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My sister wants me to re-texture her basement walls. It is a poured basement with styrofoam sheets on the wall that have a trowelled kind of stucco on them. They also have a granular texture, either from a paint additive or from the nap of the roller. She wants me to re-texture with a texturing gun like I have in other rooms for her. What’s the best way to go about doing this. Do I need to skim coat the walls first? And if so, do I rough up the paint first? I’m getting the feeling that there is no easy way to do this, but any help would be great. It’s only 2 walls in a corner room. Thanks again for the advice.
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Nanuk,
We've done it two ways.
The first time we put on a skim coat and then hit it with the texture gun. Lot's of work. Looked good.
The second time (and each successive time) we just did a spray-and-drag right over the existing painted textured wall. It worked just fine, was a lot less work, and looked good. One has to be careful when painting it - the first coat needs to go on quickly with as little rerolling as possible. The first time we went over an area with several roller strokes only to find the texture getting saturated and lifting. I'm of the old school. I still like to put on a primer before the first coat of paint. When we do a ceiling we like to put on a coat of Kilz 2 (sp?) before spraying. Then if the roof should ever develop a leak one doesn't get a big yellow-brown water stain. It will get wet, dry, and look...well, not too bad.
Which brings up another point. The wall that you will do should be clean. If there are tar and nicotine deposits (yellowing) from tobacco, then the wall(s) should be washed first, rinsed and then a coat of Kilz 2 applied. We had one bathroom wall that was stained so badly that we had to wash and rinse it 4 times. Even then we had to use 2 coats of Kilz 2. It was nasty, but we got it eventually.
Cliff.
*Cliff. Thanks for the advice. Pardon my ignorance, but I don't do texturing or painting for a living. Just for immediate relatives who don't want to pay to have someone do it. I bought a texture gun for the last bathroom remodel I did for my sister because it was the same price as renting one. So, here are all of my questions for you.1.Will the granular texture show through the new one?2.How thin do you mix the drywall mud for texturing? 3.Is pre-mixed drywall mud okay to use, or powder?4.If new drywall, do you prime before you texture, and then again after you texture, or just after?5.For ceiling texture, do you mix the texture w/paint? I've done just enough of this work to be a danger to myself or any wall that gets in the way of my shiny new texture gun. Thanks in advance for anyone that helps me out. Nanuk
Funny, I just logged on to Breaktime to ask most of the same questions you just asked. Hope you get an answer soon, as I was planning to spray some texture this weekend.
from my experience:1. I always skim over old texture before putting on new (because the old texture will telegraph through, and see #4)2 & 3. I do not use drywall mud for texturing, unless its a skip-trowel texture. I use powdered texture mix for texturing4. I NEVER prime before texturing. A good texture is dependent upon the moisture-absorbing nature of the wall beneath (another good reason to skim-coat over old texture). Its much more difficult to get a good texture on a painted or primed wall.5. For ceiling texture DO NOT mix the texture with paint. Sprayed acoustic ceilings are the one exception to the "no primer before spraying" rule. If there are water stains, you must prime them with a stain blocker before spraying the texture, and make sure you have a space-heater or fan (if needed) to assure quick drying. If the ceiling texture stays wet for any length of time, water stains will bleed through, even with a stain-blocking primer.Hope this helps! - Huck
Thanks for your ideas. I will give them a try.
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My sister wants me to re-texture her basement walls. It is a poured basement with styrofoam sheets on the wall that have a trowelled kind of stucco on them. They also have a granular texture, either from a paint additive or from the nap of the roller. She wants me to re-texture with a texturing gun like I have in other rooms for her. What's the best way to go about doing this. Do I need to skim coat the walls first? And if so, do I rough up the paint first? I'm getting the feeling that there is no easy way to do this, but any help would be great. It's only 2 walls in a corner room. Thanks again for the advice.