It s a modern look.
Lightly textured walls vs heavily textured walls.
Hand texture light medium or heavy is achieved by applying the mud with a hand trowel.
It is very labor intensive resulting in additional costs.
Smooth ceilings and walls are all the rage right now and the best way to achieve a modern look.
We offer light medium and heavy options for knockdown.
And it really is reminiscent of aged worn plaster.
After cleaning up and sanding the ceiling texture you would mask off the ceilings and spray texture on the walls only.
This room doesn t get great light so the subtleness really works well.
I wanted a more textured look.
Steel blue on steel blue.
Heavier textures especially popcorn texture are outdated and being replaced quickly.
It is a very popular wall texture in new home construction.
Spray textures require masking off areas where you don t want texture to be applied.
It is very labor intensive resulting in additional costs.
Sand texture paint features an extra heavy bodied finish that can be used to add a gritty texture to both walls and ceilings.
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.
To apply a different type of spray texture to the walls and ceiling would mean masking off the walls while the ceiling is textured.
After drying prime and paint the textured walls.
We offer light medium and heavy options for knockdown.
It is a very popular wall texture in new home construction.
Hand texture light medium or heavy is achieved by applying the mud with a hand trowel.
Try both heavy splatters and light splatters and when you are confident in the spray pattern begin to apply it to the walls.
While you can purchase paint pre mixed with sand you can best control the amount of texture by using a silica sand additive in regular paint.
Get a pro to do it.
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.
As with textured ceilings smooth ceilings come with various benefits.