Painted Ceiling Texture Removal in Stouffville

Some of the texture was far heavier than a typical popcorn ceiling, especially in the hallway. It had deep, uneven relief that looked almost as though plaster had been pressed onto the surface with a sponge.

It had also been painted. The finish was hard and stubborn, so this was not a ceiling that would give way to a quick scrape.

We used a coarse abrasive on the Festool PLANEX to take the texture down. The sander was connected to HEPA-filtered dust extraction, collecting the sanding dust at the tool as we worked.

Once the heavy finish was down, the ceiling still needed to be made smooth.

We applied a skim coat, let it dry and sanded it, then returned with further coats where the surface needed more work. Several rounds of coating and sanding brought the ceiling from a stripped surface to a finished one.

The PLANEX remained connected to dust extraction during this sanding too. Dust control was part of both stages: removing the old painted texture and preparing the new skim-coated surface for paint.

The protection around the room stayed in place while that work continued.

When the surface was ready, we painted it with Benjamin Moore ceiling paint.

The change was most striking in the hallway, where the deep texture had been so pronounced. Instead of a ceiling covered in ridges and shadows, there was a smooth surface above the room.

The wider views show the same change elsewhere: the ceiling no longer competes with the furnishings or draws attention to its texture. The room remains familiar, but the finish overhead is entirely different.

The ceiling work took approximately three days, including texture removal, skim coating, sanding and painting.

The wallpaper remained for its later removal. There was no need to turn this visit into a larger renovation to complete the ceilings properly.

What had started as a particularly stubborn painted finish was now smooth and painted, with the surrounding furniture, floors and staircase protected through the work.