I need to spray some very fine orange peel texture over some patched drywall. I've tried the aerosol texture sprays and they never look good. Noticed this Harbor Freight sprayer and if it works fairly well it seems perfect for what I need. I have never bought anything from HF...understand the quality is questionable. Does anyone have experience with this particular item? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=2471 (it's an "Air Paint Texture Gun" for $29.99) Any other tips welcome as well. Home Depot has an all-plastic gun by Homax that would probably work, but it's about twice as much as the HF one. Need something that will work with my 1HP 5.5 gal compressor. Thanks, Chris

after reading a thread about a lath and plaster wall repair, I did a little research and it brought up some questions I would love to have the plaster pros input on. from what I can see, there are 4 basic methods to cover the studs of a wall. 1. lath (either wood strips or more modern metal mesh) and 3 coats of plaster 2. gypsum lath and a 2 coat plaster application 3. blue board and 1 coat veneer plaster 4. drywall Obviously drywall is the most common used today but it leaves much to be desired in my opinion. No matter how skilled the taper is, there are visible joints. I am admittedly a bit anal about the flatness of the wall so that really tends to bother me. It seems drywall does not finish out as nicely as veneer plaster. There always seems to be a texture from the paper left. Now if the 3 plaster methods. veneer obviously would be the least labor intensive but still offer a smooth hard finish. Not being knowledgable in this area, my questions are basically about the veneer type of application. I have dealt with plaster walls before but I do not know which type is was, #2 or #3. (I've also dealt with lath so I know it wasn't metal or wood lath). The walls seemed to be very rigid and solid feeling and did not give as a drywall wall does. Does the blueboard and veneer feel this way or is it more flexible like drywall? I liked the feel and look very much and would like to employ it in a building but I am at a loss as to how to determine which it was and if the veneer would offer me the look and feel I am looking for. Is there any downside to the veneer plaster method? Thanks to any and all that can lend advice.