Wall repair - Texture

[rslaback]

My wife is being moved to another church this summer and we are prepping our home for sale. The hot tub will not be staying. A few years ago I installed a secondary control in the wall of our bedroom so that we wouldn't have to go outside to turn the tub from sleep to heat (we use it only during the winter months).

Now I need to fix the wall. The control is about 3 by 6 inches in size. I'm familiar with drywall repair but I am not familiar with the texture we have on our walls. It is obviously sprayed on and I think it is sprayed on plaster that is then painted. How would I go about matching a repair into the existing texture of this wall? If it is sprayed is that a tool that can be rented?

I'm also toying with the idea of just letting a pro come in and take care of it, but like a lot of you I'm sure, a part of me dies every time I have to do that.

 

[CheckeredFlag]

We have a couple of splatter kinda walls in our Condo.

A few years ago, I moved the thermostat and had to patch in a piece of drywall, and wondered the same thing

I found a (rattle can) at Home Depot of Splatter paint

I was amazed at how close it came out= I bet it would work for you as well

If I get a chance, I'll take a pic

 

[grissom]

Looks like a heavy orange peel which was sprayed. I know Home Depot sells various textures in a can, just practice on some small panels before taking on your wall.


Beat me to it ^^^^^^^^^

 

[Slednut]

Get the can with an adjustable nozzle.

 

[icenfire01]

Yep, just what they said, aerosol can with adjustable spray tip. Pratice on card board or scrap sheetrock. If you don't like your finished product scrape it off with a putty knife and wet rag before it dries and try again. Easy Cheesy!

 

[rslaback]

Does this one look right?

 

[icenfire01]

Yep, looks just like the can I used.

 

[Highbeam]

The fumes from those cans of spray texture are very harsh.

 

[Slednut]

The fumes from those cans of spray texture are very harsh.

Absolutely, and if you get it on anything you don’t want it on it’s hard to remove once it dries.

 

[Truman Sparks]

I've done small areas with my index finger and some drywall mud.

 

[kingchevy]

Make sure the texture is thicker than you want it when it is applied because it shrinks considerably as it drys.

 

[Richard Cranium]

spray can, with adj. nozzle and then it looks like it was knocked down with a wide putty knife...

 

[nolimits76]

I used the spray can stuff from HD to fix some repairs on a rental a few years back. It's not perfect, but once painted it was close enough. When all else fails, hang a picture over it, lol.