The drywall patch where the access panel used to be has taken forever. Every time I go to work on the house, I procrastinate this particular project. Over the weeks there have been multiple rounds of adding mud and then later sanding it down. The goal is to get a fairly level and seamless wall. Finally I am to the last round of sanding! I dust off the wall and use the shop vac to get up all the dust. Now for the fun part - adding texture. The technique is quite simple - set the spray can nozzle to the desired texture style (fine to heavy) and then spray at the wall from two feet away in circular motions. Note: The temperature of the can matters! Too cool and you don't have enough pressure to spray evenly.
The texture looks too heavy at first, but after a few hours of drying it flattens down to approximately the correct texture. I will be painting the kitchen in the relative near future (color TBD) so I just need to prime the area to seal it in. I don't have primer, because all the new paints are primer plus paint, so I go with the Arizona White that I have been using for trim. Finally I am done with this wall and can mount the pantry cabinet after it dries!
The drywall patch where the access panel used to be has taken forever. Every time I go to work on the house, I procrastinate this particular project. Over the weeks there have been multiple rounds of adding mud and then later sanding it down. The goal is to get a fairly level and seamless wall. Finally I am to the last round of sanding! I dust off the wall and use the shop vac to get up all the dust. Now for the fun part - adding texture. The technique is quite simple - set the spray can nozzle to the desired texture style (fine to heavy) and then spray at the wall from two feet away in circular motions. Note: The temperature of the can matters! Too cool and you don't have enough pressure to spray evenly.
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