Textured ceiling
#1
05-22-01, 05:24 PM
#2
05-22-01, 08:02 PM
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Rent a texturizing rig at your local rental center. Use thinned down drywall mud, or buy special texturizing mud (premixed or powder). Practice on some scrap cardboard. The texturing gun has a nozzle with several size openings -- pick one you like.
Mask everything well (this makes one hell of a mess). Take down any ceiling fixtures. Shoot it on with a constantly moving texturizing gun, being careful not to leave a striped pattern. Do it as heavy or light as you like. Usually, you wait about 15 or 20 minutes and knock it down with a very light touch of a drywall knife held at a low angle (different people prefer different size knives -- I like a 12" knife).
This goes very quickly once you start. Do the walls at the same time if you like. Clean the rig before the mud hardens!
Mask everything well (this makes one hell of a mess). Take down any ceiling fixtures. Shoot it on with a constantly moving texturizing gun, being careful not to leave a striped pattern. Do it as heavy or light as you like. Usually, you wait about 15 or 20 minutes and knock it down with a very light touch of a drywall knife held at a low angle (different people prefer different size knives -- I like a 12" knife).
This goes very quickly once you start. Do the walls at the same time if you like. Clean the rig before the mud hardens!
