How To Create A Textured Ceiling
Texturing with drywall compound pour a box of drywall compound into a 5 gallon bucket.
How to create a textured ceiling. First remove as much furniture as. You can create a knockdown texture by applying joint compound also known as drywall compound or drywall mud to your walls or ceiling then smoothing the stalactite like peaks down with a knife. Textured ceilings create visual relief as well as an additional sound barrier to a room.
Cover up anything you don t want drywall mud to splatter or drip on. Published on may 11 2017 leah demonstrates how to beautify damaged and ugly walls and ceilings with texture. You will need to prime the walls ahead of time so that the texture has a smooth dirt free surface to stick to.
Dip the trowel in joint compound then dragged it gently across the ceiling. Texture hides any blemishes caused by bulging drywall seams or popped nails. It generally takes 1 1 2 to two full buckets of mud to texture the walls and ceiling of an average size 12 x 12 ft room.
Traditionally knockdown textures were done with flat trowels or wide steel taping knives. You might think that because textured paint is part. However the trowel technique is hard to master.
How to texture a ceiling method 1 of 3. You can see small circles as the result of this technique. Pick up a hopper gun with an air adjustable valve an air compressor and drywall.
Protect your walls and furniture. Just like the the most dry wall ceiling texture you can apply skip trowel ceiling texture by hand technique using a trowel. Since you ll be working against gravity.