I just had new dry wall installed and the crew finished the job with some splatter paint with an orange peel texture that I wasn’t expecting. How can I remove this paint? Is it easy to do, or difficult? Any help is appreciated!
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not paint, it is drywall texture used to cover up poor taping work, standard in many areas. If that is the norm there, you should ahve specified smooth finish
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They're using texture guns in 4K sf, $600K houses here -- walls, ceilings, everything -- makes me wonder if anyone even knows how to do a smooth finish anymore.For fun the wife and I looked at a model last weekend. This was a big, expansive house with 10-12 foot ceilings and tile and stone everywhere. But the walls and ceilings were all gun-textured, just like you'd find in the finest double-wides ;-) We saw the funniest "feature" in one of the bathrooms. It had a walk-in shower with a beautifully tiled entry arch, and waaay up there on the 12 foot ceiling above the stall was one of those $25, 50 cfm exhaust fans!Builders, gotta love 'em...
Smooth walls and ceiling are not found here.
Texture is the norm, and each drywall crew has their own style and signature.
That goes for cheap houses and McMansions as well.
Repair jobs are tough because you have to match the existing finish. James DuHamel
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at least they put it 12' away - so you would hear it so bad! LOL
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If no paint was added to the texture, you could easily sand the texture. Probably easiest and cleanest with a vacuum drywall sander. If there's paint in that texture, might not work well. Or, you could knock down any hods, and skim coat the area to get your smooth finish.
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