Drywall Texturing?

Question

What is the best way to texture drywall. I do not have a sprayer. I want it kind of to look like stucco or something to that nature. Not a smooth wall, but looks good. I am trying to figure out a good way to texture the walls.

Answer 1

You can rent a sprayer. Look up equipment rentals in your yellow pages. Look up on the internet for a how-to on how to use the machine.

It's not all that easy the first time and it is very messy. It might be best to hire someone who knows how.

Answer 2

You'll need a box of drywall mud (50 pounds), a container (bucket?) to dilute the mud with, a stucco brush, a drywall knife with at least a 5-inch blade (or concrete skip trowel), lots and lots of drop cloths (this is messy), and a drywall sander (hand-held - they're cheap) with drywall sanding mesh.

First, put dropcloths on the floor all around the area you're going to texture. Waterproof ones are required.

Put some mud into the bucket and add some water. You're going for a consistency that is slightly wetter than the mud when you buy it, but that will not ooze down the wall when you apply it.

The stucco brush is about a 3 to 4 inch wide brush with about a foot long handle. Dip it in the mud so you pick up a big glop of mud. Fling the mud at the wall (this is the messy part) to where you get streaks of raised areas that, when knocked down, will look like adobe.

When you have finished with a predesignated area (one wall?), step back and let the mud dry for about 15 minutes. Then come in with the drywall knife or skip trowel and lightly knock down the high points of the mud to acheive the adobe affect. Go in different, random directions for a better affect.

Repeat on all walls that you want to texture.

When the texture is dry (probably about 2 days, especially if it's on thick), lightly sand it to smooth out the rough spots. Using a damp cloth, lightly wipe the sanding dust off of the wall. Prime and paint.

Answer 3

Get the large 5 gallon size bucket of dry wall or sheet rock spackling. You can buy a special roller and do it like you were painting the room, you can use a sponge or trowel. Using a trowel, you can make swirls or circular patterns. A large sponge may give you a different appearance than a roller. It seems that I recall rollers that do have patterns on them. Do one space at a time and complete it. If you are doing a wall and stop, it will show when it dries. If you need to stop, finish the north wall of the room completely, take your break, then continue on the adjoining wall. Do the same with a ceiling -- do each bedroom ceiling one at a time and finish it. We did the ceiling and one wall in our first house and all the ceilings in our second and never diluted the spackling. Depending on how much you plan to do, you may need several 5 gallon buckets.

Answer 4

Get a bucket of joint compound and a large d-wall knife

apply the compound to the wall in thin sheets.

Take any paint roller and run it over the compound, the more you run the roller over the compound the smaller the texture.

Don't worry if you get to much or to little compound on one section of the wall you can easily correct this with the roller or by adding more compound.

This works great! it is fast, very easy to do, and hard to screw up. I used this method when I built a addition.

The only problem you will need to prime and repaint the wall again

Answer 5

You can thin out drywall mud and then pickup a texture roller. They are usually yellow in color. Pour the thinned mixture into a paint pan and go at it. They also sell a round texture brush you could use where the roller can't get. You can find them at Home depot. If you want something different look at these rollers.
http://www.all-wall.com/acatalog/Texture_Rollers.php

Answer 6

OMG! Wtf is wrong with you ppl? Dont do any of those things to your house! Get yourself a couple buckets of mud to start with ,and a "stomp" brush. They should sell them at any drywall supply store. It may also be called a "crows foot" brush. Thin the mud down and dip a 9" roller in the mud,then roll it on the ceiling evenly. Then take the "stomp" brush and hit it against the ceiling. The thicker the mud you roll on the heavier texture you will get. Make sure you get the "stomp" brush coated with mud before you use it for best results. Or you could just dip the brush in the bucket of mud. Good luck.

Answer 7

Tissue paper works great it gives you that stucco look.And it is easy to do. First- tear off all 4 corners to give it a jagged look.Then ball it up in your hand.Roll a coat of paint of your choice on your wall.(Or put it on with wallpaper glue.)Work a small area at a time,while the paint is still wet open up the tissue and apply it to the wall don't try to smooth it out to much just pat it in place.Then apply another sheet the same way if it over laps that is fine don't try to line it up like wall paper put it up random.Apply another small area with paint and continue until walls are covered.When dry apply your second coat of paint.You're done. Go to HGTV.com in their search for tissue paper walls and there are other tissue paper ideas.Or just go to the paint store they sell wall texture in a box that you just pour into your paint can.Maybe alot easier if you have never done anything like this before and you are a beginner.Hope this helps and have fun with your project.

Answer 8

You can buy a paint with lumps in it. It goes on with a roller. I have used it. It works well if you go slowly. If you move the roller too quickly, you get spray. If you use too much pressure with the roller, you get lines at the edges of the roller. I found it worked best with gentle pressure, using the roller first in one direction, then going across at right angles.

Answer 9

get some drywall puddy and a trowel. trowel it on there and go its easy

Answer 10

i think whatever you do, you will make a mess of it.

get professional help!