Questions tagged [texture]
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How do I get crisp, clean edges in the corners where two paint colors meet?
I am about to renovate my room. A part of this plan includes painting all but one wall and the ceiling white, the other wall will be bright green. My walls are lightly textured and if this makes any ...
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How can I get a straight line at the ceiling when painting a textured wall?
I'm looking for advice as to how best obtain a straight line between the wall and ceiling which are both textured. I've seen some new homes where the painter masks about 1/8-1/4 inch down the wall ...
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Can I smooth a knockdown-textured ceiling with spackle?
I recently had new drywall put up in the top floor of my house to cover a cracked plaster ceiling with popcorn texturing. I used a contractor, and when asked about a texture for the drywall my ...
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How should I remove the texture from the ceiling *without* tearing it out?
We want to get rid of the texture on our ceiling. It's a very ugly stipple effect.
However, there's a foot and a half of insulation over this ceiling. Knocking it down to install new drywall is not ...
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What tool and technique do I use to achieve this finish in plaster?
Our shed (in Switzerland) has an outdoor wall that is finished with plaster texture called crépi here which Google translates as roughcast. The plasterer here says it is impossible to replicate today. ...
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Is there an easy way to replicate this ceiling texture?
I have the swirly-tiny(stress the tiny)-bump texture on my ceiling on the first floor. I will be doing some major drywall repairs on the ceiling and would like tips on how to replicate the pattern. ...
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How should I patch a popcorn ceiling?
I had to repair a corner joint between my kitchen and living ceiling (kitchen is ceiling lower than living room) by scraping the popcorn off of the kitchen ceiling and replacing a metal corner bead.
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How do I tape new drywall that is butted up against a textured wall?
I'm replacing the bottom 12" of Sheetrock after water damage. The existing drywall is textured. How do I tape it? Do I have to sand off texture for 6" and then tape it and texture?
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What are the pros and cons of rolled-on wall/ceiling texture paint?
I just recently learned that some wall/ceiling textures can be applied with a paint-roller and special texture "paint".
Here are a couple examples from Home Depot:
I was hoping to get more ...
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Second layer of drywall on textured ceiling: Do I need to sand down or remove the texture before second layer goes on?
I have a textured ceiling similar to this:
Some of the texture peaks at 1/8", but it mostly peaks at 1/16". I am going to be applying a second layer of drywall with Green Glue in between and I want ...
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How do I achieve this texture?
I need to make some wall repairs in our house (lath and plaster). After making the repairs, I'll need to add texture over the repairs. After doing a bit of research, it looks like this is a so-called "...
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What is this texture called and how can I match it?
I repaired a 2' x 4' section of our ceiling, and I'd like to match the surrounding texture.
Is this a sprayed texture like orange peel, or just some kind of roller stipple?
Assuming it was orange ...
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How do I remove painted knockdown texture?
We scraped our popcorn ceilings and had somebody do knockdown texture in the whole house. Problem is, that when the guy went to prime over the texture, some of the texture started peeling off on the ...
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What is the cheapest way to add texture to a wall
The previous home owners used a perforating tool to remove wallpaper, and just painted over all the holes and lines. I am in desperate need of some texture with no budget. I need to put a new baby ...
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Should I use 1/4" drywall to cover ceiling texture or imperfections?
My laundry room ceiling had to have a large section of its 1/2" drywall ceiling removed and replaced a few years back after a copper water pipe had a leak. The replacement was fully taped but was ...
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what kind of drywall texture is this and type of brush to use to get this texture
I would like to know the texture in my drywall ceiling to repair and match the existing texture
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How do I match this ceiling texture?
How do I match this texture? What are the exact steps needed?
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How do I paint over a textured ceiling without removing the texture?
A painter I had at one time painted the textured drywall mud ceiling (off white color) in a different part of the house. He had to change to a sprayer because he said the drywall texture was coming ...
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What kind of ceiling is this?
What kind of ceiling is this, and what's the process like for making it smooth?
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Tips for texturing ceilings?
I'm getting ready to texture ceilings for the first time using an air-compressor / hopper. I plan to practice first on some old sample sheets of drywall I have laying around but was also hoping to ...
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How should these ceiling repairs be finished?
Need a 2nd opinion around the effectiveness of ceiling repair done.
This repair is made of 3 patches. Despite my request, the workman did not cut the ceiling to make it one patch and did 3 smaller ...
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What are some tips/techniques for applying knockdown texture to drywall?
I'd like to get advice on applying knockdown texture and fixing my own mistakes in the process. The consistency I'm looking for is something similar to this:
As per an eHow article, I think the ...
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Can paneling and wallpaper be textured with drywall mud?
We have a basement space with paneling on lower half of wall and wallpaper on upper half - we don't want to spend the time stripping the wallpaper, and don't want to spend the money replacing walls ...
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Should I use a roll or spray method to paint my textured ceiling?
I have fresh knockdown textured ceiling. I plan to give it a coat of primer and a coat of white ceiling paint. The whole house is undergoing complete remodeling. There is no furniture, and no flooring....
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What techniques are there to smooth out or remove textured (knockdown) drywall?
We have knockdown texture on the drywall in one of our bedrooms that we're turning into a nursery. We'll be repainting the walls and want like to apply some wall decals so we need to have a smooth ...
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What caused pitting in my aerosol knockdown texture?
I recently replaced some gypsum drywall in my bathroom. When it came time to texture it, it seemed like the drywall's paper was swiftly sucking the moisture out of the texture that came out of my ...
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What kind of wall texture is on this wall?
My initial thoughts were orange peel, but I'm not entirely sure as it appears different? Tried to take photos with different lighting.
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How do I get better looking results with Sandstone texture paint?
I am painting a small bathroom with Sandstone paint that I bought in Lowe's (for non-US users, this is big chain of home improvement/remodeling stores).
The result is just terrible. First, it ...
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How do I replicate this drywall texture?
It's on my ceiling and we can't figure out what they used.
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How can I tape drywall joints at the ceiling with existing texture?
I am redoing my subbasement. Originally the inside corner where the wall meets the ceiling was not taped and jointed. Some floor trim was used as a poor man's version of crown molding, and it is ...
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Likelihood of asbestos under newer ceiling texture?
We moved into our house about 2 years ago, and at the time it had 2 bedrooms with asbestos popcorn ceiling texture (that we've since had removed). The rest of the house has either a (poorly-done) ...
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Can I use a sprayer to flatten wall texture?
Texture sprayers are common. Is there an analog for flat mudding? The use case is to cover over existing texture to get a [nearly?] flat result. It is tedious to mud wall after entire wall, so I'm ...
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Trying to identify and replicate Drywall Texture
What is this drywall texture called and how can I replicate it?
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Best way to remove textured wall (joint compound)?
What I'm working with:
There's a lot to take down. I know skim coating is an option, but I don't think that will work well due to the nature of the texture (it's not knocked down).
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Identify this wall texture please. Thanks!
I need to match this wall texture to fix some damage and also to cover some larger areas of new remodeling construction. The house was built in 1963 in Texas.
Any help identifying and/or techniques to ...
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Did my painter do a bad job making the ceiling flat after removing popcorn ceiling?
I recently found a painter and got my popcorn ceiling removed. That ceiling is 70s concrete, so painter has to fill it with plaster instead of scraping popcorn texture off. After the job done, he skim ...
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Matching Older Wall Texture
What kind of tool and/or methods would you use to match this kind of wall texture (in attached picture)?
Based on some googling, it could be "Lace" but not sure. Trying to avoid having to ...
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Can I hide a poor drywall patch with texture?
I just patched a section for a beverage fridge and I realize I should have gotten the patch more level. Should it have been lower than the original walls so there's no lump? Will more texture hide the ...
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Drywall texture used?
Can someone please help me identify the texture in this picture?
I’ve been patching a few holes around the house and cannot get the texture to match no matter what I do!
Notice how’s very little ...
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How can I replicate this drywall texture?
The title and picture say it all. It's a very subtle texture.
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Problems Using Stud Finder on a Textured Wall - Due to Finder or Texture?
My wife is having me hang some heavy curtains on a textured wall. Of course, the first thing I did was to get out my stud finder - specifically, my Zircon HD55. I felt I was getting strange results ...
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Removed wainscoting - Will I need to sand the entire wall?
First time DIY'er here and I decided it was time to update my office by removing the wainscoting and giving it a fresh coat of paint. However, before I get there, I was hoping for a little feedback......
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Can I use hot mud to create orange peel texture
I have Westpac Joint compound fast set 40 lite.
Can I use this to create texture on a wall?
What is the basic difference in the texture specific compound (like Homax below) and fast set compound (...
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Help identifying type of texture on walls
Probably a dumb question, but I'm having trouble determining if these walls are orange peel or knockdown textures. The first two photos below are in the same room, but at the minimum seem like ...
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Is primer required for fresh knockdown texture?
I have freshly sprayed knockdown textured ceilings. I can not figure out if priming is necessary before coating it with flat white ceiling paint. Some people say it is okay to just paint it, some say ...
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How can I paint inside corners of textured walls at the ceiling or baseboard?
In this question, techniques are described to paint the edge of a textured wall along a textured ceiling. How can I paint inside corners though? Mashing the brush into the corner seems to do OK, but ...
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How to match this wall texture
I'm having trouble matching this drywall texture:
Would appreciate help on this.
Thanks!
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Painted sample areas have different sheen than the rest of the wall
I recently finished my basement. Had the drywall textured. Painted three sample areas of different paint colors I was trying to decide on. I decided on one and got the paint from a different paint ...
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Should I primer my walls/ceiling before I spray on texture?
I have removed a wall and upper cabinet, replacing some sheetrock. I have skim coated and sanded the existing walls and removed the "popcorn" ceiling. My question is: do I need to primer the walls &...
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