Wall paint question?

[Cursed]

Guys/Gals,

I am in the middle of repairing some drywall in my garage and need to decide on what color to pain the walls, and should I use texture on the walls or not?

I was considering Beige with white baseboards. I currently have smooth walls but considering the mud job was so bad even after two nights of sanding and re-coating I still cant get it to look like I want. Considering texture to cover the flaws.

Any input on color or texture? The garage is purely a parking space with lots of tools. I am in the middle of building new cabinets and a new counter top to go with the upgraded walls!

Thanks for your help,

Adam

 

[mhoffm911]

Go here for tips on finishing the drywall correctly:

http://www.drywallschool.com/protips.htm

It's all about your finger placement on the blade.

Finished texture is good until you mess it up - then it's a pain to match and get it to blend in. I would be going for a smooth finish for this reason.

Beige will be DARK unless you have a LOT of light in your garage. The more light, the better - and you are only going to get that with a very light color such as white.

 

[Vicious_Cycle]

I would not go with texture. When you decide to mount shelving or whatnot on the wall, it will not sit flush with the wall. And when you have to do a repair on the wall, you have no chance of making it match. If you cannot blend in a repair on a flat wall, imagine how tough it will be to blend in a patch on a textured wall!

 

[Kevin54]

am in the middle of repairing some drywall in my garage and need to decide on what color to pain the walls, and should I use texture on the walls or not?

A big NO on the texture. Cobwebs, dustwebs and everything else will stick to it. The smoother the better. When worse comes to worse, contact someone that finishes drywall. They are not overly expensive and can either give you some tips or for a small price finish it off for you by re-compounding it. Bottom line is that if it is not right and / or you texture it, by summer you will be standing there looking at it wishing that you did something different. Best to spend a little more time up front. You probably just haven't used the right tools to finish it off. And maybe too big of a hurry and tried to fill in too much at a time. Some of the drywall guys will use a finishing trowel that is 18" or so wide to feather everything out and only put on one coat at a time, one pass, and let it dry. Too much, too narrow of a trowel, and too much working of the mud, will give you a bad finish. This last fall I had a drywall guy finish a 20' x 20' room off, completely sanded and it was only $400. That was texturing the ceiling to look like woodgrain, and all the walls. He hardly had to sand anything at all.

Kevin

 

[Cursed]

Excellent responses!!

I've gone over the drywall web site and all I can say is what a great resource!

I've decided against texture because as mentioned, it will hold dust and get dirty easy... I've also decided to go with an egg shell type off white if not close to tan color for the walls. I've got 4 6' dual bulb lights wired up and the light is nothing short of fantastic. I simply want some contrast and I think the light color will help out.

I'm trying to do as much with the drywall as I can, and I think I can get it to 75% quality. If I paint the first wall and decide 75% isint enough I'll go talk to some of the crew's doing the drywall in the neighborhood next to mine and see what they will work for... I'm comfortable with the walls, but its the ceiling that makes me nervous...

Thanks again fellas!

Adam