Knock down texture ceiling repair made easy 

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Glad to be of help! Have a great day.

Just trying to be a help to others!

You’re welcome, I’m always glad to help others. Thanks for your comments

You’re welcome I’m always glad to help others!

You’re always welcome

You’re welcome, glad to be of help

My goal in doing these videos is to help others, so glad it helped! Thanks for your comment.

This video was to give an average homeowner a way to do a repair without having to hire a contractor or to buy a texture hopper. Thanks for your comments.

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If it doesn’t come out quite like you want, just sand it down and try again.

@@davidmartindaletheycallmemacgu great idea! I forget how easy it sands before it cures

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Thanks for your comments and for subscribing. I’m glad to help others do things easier and cheaper!

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Thank you for your comments, I’m glad to help.

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Thank you for your comments, the negative comments weren’t all negative, but more constructive and some I agree with if I were doing a larger area. My whole idea on my RU-vid channel is to be a help to DIYers, to give maybe an easier way to do a repair or save time and money. Thanks again for your comment

Thank you, hope it helps others.

That’s a good idea, especially on the walls, but I wasn’t as concerned with the ceiling since you can really look down the flat surface like on a wall.

This is a knock down texture technique only and won’t work for popcorn ceilings. I do have a video showing how to easily remove a popcorn ceiling though. I also have another video showing the same technique using bubble wrap which I feel is actually easier than the water bottle plastic wrapper technique. Got the water bottle plastic wrapper technique I just made it in the shape of a mushroom with the stem portion being wrapped with tape as the handle. Hope this helps and thanks for the comments.

Sometimes you have to do with what you have

there are some other options, this is a free option if you have a small area, but for a 2' x 12' area I suggest using a texture hopper if you have access to an air compressor, you'll get a much closer match to your current ceiling because of the combination of the larger splatter and smaller splatter that won't get knocked down. if you look at your current ceiling you'll see small splatter between the knocked down splatter. If you have access to an air compressor, Here's a link to a hopper: amzn.to/3OZfvXk Tip: get some Painters plastic on a roll and tape off a couple feet away from the area your going to spray and place a drop cloth on the floor. they sell 99" rolls of the dispencer painters plastic at Home Depot. Tape to the ceiling and let it hang down and make sure the drop clothe extends past the plastic. when you use the texture gun the plastic will suck in so tape off as far away as you can so less chance of it being sucked towards the area you're spraying. If you have any questions before this Saturday send me a message and I'll try to answer any questions. I leave for a two week mission trip to Nairobi ,Kenya next week. Or if you're not doing the repair before then of course you can message me after I get back September 19th.

I actually used Kilz primer to block the stain and was going to then put ceiling paint over that, but the Kilz blended in so good I just left it.

I hope my video helped you?

Thank you Omar, hope this will help others!

No, I’d probably use a hopper or Wagner makes an electric power Tex gun, sells on Amazon for $109 and then if you don’t think you’ll ever use it again then just resale it. If you choose to get the power Tex use the white tip and thin your mud with clear water to pancake consistency. Hold it at a 45 degree angle and no farther than 2 feet from the ceiling. Be sure to tarp your floor and I suggest to hang painters plastic around the area you going to spray to avoid all the over spray. Let the mud sit for about 15-2.0 minutes after you spray and then use a large sheet rock knife and lightly drag it over what you sprayed to get the knock down texture look. Hope this helps. I’ll be uploading a new video with this method in the next week.

@@davidmartindaletheycallmemacgu thanks! I'll be doing an 8x12 area of ceiling soon.

Because there was a leak in my shower upstairs and that was the only way to get to it without completely tearing out the tile shower.

sorry for the slow response, but yes, still using Hamilton mud, but I did thin it down a little more. Like pancake batter thickness.

@@TheWoodPens Can't find Hamilton instock. Any other recommendations for joint compound? Thanks.

@@bigldiesel you can get it at Home Depot

@@davidmartindaletheycallmemacgu not available in my location.

@@bigldiesel you can use any joint compound, but be sure to thin it down to pancake batter consistency for spraying texture and creamy peanut butter for troweling.

The only thing I can recommend if his ceiling is actually painted is ceiling white. Hope this helps.

@@davidmartindaletheycallmemacgu that wont matter. He needs to know what brand it is besides being ceiling paint flat white.

Thinned slightly joint compound.

Just saw this question, it’s premixed and I showed it in the video and can be purchased at Home Depot. Sorry for not responding when you posted your question.

It was already primed because I used the same piece of sheet rock that I removed. But you’re right for new sheet rock it should be primed. Thanks for your comment.

Because it was water stained, but wasn’t soft an since I knew I was going to texture over it it didn’t make since to replace it. Thanks for your comments.

Then I didn’t have to buy a whole sheet of sheet rock to patch a small whole. Either way would work.

No

You’re right, thanks for the correction.

First off my mouth was closed And second the sanding vacuum tool I used is amazing because it sucks up 99% of any dust.

Yes, sorry I actually did that and forgot to film it and then didn’t mention it because I forgot to film it.😬

@@davidmartindaletheycallmemacgu Thanks.

@@davidmartindaletheycallmemacgu Any concerns with using 45 fast set mud for the knockdown texture? I bought a bag but am thinking to use something that gives me more time?

@@MrJking1962 it will be much harder to sand. I suggest the Hamilton Super lite in a box at Home Depot and thin it down just a little with clear water.

@@MrJking1962 you’re very welcome

It actually came out looking pretty good when I was all done. I put Kilz primer over the stain and then ceiling white.

I had to fix the plumbing leak and that was the only way to access it and then the seam needed to be fixed.

I accept criticism, but why do you say it’s bad?

@@davidmartindaletheycallmemacgu probably because you never bedded the tape.. well u did a little with your fingers.. lol.. also way too heavy on mud. If done right there should very little sanding on any job.

I agree that I should have used the trowel instead of my hand, but when you wet the tape and press it into the mud it’s not critical to use the trowel and the end result still turned out very good. Thanks for your comments.

Worst spelling I've ever seen lol