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How do I get crisp, clean edges in the corners where two paint colors meet?
Use painters tape (blue tape, Frog tape, lots of different names and brands) to mask off the areas you don't want to paint green.
First, paint your ceiling and 3 walls white (2 or 3 coats, however ...
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Can I smooth a knockdown-textured ceiling with spackle?
Spackle might work, however it is specially designed for repairing holes and cracks and is more expensive than the product that is normally used for doing a skim coat: regular joint compound or ...
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How do I get crisp, clean edges in the corners where two paint colors meet?
In my experience, tape just doesn't do that well. Even if you get a clean line, you're at the mercy of the tape's shape, and it's following the texture. It often ends up looking artificially sharp and ...
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Can I smooth a knockdown-textured ceiling with spackle?
I just completed a similar project. I skim coated my bathroom walls with joint compound to cover up a paint job from a previous tenant that had resulted in crackling and flaking over the entire ...
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Trying to identify and replicate Drywall Texture
That's most likely a stiff brush applied to the wet compound. Go to the dollar store and get a cheap plastic whisk broom. Practice your strokes on a piece of scrap with a scratch coat applied.
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Did my painter do a bad job making the ceiling flat after removing popcorn ceiling?
I'm not an expert on this but that ceiling looks pretty bad. Your big mistake was getting a painter to repair the ceiling and not a plasterer. Painters can patch but doing an entire ceiling takes a ...
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Identify this wall texture please. Thanks!
I have seen this done with what I call a plaster brush. Marshalltown (no affiliation) makes the one shown below. Soft bristles that can be loaded with thinned down mud and applied by hitting it flat ...
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Can You Paint & Texture Cement Board/Backerboard
Mud & sand it to make it smooth, and treat it like drywall from that point forward.
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Likelihood of asbestos under newer ceiling texture?
The only way to tell if a ceiling contains asbestos is to take a sample and have it tested. There is lots of "popcorn texture" (Artex in the UK) which doesn't have asbestos and some that does.
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How do I get crisp, clean edges in the corners where two paint colors meet?
I beg to differ and offer an alternative to other answers offering the best way to achieve a nice crisp edge. From my experience, the best way to achieve a good looking corner interface between ...
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How do I get crisp, clean edges in the corners where two paint colors meet?
If you decide to use tape rather than learning how to cut in with a brush, make sure you use the blue type masking tape and also run a flexible painters scraper along the inside edge to really seal ...
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Can I use hot mud to create orange peel texture
I have used hot mud in a texture gun. Make sure to run it wet or it may plug the gun and cause problems. If you notice it setting up before the hopper is empty dump it and wash the gun or your gun may ...
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How do I achieve this texture?
Expect to experiment to obtain the finer points. You can do that on the actual repair surface. If an attempt doesn't come out well, wipe it off immediately while it is still wet and workable. Then ...
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What kind of ceiling is this?
It's called a drywall stomp. You use normal drywall mud along with something called a stomp brush and it makes that pattern on the ceiling.
To remove it, take a spray bottle and fill with water. ...
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What kind of ceiling is this?
It's a texture made with a stippling brush:
https://drywall101.com/articles/texturegroups.php
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Marshalltown-9-in-Natural-Stippling-Faux-Finish-Paint-Brush/1000204375
I would ...
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Problems Using Stud Finder on a Textured Wall - Due to Finder or Texture?
I haven't tried it on a textured wall, but have similar issues with uneven plaster and lath. Try maintaining a steady speed and pressure on the stud finder as you sweep across the wall. (I'm much ...
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How can I replicate this drywall texture?
That looks to me like a texture that developed over the years, inadvertently, with application of multiple layers of paint using a nappy roller.
You could try to duplicate by spray texturing in a "...
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Should I use 1/4" drywall to cover ceiling texture or imperfections?
Have you ever tried to install the terrible interior doors Menards sells with the MDF casing? (yea we ordered 3 on sale not understanding the casing was made out of a thick cooked noodle - if the ...
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What would cause these bubbles in texture?
It's either poorly prepared compound or poor application technique.
I assume you're asking this because the are finished with the work. If that's the case, this is substandard work, in my opinion at ...
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Drywall texture used?
That doesn't look like drywall texture to me. It looks like stippling from a heavy-nap roller. The reason you don't see it along the trim is because a brush was used there.
When you paint, do the ...
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Can I smooth a knockdown-textured ceiling with spackle?
Using spackle to smooth the texture will be more expensive than using joint compound. Both will set hard and have about the same working and setting time.
The problem with trying to smooth an already ...
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What is this wall texture called, and how is it applied?
That's knockdown texture. According to this introductory article, it's easy for a homeowner to reproduce. Good luck.
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Dull paint spots
As mentioned in a comment by RetiredATC, If you didn't prime the whole area first, you'll see differences in the sheen of the paint depending on texture and composition of the surface you're painting ...
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How should these ceiling repairs be finished?
Those patches are not ready for paint or texture. You (or your hired hand) need to properly finish the taping work. It all needs to be feathered out at least 10" from the repair joints using a ...
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Can I use a sprayer to flatten wall texture?
Don't know for sure what kind of texture you're dealing with but it sounds like what you're looking for is skim coating. There are sprayable high-build primers but that's more for a level-5 drywall ...
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Matching Older Wall Texture
That texture is done with a sponge.
You will need to experiment with the type of sponge and the amount of mud on the sponge to match the texture on your wall.
Most home stores have wall texture ...
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What are these wall textures?
Recreating wall texture is more of an art than a science. The three posted pics look like an orange-peel texture done very runny, then rolled over with a very fluffy roller.
These textures must be ...
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How can I paint inside corners of textured walls at the ceiling or baseboard?
Use a paint shield as pictured below and an Angled brush as mentioned in your link you should get your desired effect - straight clean lines.
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Removed wainscoting - Will I need to sand the entire wall?
It looks like a sanded finish, mix a little paint with some fine sand and dab it on the smooth spots with your fingertip, it won't be a perfect match since the original has a number of coats of paint ...
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Identify drywall texture
That looks almost like a stomp texture with a circular or tree bark like mix or even a light knockdown.
Here is a sample of a few different textures.
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