rushfan33
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Does anyone have any cool ideas for texturing studio walls? It has to be interesting, yet simple since I'll be doing it myself and I'm not very good in the texturing field.
Thanks
RF
Thanks
RF
tubedude
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They make various rollers for that. Althought I'm not sure why you would do the walls where people will pick and poke at it.
In the new house, I did the ceiling of the dining room with a roller that looks like vines with leaves on it, and on the living room vault I used a roller that looks likea basketweave/rainbow mixture... pretty cool. I'll probably just use a blotter for the studio ceilings though, if I ever even get around to it.
Paul
In the new house, I did the ceiling of the dining room with a roller that looks like vines with leaves on it, and on the living room vault I used a roller that looks likea basketweave/rainbow mixture... pretty cool. I'll probably just use a blotter for the studio ceilings though, if I ever even get around to it.
Paul
frederic
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rushfan33 said:
Its pretty easy.... we did our kitchen this way to hide various imperfections in the plaster repairs I did on the ceiling.
Stick a wide, somewhat stiff brush into the paint tray, then dab dab dab dab until your elbow falls of.
Came out nice too. Use different paints mixed together poorly for a more interesting effect.
Michael Jones
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Naw, what you do is you go down to HD and rent a machine.
Its like a paint sprayer, only... bigger.
It has a hopper, right at the gun, and you mix in watered down drywall mud, then turn it on.
It "splatters" the mud/water mixture onto the wall. You can either leave it that way, or take a wet trowel and "knock down" the peaks by VERY LIGHTLY going over the surface.
That technique is called "knock down"... for obvious reasons.
This is the same machine they use to do the "cottage cheese" ceilings with, only for that, you mix in little pieces of styrofoam looking crap.
Its not hard to do.
Its like a paint sprayer, only... bigger.
It has a hopper, right at the gun, and you mix in watered down drywall mud, then turn it on.
It "splatters" the mud/water mixture onto the wall. You can either leave it that way, or take a wet trowel and "knock down" the peaks by VERY LIGHTLY going over the surface.
That technique is called "knock down"... for obvious reasons.
This is the same machine they use to do the "cottage cheese" ceilings with, only for that, you mix in little pieces of styrofoam looking crap.
Its not hard to do.
frederic
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And renting a paint spray is easier than dabbing with a wide thick brush?
Not picking on you of course...
Not picking on you of course...
tubedude
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frederic said:
Have you ever used a dobber to texture a ceiling? Holy shit it sucks. Talk about killing your neck.
Rather than a wide brush, which would take forever, why not use a dobber?
DDev
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When I painted my studio I got this texture stuff from Home Depot that comes in a container that looks like a half gallon milk carton (in the paint section). It is kind of like the ceiling texture stuff. Anyway, you just mix it in with your paint and roll it on like normal. It is not as fragile as the ceiling "popcorn" stuff, and gives the walls an earthy feel (plus it hides imperfections really well).
Darryl.....
Darryl.....
Michael Jones
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I think we're talking about two different kinds of texturing.frederic said:
The kind I speak of is thick and significant. I'll have to take a picture of it to show you what I mean. I haven't seen a house in Austin, that doesn't have this type of texture.
The kind you're talking about, I think, is more grainy than anything else. I've seen that type in a lot of houses along the eastern seaboard.
That type is used here in office buildings. In fact, you can't find an office building here that doesn't use that type of texturing.
I have both in my house.
The bathrooms have that grainy, almost sandy texture, and all the other rooms have that thick splattered type that's been "knocked down".
Personally, I like the knock down.
rushfan33
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Knockdown is okay...... that's what we did to the entire house before we moved in. I was thinking to do that but this time maybe use the "orange peel" setting.
Frederic.... are talking about the "stipple" roller?
Frederic.... are talking about the "stipple" roller?
frederic
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okay, I think I understand the difference, thank you for the clarification guys. And Michael, I would love to see a picture to better grasp your description, but I can picture it.
Tubedude and Rushfan... my wife and I "dabbed" our 10'x12' kitchen ceiling in about 2 hours... using ordinary paint trays attached to ladders, we laid these somewhat stiff brushes on their side into the oil-based pain, flipped over, and went dab-dab-dab-dab.
We painted the entire ceiling with "killz" primer beforehand. This wasn't done because we really wanted a textured ceiling, but rather the plaster ceiling had a few cracks which i patched, and unfortunately they didn't come out that good so we tried to hide it with the dabbing method.
I'm sure we could have used a roller of some kind, but we had the brushes and the trays, and just went at it.
Tubedude and Rushfan... my wife and I "dabbed" our 10'x12' kitchen ceiling in about 2 hours... using ordinary paint trays attached to ladders, we laid these somewhat stiff brushes on their side into the oil-based pain, flipped over, and went dab-dab-dab-dab.
We painted the entire ceiling with "killz" primer beforehand. This wasn't done because we really wanted a textured ceiling, but rather the plaster ceiling had a few cracks which i patched, and unfortunately they didn't come out that good so we tried to hide it with the dabbing method.
I'm sure we could have used a roller of some kind, but we had the brushes and the trays, and just went at it.