Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Smoothish sailing

Tonight was sort of a milestone: the first time I've attempted to smooth out a skim coat on the de-popcorned ceilings.

Started in on the bathroom, since that's the next project. I mudded last night. Tonight the sanding went pretty well.

And, considering this is my first attempt, I'm actually not displeased.



It's now primed, and needs touch-up in about four places tomorrow night. But all in all, it wasn't a disaster by any means. I am certain this is going to be satisfactory. In fact, I think it might even end up looking good by the time I've had some more practice at it.

2 comments:

bjorked1 said...

Congratulations! Makes me want to de-popcorn our ceilings, but I'm not as adventurous as you! I've got old (most likely cracked) plaster and lathe under mine which is probably why the popcorn was put up in the first place! I'm proud of you Derek!

Derek and Jeff said...

Yeah, plaster is a whole different world. But you can always just paper over it, which is a good solution too!