She explained that you must repair the water leak, dry the ceiling thoroughly, scrape off the damaged area, and apply a stain blocking primer followed by popcorn ceiling patch. Paint over the ...

Popcorn ceilings or textured ceilings applied in the ... Tip: Textured painter’s tape will leak paint through the wrinkles and under the texture, resulting in paint bleed that requires touchups.

Popcorn ceilings are out. That’s something my father ... If it gets stained — from a water leak, say — it’s hard to match the surface. Mainly, though, tastes have changed.

Here’s how to clean a popcorn ceiling the right way. Love ’em or hate ’em, popcorn ceilings are a staple in many homes. And, unfortunately, they can be incredibly challenging to clean.

Follow these steps if your ceiling is water damaged. There are lots of places that might be causing the water to leak. If there’s a bathroom above the ceiling in question, or water lines that ...

A ceiling stain brought on by a plumbing problem or a roof leak isn’t a calamity. But no one will blame you when you look up at that ugly stain, and exclaim in exasperation: Now what?

Q. We had a popcorn ceiling installed in our kitchen when we moved into our house 30 years ago. The section above the stove accumulates a lot of dust and oil. How can we clean this unsightly secti ...