Get your Mind Right, It's Texture Time

What's not right with my mind? Good question, I have been trying to figure that out for years.
If you made this far, you might have what it takes to create a amazing room full of textures.
Well lets do a checklist.

1 I am avaliable to do some jobs,843-997-7249 or rosmundson@yahoo.com
will travel for right jobs and currently in NC/ SC area
2. Your walls are finish coated (gloss is best)
   The reason for gloss is its reflective surface allows your texture colors to reflect off it and
     add depth.
3. Your trim is finished and masked.
4. The floors are are covered and doors and windows are covered with plastic.
5. Electrical outlets, plates removed and masked..
6. You have your colored mud, preferably gloss (washable walls) in the room with you.
7. Texture equipment and knockdown blades in the room with you.

Now its time to get your mind right, you can do this!
Just remember no two jobs will ever be the same
Each and every one is a unique piece of art.

OK , lean your texture hopper in a corner, don't let it slide and spill, and fill it a little more than half full.
You will want to do the room in small sections so you don't get in trouble with mud setting up before you can blade it.
Good stopping points are doors and windows, you just feather the splatter together when you start your next section.

Now walk up to a window and aim your texture gun at the plastic.
Turn up the air pressure valve on the gun and pull the trigger for a quick burst and look at the splatter.
You want a mix of bigger and smaller blobs of mud,so find the right mix.
Too little pressure and your mud will run down the wall, too much and you will have orange peal texture.

Pick the wall you want to start with and splatter both side of corner starting at the ceiling line and moving to the bottom.
Always keep the gun tip moving back and forth while the trigger is pulled.
Continue to the other corner of room spraying texture from top to bottom and stop about a foot past the next corner.

Grab your knockdown blades and get the light spray on outside of corners first, it will set the quickest.
Now start at inside of corner and gently pull mud into different patterns with blades, you may have to give a few minutes to set if its to wet.
Once you have corner done start at ceiling line and work down to middle of wall, then bring blade back up from bottom and overlap,
Make sure to keep your blade clean each time you pull away from wall, and continue until all mud is knock downed.

Double check your work for misses and take a breath, repeat for rest of room in small sections at a time.
Once you are happy with your work then remove all masking before it gets too dry.
Enjoy, for you have a one of a kind room!

Well I hope I haven't bored you to much and if nothing else you know what to look for in a quality job.
Feel free to leave comments or questions and I will do my best to provide you the answers.
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I'm open to ideas on what to teach next, any suggestions.
Thank you for reading
Ozzies Textures

Coming soon, a step by step video download, just in case you want to see it done