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I extended a wall. The existing drywall is textured with a slap brush texture. When I mud and tape the joints where the new drywall and existing drywall meet, do I need to scrape off the existing texture at the joints or can I just mud over the texture and then tape? I'll texture the new drywall to match the existing drywall once I figure out how to do it.
You'll probably want to make the joint flat and clean by removing the texture where the new meets old. Otherwise your tape joint will be crap and you'll have a built-up area where the 2 meet.
You'll probably want to make the joint flat and clean by removing the texture where the new meets old. Otherwise your tape joint will be crap and you'll have a built-up area where the 2 meet.
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And since you did it yourself, you would never un-see the bump in the wall there.
"Slap brush" you mean stomp, crowsfoot or double crowsfoot?
Yes cut a line in the texture then scrape to it
And since you did it yourself, you would never un-see the bump in the wall there.
That's a great way to put it.
I suggest paying someone to come tape and texture. It's not a quick skill to learn, and those that do it for a living can knock it out in no time at all - usually for cheap as quick side job. As 00Tec said, you will see every fault in the job if you do it yourself.
Sigh, this project just got longer/messier. Scraping texture off every place the new drywall meets old - corners, ceiling and the single butt joint - is going to suck. Oh well, I suspected as much. Thanks for the advice and textured walls suck.
"Slap brush" you mean stomp, crowsfoot or double crowsfoot?
Maybe? Every time I have found a picture that seems to match my current texture, it seems to be called slap brush. All I know is it is put on with a brush:
https://danthedrywallman.com/images/slap-brush-texture.jpg
I have some taping and texturing to do in the near future. I've never been great at it, and always see even the smallest defects and imperfections.
I'm going to check out some Youtube videos, that way I can be Youtube certified.
That slap brush texturing is what I have.... looking forward to hearing your experience.
I suggest paying someone to come tape and texture. It's not a quick skill to learn, and those that do it for a living can knock it out in no time at all - usually for cheap as quick side job. As 00Tec said, you will see every fault in the job if you do it yourself.
While that would be easier, drywall finishing is one of those things I have never really learned to do. I figure I should learn and this is a very small job. We're talking just 5ft of new wall.
Use a flashlight hello at a steep angle against the wall to highlight your mud and texture work BEFORE you paint it. The flashlight will show you everything you did that still needs work. DIY drywall is often done after work, at night. Once done, and you open up the windows and that natural light comes pouring in from any adjacent windows and it looks terrible. That's why you check with a flashlight first. Any seam you are mudding should be feathered out at least 6" on either side, and honestly probably even further if you're new, to avoid looking like you have worms all over the wall.
Sigh, this project just got longer/messier. Scraping texture off every place the new drywall meets old - corners, ceiling and the single butt joint - is going to suck. Oh well, I suspected as much. Thanks for the advice and textured walls suck.
Maybe? Every time I have found a picture that seems to match my current texture, it seems to be called slap brush. All I know is it is put on with a brush:
https://danthedrywallman.com/images/slap-brush-texture.jpg
It's also called stomp. Slap brush is more of a category of texture that stomp, stipple, crows foot and double crowsfoot fall under. Stomp and stipple use the same brush with different pressure. Crows foot is a brush with the bristles running parallel to the wall surface. Double is 2 brushes attached to eachother.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/ANVIL-5-in-Horse-Hair-Stippling-Texture-Brush-82032/308729557
Here's the brush you need.
Buy a solid, non extension pole that you can reach all your spots with. You'll be beating it up so make sure it's not a cheap broom handle.
Buy a paddle mixer and mud in the bucket or a clean 5gal and a box of mud. Add about 1.5 liter of water per box of mud. Mix thoroughly with the paddle mixer.
If you have a small area, slap the brush on the surface of the mud bucket then on the wall hard enough to make the bristles bend. repeat until the entire surface is covered. It's best to break up inside corners into separate jobs for a beginner.
Larger area spray with a texture gun on the heaviest setting and coat the drywall, then smack the brush on the wall moving each hit. Best done with 2 people as loading a texture hopper alone is a pain.
Don't forget to sand down the texture a bit after its done (after 1st prime coat).
When i met my wife and went over to the MIL house the first time I noticed was her drywall guy never did the sanding. That texture was so sharp that if you rubbed against it you'd be losing blood. So new guy trying to earn some brownie points I came buy the next week with paint and a pole sander, well brownie points and the fact of i planned on being there more and seeing that would drive me nuts.
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