Light Orange Peel Walls
Oh my god i m here in colorado springs visiting my daughter and her whole house is orange peel walls.
Light orange peel walls. The gun can apply several different wall and ceiling textures including orange peel splatter knockdown and popcorn. We finish all of our garages with medium orange peel because it is easier to clean than knockdown or hand troweled. Light orange peel is a common texture and barely noticeable. Each full pressure stroke can cover an area 6 inches by 3 feet.
Technically you can do it by hand too but this method is best left to the pros. The only time i have heard of people trying to get rid of it is when they do batten board wainscot and want to make the wall look more flat like a board. I ve succeeded in painting one 3 8 wall in powder room if i ever meet the person who invented this finish i sincerely will slap them across the face. 3 in our series if you have done your own drywall repair this is how you m.
You can spray your own drywall orange peel texture match the existing texture. You will need to prime the walls ahead of time so that the texture has a smooth dirt free surface to stick to. Drywall texture provides stylish appeal to your walls and ceilings and you have many options. This means that you re going to need a gun and air compressor to get a good spray going.
Mix joint compound and water to a thick yogurt like consistency. Orange peel in terms of walls and painting is a light texture that hides imperfections and blemishes but without creating an obvious relief or pattern on the wall. Wait 10 minutes to reapply a second coat for thicker texture. Light orange peel textured walls or smooth walls in dallas tx.
The orange peel texture roller method allows you to add texture to your walls without an airless spray painter. Orange peel is a splatter type texture that involves spraying plaster in a pattern over your readied walls. Use a roller with a thick nap to apply the mix to the wall. Comments 2 when i lived in san antonio texture was quite common the house i had built had knockdown texture and although it was odd to me coming from the north once you have it you really don t think much about it.
An orange peel texture looks exactly as it sounds it resembles the peel of an orange. Put on eye protection. Like darzy said it helps hide sheetrock tape and imperfections. This is the most horrible surface to paint and i ve painted lots of walls in my life.