{"id":39817,"date":"2010-01-05T09:45:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T09:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=39817"},"modified":"2010-01-07T10:48:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T10:48:27","slug":"popcorn-ceiing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/01\/popcorn-ceiing\/","title":{"rendered":"Popcorn Ceiling Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have an original popcorn ceiling from 1964 in my apartment.  I&#8217;m thinking of flattening it out.  Anyone have any experience (or recommendations) on either (a) removing it (scraping it off) first and then skim coating over it &#8211; or (b) skim coating right over it?   <\/p>\n<p>I know that other apartments with popcorn ceilings in my building have had asbestos detected, so I&#8217;m leaning more towards the option of skim coating right over the popcorn so I don&#8217;t disturb it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have an original popcorn ceiling from 1964 in my apartment. I&#8217;m thinking of flattening it out. Anyone have any experience (or recommendations) on either (a) removing it (scraping it off) first and then skim coating over it &#8211; or (b) skim coating right over it? 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