Texturing Walls With Joint Compound
It comes pre mixed or as a powder and either way you have to mix it with.
Texturing walls with joint compound. You paint the wall when you are finished. Apply the mixture with a flat trowel or a texturing gun that works with an air compressor. Let the compound dry before painting. The drywall mud or joint compound used should also be watered down a bit before applying so the thickness is similar to that of pancake batter.
Texturing with joint compound or textured paint. To texture the drywall itself lay painter s plastic around the floor of the room and apply a 1 8 inch thick layer of joint compound to the walls. An easy way to texture walls is by simulating a stucco finish with joint taping compound also known as drywall mud which can be purchased at any home. Before starting ensure that the walls are clean and dry.
You can apply it to a wall to create a variety of textures. These can be rented by the day. Wait for the joint compound on the wall to partially dry then roll. The compound which goes on wet adheres to nearly any porous surface but in some cases you need to do some prepping before you can apply the compound.
Clean the walls and allow them to dry completely. Without placing an oil based primer down the water from the joint compound or texture paint and possibly soak through the wallpaper activating the gluebehind it and leaving you with a bumpy wall. Texturing walls with drywall mud. Joint compound is a versatile substance that is easy to work with.
Pour the joint compound into a paint tray then use a paint roller to roll it onto the wall. It dries within about an hour and it is water based which means that you can thin it for different applications. To solve that the oil based primer works well for that and you can place a water based product on top of it. The neat thing about drywall compound also called joint compound or just mud is that you can apply it over existing walls to smooth away roughness or for use as a new drywall texture.