In order to paint your wall, whats the next step you take after you remove a popcorn texture?

Ive already scraped the texture off.. am i supposed to dust the remains off the wall and then prime? or what? whats my next step?In order to paint your wall, whats the next step you take after you remove a popcorn texture?
For sure you need to dust all the loose stuff off. I would hit it with a broom a few times, get all the huge stuff off. Then go over it with a damp sponge or rag to try and get the fine dust off. The primer and paint will stick better to the wall on a clean surface.





Give the walls a coat of primer after you clean them off. Then Paint!In order to paint your wall, whats the next step you take after you remove a popcorn texture?
Wash the walls to remove any dust that could act as a barrier between your paint and your walls.





The recognised way to paint unpainted interior plaster is three coats of water-based emulsion. The first one (called a mist coat) thinned right out to the consistancy of milk (so it soaks in) and preferably applied with a brush (to agitate and get under any residue). Then you apply two rollered coats as normal.





There is no set primer or standard priming practice for plaster. You would only use something like BIN 123 if you thought you had a problem, like powdery/friable surface and it still needs brushing on.






wipe your ceiling down either using a wet sponge or just use a stiff broom, next prime with a waterbased primer like Zinseer's 1-2-3 and now you'll get an idea how good your ceiling is going to look you might have area's to address with sheetrock compound if so skim coat those areas, let dry and sand, if it looks good for you just spot prime the skim coated area's and paint. Use a good FLAT paint on ceilings that aren't going to be subject to moisture kitchen and baths always should have some type of an enamel paint , good luck, Les the painter
dust the remains off, use a damp sponge.





let wall/ceiling dry





spackle any holes





prime





paint