No, not the buttery kind you find at the movies. I love that popcorn. I am talking about the popcorn that you find on the ceiling. That white, dusty stuff that falls off whenever you brush something against it.
Scraping it off the ceiling is was an absolute nightmare. Some parts of it came off very easily, while other parts didn’t really chip off, they more or less had to be sanded off. After doing all that we could by manually scraping, we used an orbital sander to grind down the remainder. The dust that was generated found it’s way into everything. The dust was so fine it floated into closed cupboards, the refrigerator, seriously, everywhere. We did have the kitchen sealed off with drop cloths, so
that definitely kept it confined to the kitchen area at least.
We spent Friday and Saturday working on the kitchen and pretty much finished up all the remaining bits. All that is left is to throw down a layer of primer and then paint. There is still trim work to be done on the cabinets, but I have decided I would rather have a professional tackle that. Oh yeah, we still have to have the floors put in before the trim work, but I believe that is about it. Then the kitchen will be done. Next.
Here are a couple other pictures of the dust-fest after the jump.
