Wall Texturing

[sawtooth4x4]

Anyone textured walls / Drywall?

I finally finished a basement room. I need to get the texture up. I was thinking about having someone do it, but no one seems to give a crap since its only one small 10x12 room.

I can rent the sprayer from Home Depot and buy the covering.

It doesn't seem to hard. Any tips or tricks to it?

 

[Herzog]

I did the orange peal texture in our basement with a cheap HF texture gun. You just have to tinker to get the mud/water mixture right and to get the gun adjusted just right as well... after that it's quick and fast. I'd let you borrow mine but it's packed up in a storage unit for now. It was super cheap though.

 

[Kiel]

Don't texture, it seems everything is smooth now. Removing texture sucks

 

[bryson]

Don't texture, it seems everything is smooth now. Removing texture sucks

This. IMO, the texture is usually put up to cover a sub-par drywall job (it certainly was by the PO of my house...)

I am getting ready to either remove it, or mud over it and have smooth walls. Not looking forward to it.

I vote you keep the walls smooth.

 

[BCGPER]

What Kiel said, all texturing is meant to do is hide crappy work.

And once it's painted it's permanent.

 

[Herzog]

Eh, last place I lived had smooth walls. Felt like a mental institution. I like texture. Nothing crazy, just light texture.

 

[idahoyj]

Smooth walls show everything!
I recommend a "skip trowel" or "knock-down" type finish versus the spray type. Its a happy-medium between smooth and spray texture.

 

[comingdown]

skip trowel, piece of cake to do. i haven't watched the video, but you can get some ideas, where you at?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tSxNFf5te8

 

[skiboarder]

My OCD wouldn't let me do that. All my initial places of mud would all line up and it would look stupid. I like smooth walls with round corners

 

[BCGPER]

Textured walls to me are about as attractive as popcorn ceilings. Both have outlived their purpose.

 

[Cascadia]

Textured walls isn't just orange peel type stuff. Nearly all new home are a hand texture wall. Usually called old world or other similar names. Knock down is used on ceilings.

 

[sawtooth4x4]

I've already spent way to much time on this. The builder of my house must not have know what

STRAIGHT

PLUMB

OR LEVEL

Meant. I've been working on the mud for weeks, I'm just sick of it. I want to be done!!!!!! A light covering of texture is going to have to do.

 

[Kiel]

using a belt sander to remove about 100 square feet of textured wall mud in our house was the most horrible thing ever

 

[skeptic]

Knock down on the ceilings, and using a plain old paint roller gives a subtle orange peel texture to walls. That's what I did and I'm happy with it.

 

[bryson]

using a belt sander to remove about 100 square feet of textured wall mud in our house was the most horrible thing ever

I've heard it is easier to just mud over it, sand it, and then re-texture if desired. I will be doing most of my upstars this way, likely with a skip trowel-ish finish (because my house was also finished by un-plumb people...) Anybody have a better/easier idea?