i wish i had them. this 50's fixer has a very heavy orange peel textured walls....painted in a high gloss paint. the texture is sprayed on with some variation of dry wall compound, then primed and painted. having seen it done- have some one with experience do it.
There are videos available on line that will show you how to make your rough walls smooth. It is a time-consuming job, and if you want it to look good you will have to spend a lot of "elbow grease" to get the job done. You will start with smoothing as much of the existing walls as you can using sand paper or other product, depending on how textured the walls are. Dust your walls, then use drywall compound (buy at any paint or big box hardware store) and smooth it on with a trowel. Once it has dried re-sand, then another coat of drywall compound and sand again repeating the process until your wall is as smooth as you like. I really do recommend you watch some of the videos done by people who do this for a living before you go any further. They will give you tips on how to get a really smooth wall. Don't just look at one video, watch several so that you can see how different people do the same job and find out what technique will work for you.
Hint: There is a good reason people pay more for smooth walls in their homes than textured walls. Smooth walls are a lot of extra work. Another hint: Take your time and don't necessarily think the job will be done in a few days.
Good luck and enjoy your beautiful walls when they are done..
Before sanding any texture off of your walls you need to test for asbestos. Artex was commonly used for texturing because it held its shape better and as late as the mid 1980's had asbestos in it.
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i wish i had them. this 50's fixer has a very heavy orange peel textured walls....painted in a high gloss paint. the texture is sprayed on with some variation of dry wall compound, then primed and painted. having seen it done- have some one with experience do it.
There are videos available on line that will show you how to make your rough walls smooth. It is a time-consuming job, and if you want it to look good you will have to spend a lot of "elbow grease" to get the job done. You will start with smoothing as much of the existing walls as you can using sand paper or other product, depending on how textured the walls are. Dust your walls, then use drywall compound (buy at any paint or big box hardware store) and smooth it on with a trowel. Once it has dried re-sand, then another coat of drywall compound and sand again repeating the process until your wall is as smooth as you like. I really do recommend you watch some of the videos done by people who do this for a living before you go any further. They will give you tips on how to get a really smooth wall. Don't just look at one video, watch several so that you can see how different people do the same job and find out what technique will work for you.
Hint: There is a good reason people pay more for smooth walls in their homes than textured walls. Smooth walls are a lot of extra work. Another hint: Take your time and don't necessarily think the job will be done in a few days.
Good luck and enjoy your beautiful walls when they are done..
Before sanding any texture off of your walls you need to test for asbestos. Artex was commonly used for texturing because it held its shape better and as late as the mid 1980's had asbestos in it.
Hope that helps
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