was wondering if anybody here has sprayed orange peel texture? if you have what is the thickness of the mud? i have heard like pancake batter to even thicker. i have a hopper gun with my compressor, have sprayed the popcorn type but not orange peel. any info you can give me on this will be greatly thankful. this is my first shop, and been taking my time with it, have done it all myself,me and the wife. it is a 30x30 with a 8 ft leanto on 1 side. i have gotten a lot of info from this site it has been very helpful. i do not post much just read and take in all the great info here. thanks again
spraying wall texture
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Itzkwik
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Most folks here will suggest that you don't put a textured finish on the walls in the shop. Its a place to catch dust and dirt and lot harder to clean than just a smooth painted wall.
Post up some pics of your progress when you get a chance.
Post up some pics of your progress when you get a chance.
will post pic, soon. the texture i am looking for is called orange peel. it has no ruff or sharp edges on it. that is the only reason i am thinking about doing it, and to also help from putting anouther skim coat of mud across all the joints, yea call me lazy.ha ha
you should try it out on a piece of cardboard.. play with the pressure, my friend tried to orange peel, borrowed my gun and told me the mud was too thin and it kind of evened out after sprayed on. It depends on the look you want. When I did my texture i had a crappy compressor so I had to stop alot, makes it blotchy uneven because of too many breaks, it was my first time also. Just needed to hide the tape because not all of us have nice mud jobs like office buildings
Spraying on texture is a matter of getting the right air pressure and thickness of mud. You will want to experiment on some waste pieces of drywall. Humidity and temp will also determine the thickness of the mud, and how it goes on. I know that orange peel does not have sharp edges and has a lot softer look, I would go with a smooth wall if it were me. Anything that is raised from the wall will collect all kinds of dust. Just do one first coat of mud on the joints and sand out, then do one wide finish top coat and sand out. If your really into it you can go over all the mud with a trouble light and sand with your fingers to make it super smooth. Most all your joints will be hidden anyway with cabinets, welders, tools, posters ect. Having done drywall many years ago in my youth, Texture is just a cover up for a bad mud job.............
Bevis
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...also cover anything you don't want sprayed, it gets everywhere.
Typically when doing orange peel it gets mixed pretty soupie so it will flow through the gun correctly, to thick and you'll hit dead spots where air is blasting out but no mud is coming out. So start with the pancake batter and do a test area, if it's not flowing through the gun, add more water, let it slack 5 minutes or so, then try your test area again.
A few other things to make it come out right, if you have a gun with an adjustiable trigger (which most all do) if you have your mix right, you'll only want the trigger to open maybe half way or so, it gives a more even pattern and does'nt give you huuge dime sized blotches, it keeps the orange peel small, typically i shoot anywhere from 30-40psi for reference too. The other thing to getting nice orange peel is if the gun has adjustable orfice holes for the mud to shoot through at the tip of the gun, use the small tip.
Smooth walls are nice, but man doing a level 5 finish so it looks nice stresses out even the most seasoned drywall crew since it shows every flaw once it's painted, and why paying to have a smooth texture costs so dang much...it takes that much more work and material to get it perfect.
A few other things to make it come out right, if you have a gun with an adjustiable trigger (which most all do) if you have your mix right, you'll only want the trigger to open maybe half way or so, it gives a more even pattern and does'nt give you huuge dime sized blotches, it keeps the orange peel small, typically i shoot anywhere from 30-40psi for reference too. The other thing to getting nice orange peel is if the gun has adjustable orfice holes for the mud to shoot through at the tip of the gun, use the small tip.
Smooth walls are nice, but man doing a level 5 finish so it looks nice stresses out even the most seasoned drywall crew since it shows every flaw once it's painted, and why paying to have a smooth texture costs so dang much...it takes that much more work and material to get it perfect.
CraigFL
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I have sprayed a "knockdown" finish on my sunroom walls. Essentially the light spray orange peel type you're talking about then running over it with a wide knife to knock down the high spots. I like the look but anything other than a smooth finish will catch dust. You will be vacuuming the walls!
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rwhite692
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I have done quite a bit of Orange Peel (sometimes called "light knockdown") You want to mix it to a consistency whereby when you dip your finger into the mix, and pull out your finger, the mix should just barely drip off (in other words, thick enough to mostly cling to your finger). Think of pancake batter consistency, and then maybe just a tad thinner than that. I always use an old piece of scrap wall board to do a couple of test patterns first, particularly if what I'm trying to do is to match or blend into an existing section. Hope this helps.
67 455 Bird ragtop
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Depending on how big of an area you have to cover you might want to look at some of the textured paint/primers you can get.