Sanding a textured ceiling - GIF

[Frank S]

I don't like them either Frank but it's easier to leave them than deal with them. Did remove them in one house I had 20+ years ago, ran the hose indoors, sprayed with water until soft then scraped with a putty knife into a 5 gallon pail. If we end up staying in this house for a while I may putter away and do a room every so often providing they don't have asbestos.

I'm thinking I might cover them with another thin layer of drywall or install decorative metal tiles The house was built ion 1970. Whoever sprayed the ceilings did a good job because still that is no cracking or sluffing of the texture, but they could have at least done without the gold glitter.

[olderdan]

In the UK this was known as ARTEX a cheap solution to avoid plastering being applied strait onto plaster board, and in the 80s it did contain asbestos.
I have plastered over this in the past but it needs the correct technique.
Scrape of the worst of the rough nips (messy) and apply a thinned coat of PVA, when dry apply a second thicker coat and start plastering when it is still tacky.
I have never had a failure following the ones I have done. ( I did have a decorating business at the time).