We love our Edwardian apartment; but I HATE the plaster swirly stuff that some genius put on the walls and ceilings in the bedrooms and hallway. Has anyone done the work of taking this stuff off themselves? [close-ups after the jump]
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It is not the popcorn finish, more like rough cake icing. It's peeling off the ceiling in one part, and I'm dying to repaint, but I think I need to get rid of this stuff first. Does anyone have tips? I don't think my landlord will pay for someone to do it. . . but he might give me a break for doing it myself.
I actually did remove a piece of the plaster from the ceiling, where it had cracked . . . so there's one photo of that to show the thickness of the plaster, in case you think that's helpful.
Thanks!
Katherine
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Just found this post as I am struggling with cake-frosting too. Hoping you will see my post and let me know if you tackled that job and if so how??? I have drywall with a THICK texture on it. We are going to have our bathroom redone soon and may just demo the walls in the bedrooms and have the drywall guys put up new drywall -- it is that bad and very daunting to us to think we could tackle it.