Prowllguy: I had a thread entitled "Painting exterior house this summer" that had some questions that you and Markrs answered and I wanted to print it out but now its gone. Is there a way I can retrieve this thread? Please help!

I see many questions on this subject so I may have missed an answer. I recently scraped the popcorn off my ceilings in every room myself. Now the ceiling is uneven, some areas are very smooth, some areas still a bit bumpy and a few areas where the texture was thin are down to the drywall (?). I got a bid for painting which was much more expensive than I had anticipated. He said the whole thing had to be floated. My question is, with all the new techniques and brushes and paraphenalia now being used, do I have other options so that it's cheap and relatively easy to make the ceiling look good. Some faux method or some special kind of brush, or a trowel and mud. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.