Matching the wall texture

Stan in Oly, WA · Nov 12, 2015

I had to do a small repair---about a 8" diameter circle---on a wall that has a spatter type texture. In the past, I've had very mixed results with the aerosol cans of spray-on texture, so that isn't my first choice for trying to match the rest of the wall. Does anyone have a method you've had good results with matching this type of texture?

Thanks,

Stan

dr sportster · Nov 12, 2015

I have a tool that is like a small galvanized chamber that has spring like fingers inside attached to a crank handle . As you crank the hanlde the fingers will pick up and throw stucco plaster , whatever you use , out of an opening directed at the wall or surface you want the texture on. I have no clue whaT it is called .

MSD · Nov 12, 2015

I've mixed up some drywall mud to a pretty sloppy texture and put some on a piece of cardboard. Take an air hose and blow it off the cardboard toward your patch. Practice on some scrap to get the right consistency first. Pretty hard to get a perfect match though whatever you use.

glennster · Nov 12, 2015

i use a small piece of carpet stapled to a piece of wood. dab the carpet into the spackle and then dab it on the wall till you get the texture close.

Poppa Noel · Nov 12, 2015

I use an old hand held wisk broom dip it in your mud a little bit just getting mud on like the first 3/16 to 1/4 inch of the brisstles. You dont want it pilled on though just kind of light. Flip the brisstles with your fingers by dragging across the brisstles. It kind off flings the mud on the wall in small drops and you can get a spatter effect. If you drag in one direction it goes on the wall drag in the other direction it goes all over you. LOL. You can thin the mud a little bit if the spatter is to big. You can also adjust the size of spatter by flinging from close up to the wall or move further back and you can fan it out blending in with the rest of the texture.
I hope this makes sense. A little hard to explane but really easy to do.

Stan in Oly, WA · Nov 13, 2015

Makes perfect sense, and sounds easy to do. And thanks for the tip about being careful about which way you flick the bristles. My wife already gets way too much entertainment watching me learn how not to do things again.

Stan

Adirondack case guy · Nov 13, 2015

Hang a pic or something over it. HeHe
Loren, the Acg.

Bill in IL · Nov 13, 2015

If you can get it to match where you cannot see the repair you are in the wrong line of work. I had an experienced and well respected plasterer fix mine but its still a noticeable repair.

GlenIdaho · Nov 13, 2015

I've used different brand texture sprays and found the best to be the can which has an adjustable tip. With careful study of the existing and experimenting with the tip you can match the existing texture pretty well. I will sand down an area around the patch before applying any tape, so that it is not raised to begin with. I generally go a little further from the patch edges so that I'm not applying texture over the existing and then feather out the new application. It helps blend the texture and make the patch less noticeable. Some I've done you can't see the patch. If you apply light coats you can build it to match. I also learned that putting the can in hot water to warm the contents and shaking it very well to mix the contents helps give a better consistency which translates to a better finish. Keep the nozzle clean because it will spit globs and mess up the job. Being in a hurry and expecting to match with one shot did not work for me. In larger jobs I rent a hopper, practice to adjust spray pattern to match. Hope this helps.

CurtisH · Nov 14, 2015

As GlenIdaho said, you can get good results with spray cans, especially the higher quality ones with adjustable nozzles. You just have to experiment a little and not be afraid to wipe it off and start again. As a do-it-yourself wall repair person I don't mind spending the time to get it right. Someone you hire to do it probably doesn't have the time or won't take the time. Also, you don't know for sure how well matched it is until you put paint on it to blend it in with the rest of the wall. What at first doesn't look that great will sometimes look much better once it is painted.

Stan in Oly, WA · Nov 14, 2015

Thanks, everyone for good information and good advice. I feel like I can always count on the people on this site.

Stan

Charles in Aus. · Nov 15, 2015

One more method , smear on the texture coat , let harden [u:588b0f80c6]slightly[/u:588b0f80c6] , crumple a newspaper broadsheet into a fist sized lump , dab the crumpled surface onto the texture coat. Try to obtain peaks to the mixture , let harden a little more, then flatten with a flat board, trowel or sponge to replicate the existing texture .

Stan in Oly, WA · Nov 15, 2015

Charles, that's basically the system I use for a texture I've done in dozens of houses (I use a cheap paint brush with crumpled bristles rather than newspaper, but it's the same in all other respects). It won't work in this case, though. This appears to be a commercial texture in which the texturing material was applied with some device which blew it on in globs. The wall between globs is perfectly smooth, and the globs are exactly as they were when they hit the wall---no flattening. I'll probably just give it my best shot and call it good.

Thanks, Stan

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