They texture ceilings before i sand.

McDusty

The company i sub-contract off of textures their ceilings before I have a chance to sand. this makes it harder to get the ceiling angle to look good. is this common practice where you live?

Back in Manitoba, i would sand the house and then the painter would come in a prime the whole thing getting it ready for texture. the painter sands off any over-spray because he has to sand the walls before the coat of paint anyway.

Hiball drywall

In Alberta we sand first then they paint. I heard Sask is like BC,texture then sand. Look how fine the texture is on the ceiling in BC, definitely not as hard for the painter to cut in as regular popcorn texture!

Bevelation

Some spray guys give the taper a break and scrub the lids, but I can understand it doesn't always fly if the taper didn't do a good job and left fat ridges everywhere. Systems from one outfit to another differ so much in southern BC, there's hardly any consistency with who does what.

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