Hello. New here and hoping to learn and eventually contribute. We recently removed painted popcorn from the ceiling in one of our bedrooms. We tested for asbestos and lead and both came back negative. Because it was previously painted, removal was a bit harder and more work than we had expected. Eventually, we got most of it removed. Now we are left with bits and patches where the paint the popcorn/paint is really stuck to the drywall. I'm guessing that those areas, the original popcorn was very thing so that the paint might be sticking to the drywall. They are all over the place. Not just a piece here and there. Really hard to scrape off and won't really take on any water. I did some research and found these to be potential solutions to removing the last remnants of the popcorn and paint. Any thoughts or suggestions would be very appreciated. 1) Sand down the remaining pieces. Seems like it would be very time consuming. There are little patches all over. Dusty but can use a vac while sanding. 2) Heat gun. Similar time consuming but less mess. 3) Paint remover but I read that this is not recommended since we only have small patches and pieces. Might damage the drywall. 4) Just skim coat over and not bother with removing the pieces assuming that they are sanded down roughly flush. Love to hear some thoughts form folks that might know about this or have experienced this issue before.

Hi! I hope you can help me....our house is nearly two years old and right off the bat the paint chipped here and there around the interior walls. If anything pretty much touches the walls, the paint chips off. I thought it was probably due to dust from construction and using the skill saw inside the house during construction and am dismayed to think the painters didn't clean the dust off the walls before painting!! My question is would it be advisable to repaint all of the walls to prevent further chipping? Thank you!