The Best and Fastest Way to Texture a Ceiling. Watch this video to learn how to texture a ceiling (or wall!) using a texture roller tool. Texture rollers come in a variety of patterns, and enable one to lay down texture on a surface evenly, uniformly, and with minimal effort. In this video, we will show you:
- All the tools and materials you will need to complete the job
- How to mix up the joint compound to the proper consistency
- The best way to apply the joint compound to the surface to be textured (with a thick-nap paint roller)
- How to use your texture roller to apply the texture in a perfectly even and uniform pattern
- How to clean up any joint compound that may have gotten onto the the surrounding surfaces
Using a texture roller, you will be able to texture a ceiling or wall in half the time that it would take you to do the job with the pole and brush method. You will end up with a beautiful new-looking ceiling or wall in no time at all! You can do this!
by See Jane Drill, Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved
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Yes….I can do it…with your help. Thank you.
We did our ceiling this weekend & have to say you make it look easy 🙂 it wasn’t too difficult & the finished ceiling looks great but my roller, with the mud always lobbied a big bunch on & then I found it tough to spread around easily & evenly. I got a bit more creative with practice but if u could address this initial glob issue I’d appreciate it. Also, mud started to dry faster than my helper & I could roll a complete section (large living room). Can y give tips on the best mud with slower drying times for this particular project? Thanks
Thanks for all the helpful tips. My question is can you use premixed joint compound and dilute it to the right consistency with water and mix it by hand. ? Using the dried joint compound with the drill and large beater is intimidating to me. Thanks again
Hi Suzanne, you could do that, but it will take a long time. There is another, manual tool that you can use to mix the dried joint compound with water. It’s just called a “hand mixer” for joint compound. It’s made by Wallboard tools. It looks like a giant potato masher.
Do you paint your ceiling after you apply the joint compound or is the color of the compound the final color?
Hi Keith, you can paint it. Some people do leave it as is, though.