With orange peel a light texture is sprayed all over and left that way so you have a minimal all over dimpling.
Lightly textured walls vs heavily textured walls.
Heavier textures especially popcorn texture are outdated and being replaced quickly.
We offer light medium and heavy options for knockdown.
It is a very popular wall texture in new home construction.
With knock down the texture is sprayed more heavily and then the tips are all flattened with a trowel which results in a look that has some flat areas and some dimpled texture like this example.
Spray textures require masking off areas where you don t want texture to be applied.
Smooth ceilings and walls are all the rage right now and the best way to achieve a modern look.
On my dining room wall i wanted a smoother finish so i applied the paint with a foam roller and then sanded.
Steel blue on steel blue.
As with textured ceilings smooth ceilings come with various benefits.
Here are some of the most significant.
It s a modern look.
Hand texture light medium or heavy is achieved by applying the mud with a hand trowel.
It is a very popular wall texture in new home construction.
After drying prime and paint the textured walls.
After cleaning up and sanding the ceiling texture you would mask off the ceilings and spray texture on the walls only.
It is very labor intensive resulting in additional costs.
And it really is reminiscent of aged worn plaster.
Hand texture light medium or heavy is achieved by applying the mud with a hand trowel.
Get a pro to do it.
This room doesn t get great light so the subtleness really works well.
The second coat is rarely necessary on most textured walls but if your wall has deep texture such as valleys and peaks of slap brush texture it might take a second coat to cover completely.
I wanted a more textured look.
To apply a different type of spray texture to the walls and ceiling would mean masking off the walls while the ceiling is textured.
We offer light medium and heavy options for knockdown.
Try both heavy splatters and light splatters and when you are confident in the spray pattern begin to apply it to the walls.