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   Guest_ | Dec 05, 1999 11:54pm | #1

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   Keith,

   I know I'm not the quickest guy in town, but for the life of me, I don't have a clue as to what your talking about. Can you explain this a bit more?

   Ed. Williams

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   Guest_ | Dec 06, 1999 12:14am | #2

   *My dry wall finisher uses regular mud. He sprays it on from a trailer mounted rig. I know he waters it down a bit but how much I don't have a clue. Looks great when he is finished. Around here they call it Spanish Lace.

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   Guest_ | Dec 06, 1999 03:46am | #3

   *The title of your post and the message ask two different questions. I just did 2000 square feet of skip trowel knock down and used 4 boxes of topping. For spray texture I figure 500 to 1000 square feet per sack of wall (not acoustic) texture. I have never rolled texture. The amount of water added is a matter of personal preference and the nature of the texture being applied.

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   Guest_ | Dec 06, 1999 05:03am | #4

   *I guess I was not so clear in the question, and I did not figure that there would be a difference in terminology in the different areas of the country. Here in the midwest we thin the compound with water, roll it on the ceiling with a 1" nap roller ,stomp a texture in the wet mud with a tex master brush, then knock down the texture with a rubber trowel(looks like a window washer squeegy). I have a small job too do, and don't want to pull my drywall guy off another job, so instead I will do it myself. Since I can't get ahold of him I dropped the question here. I have since got the answers I was looking for which is thin the all purpose 1 gal water to 5 gallons compound, this will yield 120 sq/ft of texture. But thanks anyway.

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   Guest_ | Dec 06, 1999 07:42am | #5

   *OK........Drywall texture.......I still don't know enough about that to give an intellegent answer. Our company does'nt do texture.Thanks for the new terms,Ed. Williams

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   Guest_ | Dec 06, 1999 09:56am | #6

   *Also refered to as stomp and drag. Very popular ceiling finish in some parts of the country. My opinion is that a quality look does'nt need heavy texure, but that's just an opinion.

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   Guest_ | Dec 06, 1999 03:55pm | #7

   *It's funny how different things are in different parts of the US.I was talking to a guy from WA who said that almost all the homes he does have a knock down finish on the walls. I've never even had anybody ask about doing it and have covered a few old (50yrs or more) textured walls just because the home owner thought they were just ugly and wanted the smooth coat.

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   Guest_ | Dec 07, 1999 07:59am | #8

   *Ryan,In Texas, I think it's what they call a "splatter drag" or if the heavier aspect, it's called a "Monterray" texture.Ed. Williams

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   Guest_ | Dec 07, 1999 08:58am | #9

   *Wow! What a variety!I actually get to do a lot of this stuff, but like someone already said, terms are different in various parts of the country. I mainly have to match existing textures (for repairs) or I get to completely redo a room (ceiling and /or walls).The "stomp and drag" technique here is to simply dip the texture brush in drywall mud and stomp it on the ceiling/wall. Wait a few minutes and then drag a wide blade taping knife across the surface (lightly) and you get the finished texture. The amount of mud applied, how thin you make the mud, and how hard you drag the knife across will determine the final look. Some of the drywall guys around here have "signature" techniques. I can look at a textured ceiling/wall and pretty much be able to tell who did it.Then we have the "skip trowel" texture. How you get the blobs of mud on the surface is a matter of preference. Once the blobs are on the surface, you take a wide taping knife and lightly drag it across the texture (just like stomp and drag, only heavier, wider blobs).Next we have the "orange peel" texture. This is a spray on texture, and when freshly sprayed looks like a gazillion pimples on the surface. Next step is to drag the taping knife across the surface. The heavier the spray, the heavier the finished texture.Then comes the "sand finish". This is nothing more than sand added to the paint, or even skim coat of mud. Nowadays, they have all kinds of fancy brushes, rollers, products, and gadgets for a homeowner to get any kind of look you could imagine. Thing they forgot when they marketed this stuff for the DIYer was that it takes practice to get good at it. Oh well...We also have the "smoothies" as we call them. This is nothing more than a plain jane, smooth finished wall. You'd be amazed how many drywall people here CAN"T do this one correctly. They always have a hump, seams showing, or something.Just my two cents...James DuHamel

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   Guest_ | Dec 08, 1999 12:33am | #10

   *From the bad old drywall days, the rage around here was "popcorn"....... dumped the texture in a hand-held hopper and a splatter-gun usually held horizontal would spray the junk on the ceilings. They still do the same thing in the tracts.Sure is a bear when you run into it in remodeling. Almost impossible to blend, loves to fall off in big sheets if you put a latex ceiling paint on it....brrrr.Only thing worse were the old calcimine ceilings from the thirties, they ususally come off in sheets about 3 weeks after you leave the job.With skim-coat, we get two choices, smooth or textured, the textured has a sand additive, and each platerer develops his/her own signature, some use a sponge trowel, some use a fan-swirl pattern, and so on,