Tips on painting ceilings with texture.
Textured paint for garage ceiling.
Applying drywall compound smoothly to ceilings.
How to texture ceilings with a roller.
Painting textured ceilings is a bit of a crapshoot.
If you really want to see this in action take a small section of your wall no more than one square foot and paint it without a base coat of primer.
You might think that because textured paint is part drywall mud it will adhere to any surface but for a quality job you still want to prime first.
Prime before you texture the ceiling.
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Applying drywall compound to walls requires skill and even then large wall expanses can show taped joints.
A lot depends on the quality of the texturing job.
Price high to low.
Truck tool rental.
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Use a texture roller with a built in pattern such as basket weave crow.
Again refer to the video above and youtube in general for more video demonstrations of applying orange peel texture on your garage walls and or ceiling.
Naturally paints specified as ceiling paints are the safest option for painting your ceiling.
Creative texturing some of the more popular texturing patterns include sunburst swirls popcorn shag and shell.
If the texture has never been painted there s a risk the water in the paint could loosen the texture causing it to fall off in sheets.
You ll still be able to see the difference between the drywall.
Only apply textured paint to a non textured ceiling.
Feel the difference in texture.
Price low to high.
One option is to add granules to paint that give you an easy way to roll on texture quickly.
Ceiling paints are durable low sheen and require little to.
There are two ways to create textured ceilings with a paint roller.
The garage wall paint is going to adhere to the bare drywall differently than it will to the mud.
If the texture has been painted over already it s probably safe to paint again.