I wanted a more textured look.
Lightly textured walls vs heavily textured walls.
Sand texture paint features an extra heavy bodied finish that can be used to add a gritty texture to both walls and ceilings.
It is very labor intensive resulting in additional costs.
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.
We offer light medium and heavy options for knockdown.
It is very labor intensive resulting in additional costs.
Heavier textures especially popcorn texture are outdated and being replaced quickly.
To apply a different type of spray texture to the walls and ceiling would mean masking off the walls while the ceiling is textured.
Hand texture light medium or heavy is achieved by applying the mud with a hand trowel.
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.
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.
We offer light medium and heavy options for knockdown.
Get a pro to do it.
Try both heavy splatters and light splatters and when you are confident in the spray pattern begin to apply it to the walls.
As with textured ceilings smooth ceilings come with various benefits.
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.
After cleaning up and sanding the ceiling texture you would mask off the ceilings and spray texture on the walls only.
It is a very popular wall texture in new home construction.
Here are some of the most significant.
It s a modern look.
Smooth ceilings and walls are all the rage right now and the best way to achieve a modern look.
With orange peel a light texture is sprayed all over and left that way so you have a minimal all over dimpling.
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.
And it really is reminiscent of aged worn plaster.