How to Use a Texture Sprayer | Achieve Professional Wall & Ceiling Finishes - video Dailymotion

Shiva Tanamala

A Texture Sprayer is a specialized tool designed to apply textured coatings quickly and evenly on walls and ceilings. Whether you’re tackling popcorn ceilings, knockdown texture, orange peel, or other decorative finishes, a texture sprayer helps you achieve consistent results with less effort than manual application. In this video, we’ll guide you through how to set up and use a texture sprayer properly, select the right nozzle and pressure settings, and how to avoid common mistakes for a smooth, professional finish.

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00:00well welcome back and today I'd like to show you something that's been around for a long time you

00:17may have looked in your houses and seen a popcorn ceiling or what we call popcorn texture ceiling

00:23looks like it's been blown up into the ceiling it was pretty popular years ago even they used to

00:28put coloring in it used to put well still do put paint in it used to put sparkles in it to give it

00:35a different look but this is a unit that did that now it's in a comeback on a comeback in some areas

00:42but it's used a lot for fixing some ceilings during renovations where you're trying to blend in a new

00:49new ceiling to an older ceiling that is a popcorn finish on it I would the real secret to putting

00:56textured ceiling spray onto your ceiling is number one make sure that your drywall that you're

01:03spraying on is prepared properly this is a decorative finish it's not a cover-up so what I mean by that is

01:12your drywall should be painted should be nice and white and the the sanding should be all done and

01:20it should be nice and smooth as if you would leave it the way it is because this is going to go on and

01:27add that texture to it but it could also enhance bad bad areas of your ceiling if they're not done

01:34right so don't think this is going to fill up the gaps where the joints are for the drywall now you can

01:40adjust excuse me you can adjust the spray which is on the nozzle here very common where it is right

01:48now you can see the hole this will decide whether it's a wider or narrower spray particularly if you're

01:55doing a touch-up you probably want it on a narrow one maybe only only to spray where the header was or

02:01the partition for the wall and the how much you spray is determined by how far you pull back the trigger

02:07these do require some maintenance to make sure they're kept clean and they don't get stuck and

02:17then the next biggest thing of course is what we call the soup or the the material that you put in

02:22this hopper to spray it's got to be right all that comes out of this spray nozzle when this unit is hooked

02:29up is air comes out of the center hole the air is coming out steadily and when you pull back the trigger

02:36the medium that you have in the hopper is going to flow by gravity in front of it and then it sprays

02:43out kind of like a pattern and in that case obviously this has to be able to flow down to that nozzle so

02:53if it's not you don't take the time to stir it with a mixer a lot of times the texture spray that you

02:59buy maybe a medium texture you make sure that you add water and you mix it up really well also a good

03:07idea is to add some paint and different mixing ratios there are but you can add maybe some paint

03:16and that'll give it some substance when you spray it on the ceiling and you get those bugs going across

03:21your ceiling and you want to get that spider you don't knock off all your texture spray off of the

03:26ceiling it gives it some some holding factor so and allows you to rub on it a bit so a good idea

03:33is paint and it again like I say it it can be colored different colored paints it doesn't really

03:38matter white by far is the the most common but there's different things that have been at gold and

03:45silver specs were added but in any case that's it to your imagination so in this you have an air hose

03:52this black air hose is just going to hook onto the back of the gun the yellow is the plug just plug it

03:59in and like I said keep the unit here you got about 25 feet of hose you don't need the unit in the room

04:06that you're spraying unless it's a huge room or then you can put a piece of cardboard over it not plastic

04:11the compressor has to breathe but put cardboard over it if it has to be near where you're spraying but in

04:17most cases you've got a plastic off you got the door plastic off because it is kind of messy falls

04:22to the floor then keep it outside the room and just bring the hopper and the hose inside your room

04:27saves you a lot of cleaning because there's no need to have it inside the room it's actually better

04:32outside the room it's not going to be in your way and as you're moving around concentrating on your

04:37ceiling while you're spraying you're not going to trip or run into the unit so you'll put your medium

04:43usually have five gallon pail steady put it in the pail fill it up maybe halfway to start and don't

04:49forget to have the hopper on don't change this hopper because as you tip it up this stops it

04:54from falling right on your head and it has been done where people have put the hopper on had the

04:59hopper off put it back on and had a nice spray over top of their head with the mix so hold it up

05:05the distance will determine how you put it on hold it on and make sure you go on a steady flow all the

05:11way back and forth none of this stuff like this because you're going to get it on thicker and

05:15spots than other spots so you want to go on nice and even all the way across you can let go come

05:21back all the way just as if your paint spraying same idea your edges you can take it troweled off

05:26and make a nice edge to it if you want with your putty knife but don't forget the material does fall

05:32down so it is it is on the messy side so cover yourself up sometimes you can get those cheap fabric

05:40coveralls white coveralls and a cap and you'll be fine and you put this on fairly easily yourself

05:47does take sometimes a couple of times to do trial trial and error but the main key is the mix make

05:55sure you get it the right consistency so it flows down into the hopper get it too runny it's going to

05:59run out the end be a big mess you get it too chunky and it won't flow down in front of the air

06:04the air spray so there's something to give a try to and good luck with it and hopefully we'll see

06:11you again soon and don't forget to subscribe

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