Anybody do a texture spray on the walls?

[vtx531]

Of course the builder's tape and seam job is **** on the walls in my garage. I was thinking about putting texture on it (like in our house) or just painting over the tape and bad mud job. I'm afraid the texture will collect too much dirt. Anybody have pictures of textured walls? I would do it like knockdown but without knocking it down so it matches the inside of the house. Either way, I think it would be way too much work to try and make the mud job any good and it might not even be possible.

-Chris

 

[Falcon67]

You sure? A big blade and a skim coat followed by a sanding-*****-melee might help the place some. I've only watched the spray on TV, but from what I've seen them do a light texture would be better in a shop and a heavy knock down IMHO.

 

[rwhite692]

It's very easy to do a very light texture on the walls using a hopper gun. You won't have a lot of "knocking down" to do, just the odd little high nib/bump here and there. I did the entire ceiling of my garage (photos at the link below) and will also do the walls the same way as soon as I'm done taping.

I mix the texture to get a viscosity such that if you dip your index finger in the mix and lift it out, material will drip off your fingertip at about 1 drip per second (pretty much the viscosity of pancake batter)

I use one of these hopper guns and a pressure of about 30PSI:

http://www.all-wall.com/acatalog/Wal-Board_Texture-Pro_200_Hopper_Gun.php#aWB52020


And this texture material: (Blue Line)


http://www.westpac.bz/Submittals/WestpacWallTextures.pdf


Definitely, practice a bit on some scrap drywall material and adjust the gun material feedrate knob and your air pressure to get the texture that you like, before you start shooting your walls. Once you get the gun set up you will be texturing like a pro in no time.

Good luck!

 

[recklessnova]

I just did a the man room in my house using the texture hopper sprayer from harbor freight, worked out great. I did not however use fancy texture mis stuff I just bought premium dry wall compound from lowes it was like 12 bucks a bucket thinned it with water and went to work. the gun comes with 3 dirrerent tips and by adjusting air pressure you can get the look you want I went big tip and about 20 psi.
Josh

 

[rwhite692]

Josh...The texture stuff is much cheaper than drywall compound....

 

[Tman]

Texture in a working shop collects to much dust and grime.

 

[Kevin54]

When we were remodeling apartments quite a few years ago, we used to mix latex paint and topping compound. IIRC it was 2 gallons of topping to one gallon of paint. Mix thoroughly with a power drill and paddle. Use a heavier nap roller and roll the walls. It gives a slight texture and hides a multitude of sins

 

[txleadfoot]

What he said.

Texture in a working shop collects to much dust and grime.

 

[Kev442]

I spray texture with the biggest hopper tip, let it set up for 20 minutes, then knock it down with a 14" stainless blade.

 

[BackAgain]

My garage has had spray texture to match the house since 1996. There is no paint or primer. The texture collecting any dirt or anything else is not something that has ever happened, nor have I ever given it a single thought.