Materials for Texturing a Ceiling

Series Summary

Although they are typically the last things people notice in a house, ceilings make a huge difference in the overall appearance of the interior of a home. So needless to say, old ceilings can destroy the integrity of the entire room. Whether your ceilings are vaulted, flat, popcorn, or wood, eventually, your ceiling will need a makeover. Fortunately, remodeling and re-texturing a ceiling is not as difficult as you would think. With a little work, and a little help from this step by step tutorial, your ceilings, and your home can improve greatly.

In this free video series, watch as home remodeler Kevin Charlton teaches how to texture an old ceiling. Learn the products needed for texturing and prepping a ceiling, how to tape off a room, how to fill inconsistent holes in a ceiling, different texturing techniques, when to use the texture compound, and how to clean up after texturing a ceiling. Start revamping that old ceiling of yours today with the help of the experts at ExpertVillage!

Video Transcript

"This is Kevin for Expert Village. Part of this job is going to require texturing the ceiling. We have a texture coat here, It's a very thick coat and formulated especially for ceiling. This coat will be applied by using a roller actually a small nap roller. We are going to tape up a drop cloth and cover all this stuff right here to make it easier and we are going to let the drop cloth cover this area down here where we've already removed doors to the cabinet in preparation for another improvement we will go in to another series. "