Yes

We remodeled our house about four years ago. The general contractor and two of his helpers removed all the popcorn. They did exactly as sstrams describes above. The GC used a bug sprayer with plain water, and the other two guys scraped and it looked fast and easy.

They weren't worried about the mess, because the house was pretty mush a shell when they did it, floors, paint, etc. was all done later.

Here is a short video of them working...

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