How to use texture paint to give your home a makeover

[ecis2016.org] We look at the different types of texture paint that home owners can use, to give their homes a makeover and how much it would cost

Paint is arguably the simplest and most cost-effective method to redecorate your home. Textured paint comes into picture if you are looking for more than just a change of colours on your wall and ceilings. Texture paint would be the way to go, if you want something extraordinary out of the paint job.

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What is texture paint?

Textured paint is paint combined with some other materials and painting tools and equipment that help the professional painters to create various kinds of visual effects on the wall or ceiling. A latex product, texture paint is mixed with fillers that thickens its consistency. The increased density of the textured paint is then used to achieve three-dimensional effects by way of applying varying painting techniques or painting tools.

Wall and ceiling textures are often created using paint, crushed silica, crushed stone, sand particles, wood, rollers, stencils, trowels, sponges, troughs, texturing comb and brushes, etc., providing your walls or ceilings a variety of dimensions – from grainy finishes to high-shine optical illusions.

Water-based textured wall paints can be used as an alternative to traditional flat paints and these have zero volatile organic compounds present in them.

What are textured paint techniques?

1. Ragging or rag-rolling technique
2. Stippling technique
3. Frottage technique
4. Dragging technique
5. Colorwash technique
6. Sponging technique
7. Stencilling or stamping technique
8. Ombre painting
9. Metallic blocks
10. Harlequin

Among the most common techniques used for paint texturing are combing, sponging, stippling and ragging.

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Advantages of textured wall paint

Not only does textured paint work beautifully on any flat surface, from the walls of your home to the ceilings, it also offers a large number of other benefits.

• Texture paint can help hide wall damage, if you are unable to re-plaster the wall.
• Texture paint can be used to create a wide range of faux finishes, from concrete to plaster.
• Texture paint is low maintenance.
• Texture paint provides strength and durability to the walls.
• Texture paint can be used as an alternative to wallpapers.
• Texture paint can help transform your home, by providing high-shine finishes to multi-dimensional visual effects.
• Texture paint is ideal for accent walls.
• Texture paint does not peel off easily.

Disadvantages of textured wall paint

• It is more difficult to patch up imperfections and mistakes.
• Needs higher maintenance than regular paint.
• Costlier than regular paint.
• Needs involvement of professionals.
• It requires more time to paint a wall using texture paint.
• It is not ideal for high-traffic areas.
• Texture paint is quite difficult to remove.

Types of texture paint

The texture paint effect can be used at home in two ways:

• Hand-applied drywall textures
• Sprayer-applied drywall textures

These two broad types of textured paints have several types of their own.

Hand-applied drywall textures

In the hand-applied drywall texture method, one uses brushes and knives to create patterns with drywall compound, which is a combination of gypsum dust and water.

Skip trowel texture paint

One of the most common textured paint techniques, the skip trowel texture is used to give your interiors a rustic appearance through the divots and valleys in the finish. The skip trowel texture is also a great and cost-effective method to hide wall imperfections.

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Hawk and trowel texture paint

Hawk and trowel are the tools used to create the wall texture. The hawk is a flat plate with a handle underneath, on which plaster is placed in a mould. Then, a flat rectangular trowel is used to apply the plaster to the wall off the hawk.

Slap brush texture paint

The slap brush texture technique involves using tools such as the crows-foot, the panda paw or the stomp to get the desired look.

Santa-Fe texture paint

Considered a low-profile wall texture, Santa Fe texture appears as two smooth layers of drywall. The top layer allows the lower layer to show through in random areas. The Santa Fe texture is created with a wide drywall knife.

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Swirl texture paint

Often used to redecorate ceilings, the swirl textured paint leaves a swirled pattern of half circles across the area.

Sprayer-applied drywall textures

Splatter knockdown texture paint

Ideal for new constructions, splatter knockdown is a heavy-duty paint technique, needing several coats of paint before the texture material is sprayed.

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Orange peel texture wall paint

Orange peel texture is similar to splatter knockdown wall texture design, barring the fact that the orange peel technique needs consistency in application to get the desired effect.

Popcorn texture wall paint

A textured paint that works great to hide imperfections of a slightly damaged wall, popcorn textured painting requires a special texture sprayer with large nozzles. Styrofoam is added to the paint to get the desired look.

Soft popcorn texture wall paint

This is the softer version of the popcorn textured paint, often used for ceiling paint jobs.

Texture painting cost in India

Texture paint can be quite expensive, considering that you not only need to buy the paint and additional paint job equipment but you would also need to hire a professional to get the visual appeal you are looking for. The price of texture paint in India starts at Rs 75 per sq ft and can run up to several hundreds, depending on the type of texture.

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Tips for applying textured paint

Professional involvement is a must: Since the paint job involves a great deal of intricate and focused work, it is ideal that you hire professionals for textured paint work. If you are inclined to do the work yourself, study all aspects of texture paint work before embarking on the project.

Understand the long-term implications: Be advised that texture paint is more of a long term application – the paint is not easy to come off and is much costlier than regular painting.

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