Applying a texture layer of drywall mud, stucco or other form of drywall finish prior to painting. While some homeowners opt for spray-on versions, a skip trowel coat allows you to adjust the thickness of the mud coat as well as the actual texture by adjusting the pressure on the trowel and the movements you use to apply the mud. How to apply a skip trowel texture. Step 3) Mix all purpose joint compound with sand and water in a 5 gallon bucket. Start by mixing half a five gallon bucket of joint compound with about two to four cups of water and three or four cups of clean sand. Mix in all of this together until it reaches a pancake batter consistency of thickness.
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What type of wall texture is this called?
What is the best way to remove it so I can replace it with orange peel?
What is the best way to remove it so I can replace it with orange peel?
ChadChad
1 Answer
That looks like skip trowel. Regardless, your solution depends on if it's plaster or drywall mud.
![How To Remove Skip Trowel Texture How To Remove Skip Trowel Texture](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125858226/233764244.jpg)
If it's plaster, you can skim coat it or have it removed and reapplied. Both require a bit of skill and it's best done by a professional. This will not come cheap.
![Skip trowel wall texture Skip trowel wall texture](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125858226/237403096.jpg)
If it's just mud, a skim coat is fairly easy to do but takes time and patience. You can thin down some ready mix mud, apply it with a 3/4 nap roller, then scrape off the excess with a 12' drywall knife. This will probably take a few coats, but it can be accomplished by a diyer. After you have the wall to mostly smooth plane, prime with PVA and you can apply your orange peel texture. Then just prime and paint.
Another solution is to put on 1/4' drywall directly over it. But this is a big job with taping seams, altering trim around doors and windows, extending electrical boxes, and applying texture.
Just to cover all options, it's 'possible' to sand smooth. Even renting a power sander hooked up to a shop vac, this will produce a lot of dust. Plaster and certain drywall mud types are really hard to sand. I wouldn't do it.
Also, I would rent a texture sprayer. The cans of texture are really only for touch up and the fumes are pretty bad. Mask off with builders paper or poly sheets anything you don't want texture on. It's all in the prep work.
kylekyle