This video shows how to mix your texture and then how to spray it onto a wall. Comment any questions or feel free to email my email. email: sssdrywallservice@gmail.com
It really helps to make sure your mud is very loose, and through the screening process you get a nice pretty finish thanks for the comment blessings to you as well!
@@madwasmatt4893 Make sure you get the screen that is stiff and the holes kind of big don’t get the really fine screen I just took a bucket top from a 5 gallon bucket cut a hole and stapled screen around the outside.
This was a fantastic texture video! Short and I loved the bucket lid screen and am going to make one [shows how thin the mix needs to be for Orange Peel]. That adjustable (all texture) hopper is cool better than changing nozzles. I was forced to do texture on some subcontracted jobs recently with the Homax cans and it was a learning curve which included not shooting and the largest settings by dialing it way back to get Orange Peel not popcorn. QUESTION: I've always heard the great thing about texture is it hides imperfections but found that wasn't true for the cans and probably only for the hopper IF put on very very heavy. Why do so many people say this when it really isn't true??
So for a light orange peel the homemax cans do really well I have other videos on how to get the patch correct but yes it doesn’t cover much you have to make sure you dot your eyes and cross your tees prior to texture. I have a knockdown will cover a lot and so will popcorn but you have to have a smooth transition when it comes to a light orange peel. Hope this helps. Scott
I like to see how other finishers do butt joints, you're a pan and knife guy so it would be nice to see your technique on butt joints....👍 keep up the good work
Any preferred lights you use? What little texture I've done the hard part was finding the right angle of lighting so I could see the pattern going on. Usually the room is quite dark with the fixtures removed and maybe a single overhead light bulb.
Personally in a dark room we use lights to touch it up once it starts up I’ve done it so long I can do it in the dark but you can just use a regular utility light to move around to watch what you’re doing
You can buy a screen from any hardware store I just cut the inside of a plastic bucket top out and then staple the screen and cut the excess around the bucket lid. Just make sure you don’t get the smallest screen holes or you’ll never get the mud through it. Hope this helps
Need some specific info before starting this project in 2 days. 😱 Do you use aluminum screening or plastic or fiberglass? And how many holes per square inch? I've seen 14 and 16. Great info here. Thanks for posting and for your input. Kristi
Hi Scott thanx for the videio how do you knw how much product to by have a small Master Bath but has high walls will one box be enough to do a light peel ? can I just thin down the pre mixed stuff .
One box will be plenty I would suggest about 3/4 of a box in a bucket loosen it up then strain it should be plenty to do one bathroom for a light orange peel
2 questions sir. How far are you holding gun from the wall & you just used regular joint compound mixed with water instead of the texture specific mud?
Usually stand somewhere between 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 feet away from the wall depending on how big of an area you’re spraying I might back up a little bit more you can use regular mud but also USG makes a really good brown box of premixed spray texture works really good for a light orange peel hope this helps
As an epidemiologist (and a DIYer at times), I would urge you to start wearing a respirator when spraying. You don't see particulate matter, but it is released during spraying. And you definitely do not want it in your lungs.
For a lite orange peel I try to stay between 90 and 110 on a constant you have to have a big rig or spray a little bit at a time and let it cycle back up if you have a smaller compressor that can’t keep a steady pressure of at least 90 or 100
No you can’t add the paint to it, you have to let everything dry and then paint the texture is not a full coverage so prime and paint after is preferred
@@majorharbour3926 Yes I actually put a video together a lot more details in regards to different variations of texture I’ll have it uploaded in the next day or two.
I am not a drywall contractor. I am a remodeler (jack of all trades). When I match texture from new drywall to pre existing texture, I always skim coat to all inside and outside corners of the wall I shoot. My brain can't understand how drywall contractors match texture without seeing the transition in the finished wall🤔
For light orange peel I like to be at roughly 100 steady anywhere from 90 to 110 is good but that Has to be steady not a small compressor or you have to spray a little bit at a time and let the compressor recharge if you have a small one
It’s a big roller was a 5 hp Honda on it double tanks not sure how many gallons but I blow a constant pressure of about 100 to 110 comes out beautiful hope this helps merry Christmas!
So I have a large compressor that blows a constant of 110 PSI‘s if you can be anywhere between 100-120 on a constant pressure. You’re going to get your best results if you do have a small compressor you have to spray until your pressure is low turn the hopper off and then let the compressor build back up ,you cannot spray a light orange peel with light air pressure.
Most people use a small compressor I have a big compressor so I can do big jobs I would think maybe different hoppers with a lesser pressure you can get a successful light orange peel but with my hopper once the pressure goes under 80 it starts sputtering and you lose that fine pattern so the higher the pressure the better pattern you can keep consistently hope that helps
Just regular window screen works fine. Just don’t get the screen that has a very very tiny holes it’s almost impossible to pour mud through it so a little bit bigger hole on the screen is better you can tell a difference if you go to Home Depot or Lowe’s by looking at it I hope this helps
You can look at my other video and I give details as far as psi I try to spray for a light orange peel between 90 and 120 on a constant you’re good if you go any lower it’s difficult to get a nice even pattern hope that helps
