After popcorn ceiling is removed - prime then texture or texture then prime?

Question

i am getting conflicting advise on what to do after popcorn ceiling is scraped.  some people say to prime, then texture. others say texture then prime. what is better?

Sam M. · Answer

Depends on the texture applied. For spray on textures be sure to prime first. 
 Priming gives you a consistent surface for spray textures otherwise you will see slight variations in the texture between tape joints and the main body of each sheet of drywall.
Sam

Mitch Kronowit · Answer

I would look at the manufacturer recommendations of the texture material. The last stuff I used said "for best results" prime before AND after texturing.

Perhaps that company also sells primer?  ;-)

Seriously, it makes sense. Priming before gives the texture a consistent and uniform surface to bond to. Priming after seals the texture material so the paint lays on top of it, emphasizing the texture, rather than getting soaked into it, flattening the surface.

Cory Riffel · Answer

If you sprayed water on the ceiling to remove the popcorn it is always a good idea to first rescrew the sheetrock. I see a lot of the time that there is only a fill coat on the bands and angles when popcorn was used, so you need to put a skim coat on all the bands, spot the existing screws one time and the new screws twice. Lightly sand,  prime and then texture.

Ernie Vlla · Answer

variations on drywall are fixed with mud or should i say joint compound primer is used to seal your joint coumpound and  texture texture as well as your paper from your drywall will suck up your paint and show shadows put enough coats of paint on anything and you can you will start losing inperfections or as we say caulk and paint make it what it aint if you prep your ceilings corectly you wont have to put your socks over your shoes

Ernie Vlla · Answer

messy job have done many of them heres a little help i hope. diff is a product used to remove wall paper spray a light coat on ceiling just to moisten it up if your celings have been painted your going to have a harder time to remove. so after you blade off all your ceilings put a skim coat of tapping mud on all your blade marks then you can textute two coats of flat wall paint will due the trick on new taxture if its an upscale home i suggest after your skim coat spray a coat of hamilton's prep coat before texturing then prime and pain i now its a long process but this is how you get the right results

Donna S. · Answer

Prime then texture.  The primer gives the new texture something to bite so it doesn't start falling off in a few years and the texture is considered a finish coat.  I prefer smooth ceilings myself.  JMO

After popcorn ceiling is removed - prime then texture or texture then prime?

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