How to Texture Walls - Santa Fe Texture 

Good video. I like that you were honest about it being your first time trying and you want to encourage first timers. I own a home remodeling company for about 5 years now and can do homes from top to bottom on my own, but was a nurse for like 13 years before that. My clients get a kick out of it. And I remind them that it’s just patients and courage and they could do most home improvements on their own as well. Thanks again for the video. Great job.

It took me a lot of searching to figure out what this texture was called, and how to do it. Finally found your video with a perfect example of to do it. Thanks.

Best how-to video i've found so far on this type of texture. Thanks!!

Thanks for sharing! I'm in the middle of a bathroom remodel and this helped me a lot!

Great video... I used your technique... It was my first time doing Santa Fe texture... my patch came out perfect!

Brilliant! This is exactly what I needed after trying to do this with a trowel alone : ) Thanks!

Great Job on the texturing and how you videoed it. I've been looking for how to do the Santa Fe look so thanks!

The closeup at 8:00 really helps...

RoachForLife, it's all done in iMovie for macs. Thanks for watching!

I think it's terrific !!!. That's exactly what I've been looking for. I'm not going to do the ceilings though. Once it's painted you'll have a great looking bathroom. Thanks for letting me know how you did that with the plastic bag.

Great job. Not only well done and just what I wanted, but this texturing hides a multitude of sins. Thanks. You have a nice way about your presentation. No pretentiousness and very friendly.

Sfjeff1089, I meant it was too fine or too dotted looking for my liking. I prefer larger areas of mud, not so stippled looking.

Hi there. Congrats on finishing the mudding and taping! If you watch at about 0:35 in this video it shows the finished, painted result. If you want some photos still let me know and I'll go shoot a couple and send them your way. Good luck!

Hi Nils, I know you have probably already got enough bad feedback, but I wouldn't really call this a Santa Fe style technique, you're using. This is too heavily coated to be that style. I'm glad you like your results. Just not what I was looking for. Happy remodeling!

The only thing I can add that could be helpful is to have a spray bottle with water with you to spray your DIY hawk when you alternate to smoothing. Just to keep the mud moist and avoid drying.

That looks really good Man !

Could this method be useful to hide UNsanded plastering of drywall joints and nails that leave high and low places in the plaster? The idea is to apply this thick mud over un-sanded plastering so that the awful sanding part is eliminated?

I just finished drywalling my bathroom and taping the seams yesterday. Im thinking about doing exactly what you just did here tomorrow (to help hide my less than perfect seams). do you have any pictures of the final painted result?

Looks good :) Gonna try it later :)

This is the stuff, hard like concrete you see on the outside of a tacobell right???

When you say "That's a little more texture than I want", I take it you mean "That's a little more mud than I want"?

why doesn't anyone on these vid's show the finish job . they talk too much and and basically your just watching mud dry .

Crapola

He did a terrible job. Looks like shit smear.

FINALLY! Found a demo on Santa Fe texture, simple and easy DIY!!! Thanks Nils!!

Tango, it may not look like much now, but that's because the old wall color is showing. After some primer and paint, it'll look pretty good. Nils, I love your DIY hawk (that's what the flat mud holder is called). I was going to build something like that, but with the amount of mudding I do, my hubby decided to buy me one. You did a pretty good job there, I did almost the same texture in my bedroom, and I love it. It's textured to hide imperfections, without being too much or too trendy. It's a classic that will probably never look cheesy like stomped or sprayed on texture. A few tips and ideas for anyone who wants to give this a try: a knife with rounded corners will help to keep the edges from leaving lines in the wet mud. When you smooth the globs, you can change the direction of your knife every stroke to get more rounded "holes" in the top coat for a more organic or natural look, and you can very the size of the globs of mud to vary the size of the holes. You can also add an extra layer once the first is dry, using the same technique, to add depth and interest to the texture, it'll slightly fill in some the first holes, and add new holes on top, but it isn't necessary, it just depends on what you like. When the mud is dry, you can scrape over the top of the mud to remove any spikes or ridges that stick up, faster and easier than sanding. After painting, you can go in with a color slightly lighter/darker (off the same color card) to highlight the high spots or shade in the lower spots to really bring the texture alive, adding a bit of water to the paint helps to blend it in. Last but most important- Primer, primer, primer, before you paint! Especially if there is old paint under the top coat- paint and mud absorb wet at paint differently, so using primer will give your paint a more uniform color and hide old stains, and it will make your paint job last years longer. I love me some primer. I never paint without priming first anymore. I painted my kitchen ten years ago, and it still looks great.

Could you show how it looks painted....thanks for the video.

Nils, we used your Santa Fe technique in a little outdoor cottage. I am wowsers with the trowel, if I do say so myself and it turned out like an expert plasterer was on the scene. Thank you so much. Hooray for DIY

Ps, I usually use the smaller knife to put the globs on the walls, and the hawk to hold the mud instead of the plastic pan. The pans are hard to clean, and harder to use than the hawk.

I am so glad I found this video. I’ve been struggling with matching my knock down texture. I made my own “tool” and result is great

Just a thought, remove the electrical outlet to facilitate the application and knockdown process....you will have an area that sticks out on the edges of the outlet.

DIY guy, you're doing a great job.

I didn't have any issues with that, actually. I wonder if it had to do with the consistency of the mud or the water levels or something. Hopefully a light application of the top coating will take care of it. Good luck!

good idea I was looking for a texture to do on my walls, thanks for sharing

I liked it a lot! Actually I was looking for this texture a long time ago, finally I see how to do it. now, what kind of material you are using? can I use a Sheet rock Ready mix?

It would have been good 2 see it after it was painted.

I have to either remove very old wallpaper, repair any damaged drywall, and paint OR try this. Guess which one I'm doing first? It will be wall texturing! It is a small guest bath.

good job and good video....would love to see it after you've painted the surfaces and see the effects of this style of texturing.

💯Great video. Good match. I'm in the business in New Mexico.👍🏼 great tool I use something similar when I match. Its not Rocket science we're not working at NASA..🤣🤣🤣

Good job man, thanks for the video

This is a great demonstration, Nils! You can get a hawk from Lowes or HD for about $10-15 instead of making your own, but I was looking for a way to make a large job go faster without spraying...this seems like the sweet spot for my purposes. Thanks for sharing!

do you have any finished photos after you painted? thanks for the help!

Good Job, thanks man!

Thank you for this video. It's very helpful because I'm a d.i.yer and this is the exact look I was going for in my bathroom as well.

did you really just say “ghetto tool”? are u fkg kidding me? racist much? sharing to some race relations groups. Unreal how ignorant the oppressor group is. smh 🤦🏽‍♀️

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Thanks for this video. I SO wish we could have seen it after it was painted! But this is a great video.

cool. would love to see photo of the finished painted texture.

Thank You for your video! The texture is exactly what I am looking for! The previous owners painted over wallpaper several times. Needless to say, your technique will hide a multitude of sins and it looks like a lot of fun! Thanks!

great vid! random question.. what software did you use to apply the added words regarding the tool name (hawk)? it looked badass. thx

I'm a DIY gal too as I like to do things myself (that way I know it gets done right lol). You made the process look fairly simple so base on your videos I'm going to give it a go. Thanks for sharing your talent.

Thank you so much for the video! I went even more ghetto and used a tissue box covered with a trash bag and tied it to use as a handle. 😂🤣😂🤣

I love love love this! It reminds me of an old Italian/European even Moroccan/ middle eastern style home even a little coffee shop. I so wanna do this!

how about using a regular hawk.. i guess you can still wrap it in plastic bags.. the hawk will only set you back about $20

wait just a little bit longer before you knock it down. Your mud is too wet.

oh I must have missed that... looks good, Ill give it a whirl.thanks

Great vid. Thanks for sharing, I've subscribed; Jesus Christ Bless! :)

Will a magic murder from home depot work it looks like that tool you have.

It looks like you leave bare spots with drywall showing through?

The bubbling is caused by too much water in the mud.

It's a hawk lol Sorry couldn't resist

so you use "topping compound" to create the texture?

This tutorial was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you! Do you have a pic of the final product, after paint?

Why did someone ruin my house with this

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Can you add color pigment only ( not paint ) before applying the compound. Using different colors then blending them with the scraper ?

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That tool is called a dobber. Nice vid. :-)

I personally think that this texture is the perfect way how to ruin a wall...

is this a joke.. that looks like crap. lol

ive never seen any thing like this. if you dont do this professionaly then dont try and teach it. just leave it to the pros. thanks