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   Guest_ | Feb 12, 1999 02:31am | #1

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   Don't know what you're aiming at, but for my walls I textured first. I wanted a very unique stipple in the drywall mud--looks Be-yoo-ti-ful.

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   Guest_ | Feb 12, 1999 03:19am | #2

   *I'm a priming kinda guy. I hate to put anything on bare drywall or plaster before I've primed it first (or sized, if wallpaper). The primer gives the wall good adhesive qualities, and it mitigates moisture absorption from stuff like texture or wallpaper paste. Maybe that's Ferguson's idea? I have to believe he didn't mean for you to apply your parchment wall coloring before spraying on white texture.

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   Steve_Babit | Feb 13, 1999 12:20am | #3

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   Barry,

   You're right....I should have titled my post Prime then Texture or Texture then Prime. Although I've always had this fantasy to paint a wall fire-engine red. If I prime first (in red)and then texture (white) maybe I could make this come true :-)) Bet it would still take a thick coat of texture to cover the red.

   Thanks,
   Steve

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   Steve_Babit | Feb 13, 1999 12:33am | #4

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   Is it really better to paint a new wall (drywall'd and taped) first and then apply the wall texturing as Ferguson recommends in his Taunton Press book?

   If so, why exactly?

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   Guest_ | Feb 13, 1999 12:33am | #5

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   Steve,

   Funny you should bring that concept up. I seem to recall a HGTV segment last December that recommended that very thing for holiday decorating -- sort of a snow effect.