[Tally Wacher]

I just finished repiping my house and need to do some drywall repairs. Would anyone give me some detailed info on how to replicate this texture:

I follow instructions very well so be as detailed as possible. Thanks.

 

[Tally Wacher]

I guess I'l answer my own question for posterity's sake. I got a 3/4" nape roller and thinned my mud to the consistency of thick pancake dough. Loaded up the moistened roller and tapped off the excess. The mud should be thick enough to not drip while moving around with the roller.

I rolled the mud on the patch rather thick like rolling on a skim coat. I then went back with a light touch to roll the roller down the wall taking care to lift the roller off the wall every 4-6 inches. The texture came out very close to the original texture.

Hope this helps someone in the future, as there are about 3-4 old threads asking about this very same texture.

 

[ToolSeeker]

Wouldn't you get the same effect to mud the wall then run the roller on it? Then way you wouldn't have to stop every few inches.

 

[Gymschu]

Glad you figured it out Tally. In essence, that's about all you can do with texture......experiment until you get the right look. I've tried to match textures over the years with some success, but it's a guessing game. Did they use a roller, sponge, brush, trowel......how much was the mud thinned, did they add anything like paint or sand to the mud, on and on it goes and that's why your question was a hard one to answer.

 

[SeniorSitizen]

Tally, for those that only have the time and knowledge to criticize try the site ignore function. It works very well.

 

[Tally Wacher]

Wouldn't you get the same effect to mud the wall then run the roller on it? Then way you wouldn't have to stop every few inches.

I think you can do it either way, for me I like to control how much mud to apply to the skim before I lightly go back. I'm a diy'er so I'm in no hurry. I just want to do it correctly.

I could have left the post blank like so many others, but I want to contribute as much as I can for the poor schmucks that come after me :biggrin2:

Now on to painting and matching the three different shades of mocha I have in the various bathrooms :vs_mad:

 

[ToolSeeker]

Tally, for those that only have the time and knowledge to criticize try the site ignore function. It works very well.

Did I miss something I don't see where anyone criticized.

 

[Zman719]

I'm a little late but that is called stipple. It is done with a stipple brush that you can buy at Sherwin Williams. It comes in 2 sizes. You would have needed the small one. You would skim the area with sheet rock mud, take the brush "stamp it" and then pull straight down. That's it. We do this type of repair all the time and it comes out perfect everytime . It's done in many hotels here in Myrtle Beach. Hope this helps in three future.

 

[Tally Wacher]

I'm a little late but that is called stipple. It is done with a stipple brush that you can buy at Sherwin Williams. It comes in 2 sizes. You would have needed the small one. You would skim the area with sheet rock mud, take the brush "stamp it" and then pull straight down. That's it. We do this type of repair all the time and it comes out perfect everytime . It's done in many hotels here in Myrtle Beach. Hope this helps in three future.

Funny you mention Sherwin-Williams, I went to ask the pros buying supplies there in the morning about the texture. Three different painters said the same thing, it is a rolled technique with thinned mud.