The removal went very well and we will be painting the lids very soon.  The project has been a great success so far and we have had no major problems.  Some tape in the bathroom is heavily damaged but that can be expected in those type of damp areas. The peak of course needed the most repairs on the tape because some of it was falling off and some of the bead with the metal inside was warping.  We had to cut that to make it flat again and stick mud behind it.  The knockdown turned out very good.

I will be posting pictures of this one pretty soon.  I had just one room to do and it was pretty easy.  Dusty got a great deal on a condo by UCF and wanted to have the popcorn removed.  He called a few contractors but liked my price best.  I wasn’t the cheapest but at the same time, I gave him a fare price based on just one room and 3 hours of my time.  The ceiling was not painted so the removal came of with ease.  We covered a few nail pops and a hole that krept up into the ceiling from a previous leak.  We then applied an apartment style knockdown since that is what his unit used to be.  Now it looks like a brand new room and i am sure it will look great once it is painted.  The only hiccup was a small paint peel when removing the plastic from the walls.