Artex removal from a ceiling

Hi anybody tried removing artex from a big ceiling with a steamer . I dont want to just uni bond and re-skim as it will bring it below coving . Or does anybody know anybody who does this i have a industrial steamer . Cheers Sp[ider1 :suspect:

Be careful. Some older artex May contain asbestos

I, without prior knowledge until I finished it, sanded and steamed mine off.

If I don't post for a while you'll know why!

why not save yourself all the mess and have it plastered

Read my question . Its going to be plastered but artex is long type and if i plaster on top it will be below coving . So its either re- do coving or take artex off

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I, without prior knowledge until I finished it, sanded and steamed mine off.

 

If I don't post for a while you'll know why!

Yes you playing with fire sanding artex . Maybe try scraping long bits of maybe.

Did you do any good with steamer.

It was in the bathroom so not a massive area and I had a bit of damp problem in one corner that the steamer helped along. But mostly it had to be sanded.

Wiser after the event and all that. When I did the spare bedroom I decided to live with he artex!!

One of my neighbours did all their ceilings and four walls in the lounge with a steamer. Seemed to work for them ok and 10 years later they're still here.

One of my neighbours did all their ceilings and four walls in the lounge with a steamer. Seemed to work for them ok and 10 years later they're still here.

But do they have an iron lung?

One of my neighbours did all their ceilings and four walls in the lounge with a steamer. Seemed to work for them ok and 10 years later they're still here.

Thanks willman will prob give it a go in a small room now that some one has had a go