How to Skim Coat Walls in 2022, the EASY way, with a Magic Trowel and a paint roller. 

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Dude had the answers to 2022 in 2018. Brilliant!

I really love your jokes and humor that you work into your vids and how detailed you are in your explanations of various techniques

Thanks for your service and saving all of us thousands of dollars on drywall projects. Praying for you and your family. God bless you, Sir.

Side lighting. So simple and smart, I would never think to do that. Then you already know before it is too late what imperfection are there. Thanks!

As someone who does skim coating professionally on texture using a 10 or 12 inch flexible broadknife after rolling on the mud scrape of all the excess firmly. Should dry in less than an hour. No sanding. Then repeat and the mud will be smooth needing only a light sand after.

Side lighting has helped me produce excellent results! I actually learned that tip in the Air Force as a crew chief, the tip was for finding things dropped in ground, side light ground it anything on it casts shadow letting you find it right away

Great job Guy! I always do it like you mentioned the way you do it with a 12 inch knife but for someone who's just starting and not sure about putting mud on with a knife that would do a fine job. I may try it on my next job just because I have never done it like that before. I had an old timer tell me once'if you don't learn nothing in a day it's a waisted day'. I have learned something from you today good Sir. Have a blessed day Guy✨

This works for me. Another great tip. Fast and well thought out way to get those walls smooth. Watching your videos reminds me of the many Trade School instructors who are charged with passing on their many years of knowledge. To me, experience is always the best teacher. Thanks.

I'm glad I found your channel! I'm moving this month into my first non-rental and plan to do a lot of this kind of work on it!

That’s the exact same texture of my walls! And it’s everywhere! I thought I had to knock the walls down n apply new ones. Thank u thank u thank u Sir❤️❤️❤️❤️ Your videos are amazing

Thanks for another great video. I’m a 35 year old working mom and had excellent results skim coating two walls in my sons room. Now I’m ready to prime, paint, and put up my wallpaper. I did shiplap in the other walls. 👍🏻👍🏻

Im new to drywall finishing - my first project. My own home reni - not pro. You are an excellent teacher and I am more confident at each step because of your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

The outside pointed corners of that magic trowel look mighty sharp. If you cut off the pointed corners and put a 1/4 inch radius on the ends you will find that you will end up with much fewer scratched lines in the mud that need tidying up.

The end was funny man. This is exactly what I was looking for.

A few videos in. Love you Kilted Guy!!!! Extreme knowledge, awesome unique explanations. Wow I love your channel should have a million subs by now!!! Soon !

You know your stuff. I watched on of your videos on scraping popcorn. It helped a lot. I was able to do a whole house 3000 sq ft.

you are so informative! i learned a lot! i'm on the process of skimcoating my bedroom walls and i've been using a putty knife to apply the mud and it would take me hours! did not know i could use rollers, too! this will make it a lot easier for me to coat it! thanks!

This is a great video! I used this method and here's what I discovered. I did two rooms and a hallway (ceilings too...). I used a Magic Trowel, which was great. The existing texture was about 1/8 to 1/4" deep, no joke. I found that my best result was to roll on the compound *extremely* thick in the first run then get the Magic Trowel working. I put on the compound so thick that you couldn't see any visible texture after using the Trowel. I eventually started just dunking the entire roller straight into the 5 gallon bucket of mud. This method gave me a decent first coat, but it would take a long time to dry. Interestingly, I didn't get a lot of cracking, despite the thickness of the mud (I used the green stuff too). You'll read that people say to thin the mud water, and I tried that at first. It just made more work because I couldn't apply a thick enough first coat with thin compound. Plus you don't have any room in a full 5 gallon bucket so you have to take mud out, mix in water, apply a bunch, add mud back in, try to get the water mix right...ugh. No way. After the first coat was dry I would knock down the high spots and ridges with a 12" knife. I found it was pointless to sand at this stage, plus sanding would create a ton of dust, and I would have to go over the walls with a wet rag before doing the second coat - more wasted time. Anyway, after scraping off the bumps and ridges I used a 12" knife to apply a second coat. I could never get the Magic Trowel to give me a clean smooth line on a second coat so I used the knife instead, unless texture was still showing. The Magic Trowel was invaluable for a first coat base layer. Before the third coat I did a pretty quick full sanding, followed by a damp rag to get the dust. I found that if I did well enough on the second coat I could use a 12" knife to get a finish coat on the third pass. After the third pass I'd thoroughly sand and then do spot touch ups before a final sanding. One last thing to note: you absolutely have to get good at using a 12" knife to do corners. Don't tape corners using this method. Just try to get angles better with each pass. It takes practice. I read about people doing six or seven passes with thinned mud, but man, life is just too short. If absolute perfection is your goal hire a pro. Make no mistake, this is *a lot of really hard work*, especially if you have heavy texture! But by the end you'll be a lot more confident with a mudding knife. Doing a big skim coat job is a genuine trial by fire. You'll never look at your walls the same again. Not only did I gain a new skill, I also lowered my standards! Win - win! Good luck.

Thanks for sharing. I have textured walls that I have been wanting to get rid of after I get rid of the popcorn ceiling thanks to your other videos. I'm working on my list of materials and putting a game plan in place for all of my DIY projects. Thanks again. 😊

I was not thrilled with the mess of the roller and learned how to apply mud with a 14" knife. That gave me more control over different thinkers for different parts anyway. Also i was not sold on the magic trowel, it left little lines in my work. I got it super smooth with two passes of the 14" knife.

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Never heard of that, I’m a decent painter. I got some 40 year old walls here that maybe could use this treatment. I’m not really wanting any texture. But some of my walls that have side lighting ,look terrible no matter what I do. I’ve been on your videos all day. Maybe there’s hope for me yet!

OMG I figured out before but after tons of videos you're the first who mentions what MUD is. True pro.

Hi Guy. I bought that magic trowel from your amazon page and it works so well. It was surprisingly easy to get a first coat on - hoping the second coat looks even better. Thanks for sharing this. Really doable for anyone - you don't have to be a drywall professional anymore. #DoitRight

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Ill take it! Ive been skimming walls with a knife and pan to smooth rolled texture and this i think will save me time on this thanks! Good tip!

The magic trowel is a great tool. I like to use an 18” 3/4 lambs wool roller for application. You can run a wall quick and I like the circular pole sander. My new guys always stand straight on with those rectangle sander heads and I’ll hear it from the next room when that thing flips and gouges the wall, so I switChed to the circular heads about 5 years ago. Bigger surface area and I don’t hear those skippers anymore.

Lol, that the last part was funny🤣🤣 Awesome video mate!!

When I can't spray for a level 5 finish, this is my method. 18" 1/2" or 3/4" nap roller, a paint sump, extended pole and 3' or 4' TapeTech skimming knifes 👍

I highly advise those who have zero experience with drywall mud to think twice before doing this especially if you're a perfectionist. My God.

OH. MY. GOODNESS... Yess!! That is what my walls look like and that is what I am trying to get rid of!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!

You saved me thousands of dollars thank you !!!

Lmao,"when we say mud, we mean joint compound" I needed to re - word that expression for years to customers, still doing today!🤣🤣🤣🤣so true 😁

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Awesome video! I generally use a knife but the magic trowel seems nice.

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Thanks Kilted Guy for all the great videos you have posted. I haven't seen any of the many skim coating videos out there address this question. How do you skim coat a very small piece of wall? For instance, I have a small bathroom with a door near the corner. Like the rest of the room, there is textured wall between the door and the corner but it is very small in width: maybe 1-2 inches. How would you do that part? Thanks again for helping us homeowners learn these skills!

Good stuff Guy!👍🏻 One day I’m going to tryout a Magic Trowel! #DoItRight

Great info! Tyfs 😃

Great job KG

The fastest and easiest way to skin walls. Spot on

Do most professionals use this amazing skim coat tool? Just curious.

Great job 👍

Thanks for the great videos! I watched a lot of your skim coating ones and am starting the big project of coating the knock down texture in my house; got all the stuff from your amazon store a couple months ago, thanks for putting that together. Just curious, the magic trowel seems to leave a lot of streaks; do you just sand them down after? Or is there something you can do to prevent that? Thanks a bunch!

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Very interesting! I am restoring a home with plaster walls. The room I am working in presently, has patches of 5 layers of painted over wallpaper which I am removing. BUT some of the plaster wall obviously is missing its finish coat and someone many years ago painted it white. Will this method work in my situation after removing wallpaper? The drywall mud will stick to the painted over plaster?

You can do this with hot mud and get it all done in one day, or one wall at a time. Skim coat with hot mud, texture coat with regular mud. The moisture in the hot mud after it solidifies will help prevent air bubbles from happening while applying the texture coat. When we say "hot mud, we mean fast setting joint compound".

I take care of maintenance for 52 apts, and the magic trowel is exactly what the name says

Thank you for your videos! Love them. You might want to check out the link in your Amazon store on the magic trowel. I've had trouble finding the one you use in the video, and can't tell if Amazon even still sells that width?

Great video thanks

Haven’t used that type of pole sander in years. The round ones are excellent and uses a hook and loop type sheet of sand paper.

Thanks AF guy!

How much time do I have to level the mud before it's dry?

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Hi, I have question about skimming (level 5), well prep for it, or if just going L4... should all dips in the wall be floated out? For example, I hold a 12" knife perpendicular to the studs, with one end of the knife in the corner, there is 1/16th or so dip between the two end of the knife (corners not tapered out enough apparently). Do I leave it as is, or float it out.... does it make a difference to the eye? (walls will be a satin sheen) your videos and information are excellent, thanks!

Thank you. Your videos are the best! I’m gonna go for it and try to do a level 5 on my knock down texture. Can I use a 1 1/4” roller to get more mud on the first coat. As a beginner, I’m worried that if I don’t get enough on I’ll need to do three coats. #doitright

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You are awesome sir!

Can you do this same technique on the ceiling? We're thinking of just scraping off the 'high' spots on the texture, then skim-coating over it with all-purpose mud - will this work well for that application?

Do you have a video showing how to finish this method in the corners, small areas that can't be rolled, etc. Also, I would like to do ceiling and walls. Should I start with ceiling first, wall, or it doesn't matter. Thanks for your videos.

How long do you have to work with this stuff, before it starts drying? Do you do large walls /ceilings in sections? Thanks

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Hi! None of my local stores had plus 3 (grrr!!) So I started looking at finishing compound instead. I wasn't sure if I should get all purpose light, or "topping" compound. Since skim coating seems to be the "finish" of the wall, I opted for the kind that said topping.. I'm about to try it out, which do you think is better and why? Or is it not much difference? Thanks!

Can a graco dry texturing hopper be used to apply the joint compound instead of a roller on a big house? Thank you

Do all these tools work on plaster walls that have some texture due to multiple layers of paint? Can we skim coat a metal door? Thank you!

I want to add a stomp texture to a mobile home with VOG walls. Any recommendations? Should I use a primer first for the mud to stick well? If so what type of primer. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

Wow literally just bought this thing from Sherwin this week!

Does it matter what type of roller brush you use to apply the mud? Also, if we dilute the mud how much water per mud ratio should we use or what consistency are we looking for ?

Can you recommend a good primer to use after skim cost dries and before paint? Doing a whole house (and ceilings)- so wanting to be reasonable on price but done right!

Thanks!

What is your opinion of skim coating a heavily textured plaster wall that is over 120 years old with drywall topping or should I utilize Plus 3? We just don't like the current texture of the wall. I'm certainly not an expert in finishing drywall; however, I have always used All Purpose Joint Compound for taping and then run the additional coats with Drywall Topping.

We have ceilings that are popcorn that someone had painted over. I’m going to try this! But I do have a question- what grit did you use to do the initial knock down of the high spots? Thank you!

Lol, thirteen seconds in and you hit the nail on the head.

Good music choices

For me, when side-lighting, I like to circle any area that I want to come back to with a coin (a quarter, etc). Pencil or pen often bleed through.

Can you use all purpose mud on trailer paneling ..and paint with success? Thanks

i have a repair that i did on my ceiling and i had used the can texture and it didnt go so well. i have since repaired all the other cracks and a knockdown sponge. the area where the bad patch is has paint on it already. i am going to sand it and refloat the ceiling in that area and may even skim coat it. should i use a primer over the painted surface before re-mudding?

I used this method but ended up with little fibers stuck (I think from the roller) in my dried mud that won’t sand off. Any tips? I’m thinking I’ll thin the mud out and try again.

I've watched many of your videos and none of them show how to skim coat a narrow area. Doing just a plain wall is the easiest for anybody to do but what about the areas you can't get a roller or any other tool used??

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My walls need more than a little help the texturing is horrendous and very thick, do I use this technique to get closer to a smooth surface? I’m thinking it would be less labor intensive to knock the walls down and re drywall...#doitright

We just scraped our popcorn ceilings. We have some gauges to fix then I’m wanting to skim coat. Do we need to prep the bare drywall before we skim coat? And do we HAVE to sand the skim coat?

Is it difficult to clean the mud off the paint roller?

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Question- What ugly texture are you trying to cover up? Or why do you want to learn how to skip trowel?

I was removing wallpaper and it messed up the paint below it. There are paint chips everywhere and more flakes keep coming off. Is skim coating a good option to fix this?

What do you figure would be the cost for someone to skim a 20x20 room 8ft ceiling, 2 coats?

I have the Sheetrock Plus3 premix. Should I add additional water?

lol good vid

do we need to add water to the joint compund so its easier to apply on the roller?

Why would you sand it at all if your just going to texture it after?