Any help out there on texturing problem on drywall?? I gutted my bathroom, did plumbing and elec., plumbed in a new tub and replaced the drywall–except for the ceiling which was in good shape. I applied texture with a gun, waited, then knocked down. All went well except for over the tub. The mud had not dried at all (because of paint on ceiling) and during knock down, the wet mud just smeared. I scraped it off and want to know if there is any way to do a knock down texture over a painted surface? Someone suggested skim coating with 60 or 90 min. mud, then texture spray again. Anyone have any suggestions other than tear out the ceiling drywall and start with fresh drywall which I should have done in the first place??
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Let the texture dry longer on the ceiling before knocking it down.
Hello?
Is this thing on?
Why in the world would you texture the ceiling?
Might just be the local thing. Some parts of the country don't know what a smooth ceiling is. We've got a quarter of a million people in this town. My house is the only one I've been in with a smooth ceiling anywhere . . . and I made it that way.Real trucks dont have sparkplugs
MSA1, like RW said, must be a local thing. I'm in Oregon and all new construction has done away with popcorn on the ceiling and texture with an orange peel or knock down, walls and ceiling. I think the logic on the West Coast is that a smooth finish is too time consuming compared to a texture. Go figure.
Yeah, in the northeast where I'm from, it's all glass smooth walls and ceilings. Now I live and work in Phoenix...every drywall surface is either heavy orange peel, popcorn or skip plaster.
It makes drywall repairs easier, but cutting paint in corners is interesting.
Guess i'm just used to where I live.
Kinda like when I went up north (in Michigan). I havent seen so much paneling since 1975, the stuff is everywhere.
Never been a fan of textured ceilings myself.
I find that textured surfaces make drywall repairs much more difficult because it's hard to match the texture when you don't know the original techniques/materials that were used.
Yeah, I know what you mean -I guess I'm just used to it.
Everything here is textured so I do it all the time, and it's pretty easy to figure out what technique was used. Occasionally I have to scrape and redo if I don't like it, but more often than not it's just an issue of blending it out into the rest of the wall.