video and the 1st one are so simple to follow.

When I grow up, I want to be just like you Duke! Can't wait to see more!

Thanks, diy Duke. I've never seen that technique before and I really like the way it goes.

If you are going to do a lot of this, buy a dedicated corded drill to mix the mud. Mixing a lot of mud with a cordless drill will burn out the motor really quick. Also, if you scrape all the way down to the drywall, you want to make sure you get all the glue and other residue off from the popcorn. Wipe it down with a sponge mop and simple green, then wipe it down again with just water and then prime it after it is completely dry. The first ceiling I scraped looked great when I was done, so I only filled in the low spots, then sanded and painted it. About a month later I had a bunch of areas where the paint was peeling. Going back and fixing this after the kitchen was completely remodeled was a royal pain. Also, if it's an old house where the drywall is held in by nails, you may want to go back and add some drywall screws then point in the nail heads that poke out after the ceiling is tight against the ceiling joists. The drywall nails will work themself loose over the years. I personally don't like the look of skip troweling. I know a lot of people like the look, but to me it just looks like somebody didn't know what they were doing or was lazy. For real skim coating (smooth finish), I would recommend using a skim coating blade (I like Marshalltown blades) and a roller. You can attach the skim coat blade to a long handle, so no ladders or stilts needed. Thin the drywall mud down, rolling on and then smooth it out with the blade in one direction. I find hitting the large flat areas first is best, then after that is dried, going in and fixing the corners. Using a corner trowel will give you near perfect corners if you are inexperienced with drywall mudding. Always make sure your drywall mud is completely dry before sanding. If it is still wet underneath when you sand, it will pull in the drywall mud in any low spots like nail or screw heads and you will see it when dry. They key to getting a good finish is to make sure you use a light going across the wall to show any imperfections. The flat finish of drywall can hide a lot of issues that won't show up until you put on the paint. This is why cheap housing uses flat paint finishes on the walls. If you use eggshell or anything glossy, all those imperfections will pop out as soon as you paint..

I had a lot of high end builders in the 9os and 2000s. This technique was actually popular on new construction. We did what was called a "Two Tone brocade" . We shot orange peel or a splatter on the ceiling, they would paint the it, then we would hand texture over over it creating two different tones and two different sheets. It looked very fancy.

Thank you Duke 🙏

Thanks for the tips, came at the right time Duke! Much love and appreciation for your work and your whole family, you guys are the best, have a great day!

Hey Duke stay buff forever even though you're not at Buff Dudes level but you're still a Buff Dude in my book

I'm surprised that you still do scrape downs. Those were the jobs that I took when I first started because no one else would do it lol I always ended up skimming everything with green. Texture has become a dying art in Ontario Canada. These days everything is just a level 3 finish with the decor being white, on white, on white lol

Thanks Duke, very helpful and appreciative!

I scraped a small bath and i struggled so hard. I was so worried to wet it too much, but it seems i didnt do it enough. My worry came from how crummy my '85 house is. Keep finding new things...the lack of insulation on the east side of the houses exterior walls, no consistency with stud spacing (im not even kidding, its bad).

Happy to be here

Shouldn’t you prime if the drywall paper is exposed?

And then do you paint over that when it’s dry?

Too bad you don't know a couple of BUFF DUDES to help. 😃

If you’re going to repaint the walls is there any reason to cover them?

I've done this type of removal also, but it was asbestos. Talk about way more involved.

Seems kind of dark in the house lol. Time to upgrade to led bulbs and lights :p

Wow! You shave your awesome beard

I hear what your saying it is popcorn ceiling, but I havent herd you say if the home is 1978 or older you need to have it tested for asbestos prior to removal.

So Shakey brother

Promo sm

"irregardles" lol

I don't get the point of removing one ugly texture just to apply another ugly one.

Very novice and a disgusting texture at that