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Painting a wall can take a lot of work. But does your textured wall need more than the normal amount of paint? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A textured wall does not need more than the regular amount of paint. When painting a textured wall, you can use the recommended gallon to square feet ratio. However, it will take more effort on your part to cover a rough texture. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s talk paint!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall Textures Comparison<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When painting our textured walls, it’s important to know what type of texture you have so that you can get the right materials.<\/strong> You will NOT<\/strong> need extra paint regardless if your wall is finely textured or roughly textured. Use this handy Paint Calculator<\/a> to find out how many gallons of paint you need per square inch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many different types of textured walls and we cannot possibly talk about all of them. Let’s explore the most common textures first, then touch on the eccentric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orange Peel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This texture looks exactly like what it’s named after, an orange peel! The texture is small and fine, not full of ridges and bumps. It is the most common type of texture because it is the easiest for drywallers to apply. They simply spray the drywall mud onto the wall with the texture sprayer and voila! Orange peel texture! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as painting orange peel goes, there is no reason to get more paint<\/strong>. orange peel is an almost flat texture that does not require extra tools or paint beyond what you would normal have for a flat wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knockdown <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Like orange peel, knockdown texture is one of the easiest textures to apply to plaster and drywalls. After spraying the wall with drywall mud, creating an orange peel texture, a trowel or knife is used to flatten the little bumps. It creates a pattern very similar to stucco, but it doesn’t have the sharpness of stucco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Painting a knockdown texture is similar to orange peel. However, because there are some more gaps in texture compared to orange peel, consider getting a fluffier paint roller or a paint roller specifically made for textured walls to accommodate for the ridges in the texture. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Orange Peel (left) \/ Knockdown (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Slap Brush<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This texture is created just as it sounds: by slapping a brush on the wall. The drywall mud is applied to the wall with a brush that is slapped on the wall to create a rough texture with no specific pattern. It is a rougher texture due to the dips and crevices created by the brush leaving the wall. There is a variant of this texture called knockdown slap brush that is just like the regular knockdown, only beginning with slap brush instead of orange peel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, slap brush is going to take more effort to paint because of the rough texture.<\/strong> You’ll want to get a 3\/4″ or 1″ paint roller, one of the fluffier ones, or a paint roller specifically made for textured walls. This will help you get into all the little crevices in the slap brush texture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not mean you need more paint<\/strong>. After using the paint calculator above, you should have plenty of paint for a textured wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slap Brush (left) \/ Knockdown Slap Brush (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sand Swirl<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Using a primer with sand mixed into it, a compound known as perlite, a brush is swirled onto the wall, creating the sand swirl texture. This is a finer texture with small ridges or stripes in the drywall mud. Only rarely is this texture very rough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sand swirl texture does not require more paint, but may require you to get a different paint roller.<\/strong> A fluffier paint roller may help you get into all the ridges created by the perlite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sand Swirl Texture <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Other <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Anything other than these typical textures will be a unique texture. Such textures may include comb (uses a painters comb to create the texture), or could be made by any number of techniques and tools. Know that if the texture of your walls in unique, you may need different tools and more time to paint. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any texture rougher than knockdown and slap brush is going to take you a lot longer to paint.<\/strong> It may require you to get not only a fluffier paint roller, but other brushes as well. The brushes will be used to get into the ridges, crevices, and divots of the complex texture. That is going to take you a lot of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d rather get rid of the texture on your walls, refer to the link below about removing texture from walls! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can You Sand Down Textured Walls?<\/a><\/blockquote>