Walls acquire an all new character when adorned with varied textures. One such type of textures is drywall texture that uplifts the beauty of interior to several notches. Read ahead to know all about drywell textures and how can they transform plain and bland spaces into exotic interiors.
Knife or trowel
Using a knife or a trowel renders excellent drywall texture that can be made in patterns of arcs, swirls, ridges or creases. Their effect would depend on the size and spacing of the pattern. Knives and trowels of different sizes will leave a different and unique impact.
Roller
Rollers render a comparatively smooth and even finishing to drywall textures. They also enable quick and rapid texturing without any visible disparities. Varieties of textured rollers are also available in hardware shops that would impart a unique pattern to walls.
Spray gun
A spray gun is used to spray the texture-giving compound for an endearing splattering effect on the walls. The final pattern and finishing effect would depend on the nozzle size of the spray guns along with its distance from the wall at the time of spraying.
Brush
Hand brushes are the conventional tool to obtain drywall textures. After one evenly-applied coat of texturing compound, a hand brush dipped into the compound can be twisted and turned to give the desired effect.
Combination of different tools
Some complicated drywell textures can be only obtained with the use of multiple tools. One such texture is ‘knockdown texture’ that involves multileveled texturing like spraying, scraping, and knocking down with a trowel.
Professional machines
There are plenty of texturing machines that help in giving immaculate finish to the drywall textures. These machines include air brushes, hoppers, splattering nozzles etc that are used for texturing larger and expansive walls.
In-paint texturing
For lighter texturing, fine texture granules can be added to prepared paint solution and then applied in a normal way. This serves the dual task of texturing along with painting.
Hand applied texturing
Keeping all texturing tools aside, let sheer imagination and creativity inspire your hand to get some amazing drywall textures.
Source: MagicBricks.com Bureau