Painting Textured Walls And Ceilings
Tips on painting ceilings with texture.
Painting textured walls and ceilings. Textured walls are standard in most newly constructed homes because builders rely on them to cover imperfections in the drywall construction. For example coarse paint for a coarse or popcorn ceiling. The rough texture can make straight lines harder to cut while painting. There are different varieties for different textures so be sure to choose the correct paint for your texture.
You might think that because textured paint is part drywall mud it will adhere to any surface but for a quality job you still want to prime first. Load textured paint into a paint pan if you re using a roller or a spray gun. Applying drywall compound to walls requires skill and even then large wall expanses can show taped joints. It is a textured that gives depth to the ceiling.
It also covers the imperfections on your ceiling. If you are painting a textured surface here s what we learned. Applying drywall compound smoothly to ceilings. Texture applied to walls and ceilings creates small shadows due to the bumps and depressions.
You can achieve this kind of ceiling texture by painting the ceiling with a drywall mixture using a roller and slap brush. Applying ceiling texture with stipple brush might be pretty challenging. Prime before you texture the ceiling. While these shadows tend to disappear in direct light they lengthen as the light source moves at a sharper angle to the wall.
They re more difficult to paint than flat surfaces. 7 great tips for painting a textured wall or a textured ceiling. The popcorn texture is a dry mix of drywall mud and polystyrene and it comes in a standard white color so it s best to prime the wall or ceiling before use. Painting textured walls can be quite the challenge with all those peaks and valleys preventing you from getting even coverage and crisp lines.
And while our painter guy was here we sorta eavesdropped on his technique. While he was taping walls off and painting ceilings and painting one wall different from the next we were curious about how he was getting such straight lines on our textured walls. Mix the popcorn texture with water. Wall texture is a substance that is thicker than paint but thinner than straight drywall compound.
But i ve painted a lot of textured walls over the years so today i m sharing my tips and tricks for getting great results.