See the finished product in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Suxx32CaZU Learn how to texture your drywall after it has been mudded and taped. Thi...
Could this method be useful to hide UNsanded plastering of drywall joints and nails that leave high and low places in the plaster? The idea is to apply this thick mud over un-sanded plastering so that the awful sanding part is eliminated?
I liked it a lot! Actually I was looking for this texture a long time ago, finally I see how to do it. now, what kind of material you are using? can I use a Sheet rock Ready mix?
I have to either remove very old wallpaper, repair any damaged drywall, and paint OR try this. Guess which one I'm doing first? It will be wall texturing! It is a small guest bath.
Nils, we used your Santa Fe technique in a little outdoor cottage. I am wowsers with the trowel, if I do say so myself and it turned out like an expert plasterer was on the scene. Thank you so much. Hooray for DIY
Ps, I usually use the smaller knife to put the globs on the walls, and the hawk to hold the mud instead of the plastic pan. The pans are hard to clean, and harder to use than the hawk.
Tango, it may not look like much now, but that's because the old wall color is showing. After some primer and paint, it'll look pretty good. Nils, I love your DIY hawk (that's what the flat mud holder is called). I was going to build something like that, but with the amount of mudding I do, my hubby decided to buy me one. You did a pretty good job there, I did almost the same texture in my bedroom, and I love it. It's textured to hide imperfections, without being too much or too trendy. It's a classic that will probably never look cheesy like stomped or sprayed on texture. A few tips and ideas for anyone who wants to give this a try: a knife with rounded corners will help to keep the edges from leaving lines in the wet mud. When you smooth the globs, you can change the direction of your knife every stroke to get more rounded "holes" in the top coat for a more organic or natural look, and you can very the size of the globs of mud to vary the size of the holes. You can also add an extra layer once the first is dry, using the same technique, to add depth and interest to the texture, it'll slightly fill in some the first holes, and add new holes on top, but it isn't necessary, it just depends on what you like. When the mud is dry, you can scrape over the top of the mud to remove any spikes or ridges that stick up, faster and easier than sanding. After painting, you can go in with a color slightly lighter/darker (off the same color card) to highlight the high spots or shade in the lower spots to really bring the texture alive, adding a bit of water to the paint helps to blend it in. Last but most important- Primer, primer, primer, before you paint! Especially if there is old paint under the top coat- paint and mud absorb wet at paint differently, so using primer will give your paint a more uniform color and hide old stains, and it will make your paint job last years longer. I love me some primer. I never paint without priming first anymore. I painted my kitchen ten years ago, and it still looks great.
Could you show how it looks painted....thanks for the video.
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ReplyDeletedo you have any finished photos after you painted? thanks for the help!
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Could this method be useful to hide UNsanded plastering of drywall joints
ReplyDeleteand nails that leave high and low places in the plaster? The idea is to
apply this thick mud over un-sanded plastering so that the awful sanding
part is eliminated?
good idea I was looking for a texture to do on my walls, thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteive never seen any thing like this. if you dont do this professionaly then
ReplyDeletedont try and teach it. just leave it to the pros. thanks
DIY guy, you're doing a great job.
ReplyDeleteI liked it a lot! Actually I was looking for this texture a long time ago,
ReplyDeletefinally I see how to do it. now, what kind of material you are using? can I
use a Sheet rock Ready mix?
Crapola
ReplyDeleteGood Job, thanks man!
ReplyDeletehow about using a regular hawk.. i guess you can still wrap it in plastic
ReplyDeletebags.. the hawk will only set you back about $20
I have to either remove very old wallpaper, repair any damaged drywall, and
ReplyDeletepaint OR try this. Guess which one I'm doing first? It will be wall
texturing! It is a small guest bath.
Nice!! Ignore the losers who bitch but can't do it themselves. I love it
ReplyDeletewhen people try new ideas. Keep posting :)
Nils, we used your Santa Fe technique in a little outdoor cottage. I am
ReplyDeletewowsers with the trowel, if I do say so myself and it turned out like an
expert plasterer was on the scene. Thank you so much. Hooray for DIY
Good job man, thanks for the video
ReplyDeleteHe did a terrible job. Looks like shit smear.
ReplyDeletewhy doesn't anyone on these vid's show the finish job . they talk too much
ReplyDeleteand and basically your just watching mud dry .
Dude I love the homemade tool.
ReplyDeleteGenius.
is this a joke.. that looks like crap. lol
ReplyDeletePs, I usually use the smaller knife to put the globs on the walls, and the
ReplyDeletehawk to hold the mud instead of the plastic pan. The pans are hard to
clean, and harder to use than the hawk.
Tango, it may not look like much now, but that's because the old wall color
ReplyDeleteis showing. After some primer and paint, it'll look pretty good.
Nils, I love your DIY hawk (that's what the flat mud holder is called). I
was going to build something like that, but with the amount of mudding I
do, my hubby decided to buy me one.
You did a pretty good job there, I did almost the same texture in my
bedroom, and I love it. It's textured to hide imperfections, without being
too much or too trendy. It's a classic that will probably never look cheesy
like stomped or sprayed on texture.
A few tips and ideas for anyone who wants to give this a try: a knife with
rounded corners will help to keep the edges from leaving lines in the wet
mud. When you smooth the globs, you can change the direction of your knife
every stroke to get more rounded "holes" in the top coat for a more organic
or natural look, and you can very the size of the globs of mud to vary the
size of the holes. You can also add an extra layer once the first is dry,
using the same technique, to add depth and interest to the texture, it'll
slightly fill in some the first holes, and add new holes on top, but it
isn't necessary, it just depends on what you like. When the mud is dry, you
can scrape over the top of the mud to remove any spikes or ridges that
stick up, faster and easier than sanding. After painting, you can go in
with a color slightly lighter/darker (off the same color card) to highlight
the high spots or shade in the lower spots to really bring the texture
alive, adding a bit of water to the paint helps to blend it in. Last but
most important- Primer, primer, primer, before you paint! Especially if
there is old paint under the top coat- paint and mud absorb wet at paint
differently, so using primer will give your paint a more uniform color and
hide old stains, and it will make your paint job last years longer. I love
me some primer. I never paint without priming first anymore. I painted my
kitchen ten years ago, and it still looks great.
Yeah stop taking it off looked better before you smoothed it out
ReplyDeleteLooks good :) Gonna try it later :)
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