Comb: This is a simple technique, creating thin lines in either direction, or even swirls, with a comb tool or notched trowel ...

Project Overview. Working Time: About 3 hours for a standard 10-foot by 10-foot wall Total Time: 27 hours, including drying time Skill Level: Beginner to expert, depending on the texture type ...

When you texture the walls of your house, you accomplish two things. First, you transform boring-to-look-at surfaces into pitted, peaked, and otherwise visually appealing objects of interest ...

Material and tools are simple and cheap. A 5-gallon bucket of joint compound, an 8-inch drywall knife and tray are all you really need. Except for a pro, a 12-inch knife is just too unwieldy.

Q:I live in a home built in 1979 and want to create a smoother surface on my walls.They were finished with a textured finish of long strokes of finishing mud, which I have heard called a skip ...