[Rigo]

I have these two cracks in my ceiling and finally decided to fix and repaint the whole house. I screwed the drywall down and was getting ready to mud and tape, but then started watching some more youtube vids and saw I should scrape the texture off first. I would rather get it flat so I can embed the tape then try to match the texture, but that stuff is solid. Any tricks to make that possible, or should I just tape what I have and hope for the best? Thx for the help in the past.

 

[Rigo]

Probably shoulda waited for a response, but used my dremel and made a channel to embed tape. Gonna prime then screw and tape and mud. lain:

 

[mark sr]

That should make a flatter repair although I would have just scraped it down [nothing drastic] then tape and finish. Generally any 'hump' won't be noticeable if it's spread out over a wide enough area. IMO the biggest concern will be in getting the texture to match. For me, knock down is the hardest texture to make blend.

 

[Rigo]

Thx Mark, yup should be fun getting it to match hehe.