Doing some mild interior work, I found a large patch (whole wall, really - about 6.5' x 10') of drywall that was not textured with the rest of the room. There was a framed vinyl cover on the wall for a movie screen. I had thought it must have been applied after the house was finished, but I guess not!
So I am trying to match the texture to the rest of the room. In the past, my experience has been only doing smaller areas and spraying some canned Homax on it or such. This is bigger and I need to get it pretty close. I have experimented in small patches with spreading some joint compound and then dabbing it with various scotch brite pads, etc. but it's not right. I am guessing there's a kind of sponge that is common? The texture is fairly smooth - e.g., it's very rounded without peaks on the individual texture dots (which the scotch brite and others leave behind).
I think the area of the flash in this photo captures it. What should I try to do get a match to the rest of this wall and others? is spreading the joint compound like I was doing a legit way, or should I get something else?
So I am trying to match the texture to the rest of the room. In the past, my experience has been only doing smaller areas and spraying some canned Homax on it or such. This is bigger and I need to get it pretty close. I have experimented in small patches with spreading some joint compound and then dabbing it with various scotch brite pads, etc. but it's not right. I am guessing there's a kind of sponge that is common? The texture is fairly smooth - e.g., it's very rounded without peaks on the individual texture dots (which the scotch brite and others leave behind).
I think the area of the flash in this photo captures it. What should I try to do get a match to the rest of this wall and others? is spreading the joint compound like I was doing a legit way, or should I get something else?
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