in need help with texturing my celing?

Question

i ust bought first house have very little to no experience. I had popcorn celing removed and now i need to put some sortof texture back up so i can paint. I am doing it by myself and would like to do a good job, i have called every painter in the phonebook and have been either stood up or there was an emergency and it has been over a month. my friend said there might be something you can buy with texture and you can mix your paint with it? Please help,thanks

Answer 1

You should be able to find texture paint at Lowe's and such. We got some there a few years ago. It has the paint and the texturing material in one container. You can apply it with a brush or a large putty knife. It comes in a few different neutral colors and probably can be tinted. There are other tools you can buy to make different types of texture on it. I bought a roller that had a plastic meshy look but it didn't work as well as just a brush to make texture.

Answer 2

After years in the trades I'd never take another job to texture anything, BUT if you must then have someone do it, in a "Knock Down" effect.

Certainly there are texture paints and texture paint rollers, but WHY? Unless to HIDE something, and not do a smooth prep/finish surface.

Answer 3

You could use the pre-textured paint, but that is as slow as death.
I would recommend renting a hopper gun from your local tool rental. They come with different size tips so you can control the size of the "popcorn" and have it semi-even throughout the entire room. It's not very expensive and including prep time, you'll be done by lunch.

Answer 4

this is the easiest way i know to texture a ceiling buy a 5 gal bucket of joint compound, a round brush and a pole for the brush. Soak the brush to soften the bristles, and possibly trim some of the bristles. Then load up the brush and have at it. experiment with different styles, dab, dab-twist,... you can also knock down the texture if you like with a broad knife.

Answer 5

You can rent a texturing gun and get a compressor, with a little practice you can learn. The mix can come from Home Depot but be careful on the mixing. Cover everything, it's real messy.

Answer 6

Go to your local tool rental store or paint store and rent a texture gun it makes a nice job and uses a wet down dry wall mud. Practice first on something out side.