Knockdown Drywall Texture

How to apply knockdown drywall texture.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• knockdown
• drywall
• texture
• sheetrock
• dry
• wall
• knock
• down

[zenbooter]

@lovesomecujo,,, if you ever work over an area that was wallpapered, beware. The adhesive WILL leach through everything.White bisque SG 4x4 and the Brite White grout for example ,WILL turn yellow,it WILL also penetrate the body and guess what.You guessed it. Next step?, common sense,which is not too common.It's quicker to remove the board.

[msakowski]

@zenbooter Thanks for the tip!

[coloradokid1234]

can you use topping joint compound for this?

[msakowski]

@coloradokid1234 Perhaps you could use topping compound, but you would have to try it out. The All-Purpose is one of the slower drying compounds, so it gives you a bigger window to work. The topping compound is lighter and would probably dry faster.

[Elmar66]

Should use a bigger compressor. Those small compressors are for nailer and don't recover quickly enough to produce even pressure.

Use a real knock down tool, not a spatula.

[msakowski]

Thanks for the comments. Yeah a bigger compressor would be better, but this one worked. And a better knock down tool would help, but this one worked. My friend did this job - he is pretty good at it, even with marginal tools. I am not a texture fan myself.

[klrkevin]

Dude,invest in a knockdown knife,that 6 inch will kill you.

[TomSawyerPainting]

I think you have the Hopper on Backwards. (Hence The Handle)

[112nousername]

@gringo90100, like the Colorado Rockies? I don't think they play professional baseball. I guess they could, but it doesn't seem logical.

[gringo90100]

rockies

[usmodel1]

Good job

[tsreindl]

A professional CAN match any texture.

[tsreindl]

You might want to put the hopper together the right way. Do a ceiling this way and you will wear more mud than you will apply!