We recently replaced some drywall and I was very concerned about matching the existing texture in the rest of our house.
We have orange peel texture, but from my experience I have not had much luck matching the texture with spray textures, and our wall was pretty big, so this would’ve been so much more difficult and expensive! I did research about orange peel texture and found that there is a specific product for exactly this, but I’ll go a long way to make what I already own work for us.
After some experimenting and honestly what feels like very good luck, we were able to perfectly match the texture in our house!
Supplies
- Control Pro 150 High Efficiency Airless Paint Sprayer
- Dust Control Pre-Mixed Joint Compound
- Power Joint Compound Mixer
- Clean 5 Gallon Bucket
- Paint spray nozzle – we had this Graco 621, but most nozzles should work!
- RAC IV Hand-Tight Guard
- Drill
- Pre-Taped Painter’s Plastic Sheet
- Shower Squegee or a drywall squeegee if you prefer!
Prep the space
Tape off anything that you don’t want sprayed! Including floors and up to three feet around the area you plan on spraying. There will be overspray!
Test the settings
We played with different settings on our sprayer and eventually figured out that it worked best with the nozzle turned the wrong direction.
We set up large pieces of cardboard in our yard to test spray on before we were ready to bring it to the wall. We also found that the distance away from your wall made a difference. We stood 6 feet away from the wall to get the texture that we were going for.
Spray
Standing 6 feet away from the wall, we started spraying. The trick here is to move your hand quickly and in small motions for an even texture.
To take the stress out of messing up, keep a squeegee nearby and you can scrape off any mistakes and try again! We had to do that in several sections and can’t notice it.
The last step is to finish the job with primer and paint. Don’t skip the primer step! Priming prepares your wall for better adhesion of paint, increases paint durability, and provides extra protection for the material being painted.
