Popcorn ceilings, those cottage cheese “acoustical” surfaces, offer a few more issues over and above the simple inconvenience of painting a flat overhead surface, particularly if the popcorn has not been previously painted.* Because the sprayed-on popcorn-textured material is extremely sensitive to water and absorbs moisture very quickly, if you’re using a waterborne latex paint you can weaken the textured material and actually pull off sections as you paint. Continue reading →