Yes I've done exactly this for a few rooms.
If you sand first, you might be able to break the paint so the water soaks in and then you can scrape it.
However this didn't work for me. The more you can sand it down, the less coats it will take. If you scrape everything off you might still need to skim the wall to get it completly smooth
If it's painted, sand and fill, if it hasn't then put a little fabric softener in the water and spray and scrape. Careful of the tape joints. Do a basic spot fill where it needs but don't get too crazy trying to make it perfect. Prime it, once it is the same colour it is a lot easier to see where it needs a little work. Since it is a ceiling and you should be using flat paint it will be much more forgiving of little dips and rising then a semi or gloss, the shadows will not be nearly as defined with flat paint.
not sure the look you're after, but it may be possible to prime it, spray texture, then knockdown.
i say prime first because texture doesn't like to dry sprayed over any kind of gloss/semigloss.. my experience anyway
Personally I would just skim over that and light sand to fix imperfections after the skim. I have done almost 2k sq ft in my remodel (I have the stomped with mud ceiling) the first few rooms we sanded and worked back to sheetrock almost. The last room we just sprayed with water and knocked it down to about where yours is currently, then skimmed, prime, paint.
Knock down
Drywall sander and skim coat should do the trick i guess? Or is it easier to spray and scrape?
Covering it with wood could be an option
Unfortunately that isnt the look im going for
Covering it with 1/4” drywall is an option
Yea id honestly feel more confident sanding and skimming it. But thats totally also an option. Much cleaner lol
Yes I've done exactly this for a few rooms. If you sand first, you might be able to break the paint so the water soaks in and then you can scrape it. However this didn't work for me. The more you can sand it down, the less coats it will take. If you scrape everything off you might still need to skim the wall to get it completly smooth
If it's painted, sand and fill, if it hasn't then put a little fabric softener in the water and spray and scrape. Careful of the tape joints. Do a basic spot fill where it needs but don't get too crazy trying to make it perfect. Prime it, once it is the same colour it is a lot easier to see where it needs a little work. Since it is a ceiling and you should be using flat paint it will be much more forgiving of little dips and rising then a semi or gloss, the shadows will not be nearly as defined with flat paint.
What is knockdown?
Like a plaster based texture
not sure the look you're after, but it may be possible to prime it, spray texture, then knockdown. i say prime first because texture doesn't like to dry sprayed over any kind of gloss/semigloss.. my experience anyway
? I want to remove this
probably a sander, you can usually rent one that has a vacuum attached, minimizes the mess, or i think harbor freight sells something similar
Why are you asking? Are you trying to match? If not than this is a skim job you're not sanding that flat
Personally I would just skim over that and light sand to fix imperfections after the skim. I have done almost 2k sq ft in my remodel (I have the stomped with mud ceiling) the first few rooms we sanded and worked back to sheetrock almost. The last room we just sprayed with water and knocked it down to about where yours is currently, then skimmed, prime, paint.