HOW TO SKIM COAT TEXTURED WALLS USING THE MAGIC TROWEL | EASY TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS | Episode 2
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- Hey friends! Removing texture from ugly walls CAN be done! In this video, we show you how to skim coat your textured walls in order to have smooth walls! We use two different techniques to accomplish this task including the Magic Trowel! Watch us as we work together during the quarantine to get this living room renovation off to a great start!
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The wall texture gets addressed starting at 4:37
@Lorena Jaimes thank you!
Not all heroes wears capes💪🏽
Maybe I missed it but what kind of roller did you use?
Thank you
Thanks 👍
One much less messy way to sand, is to instead get a damp sponge, and wipe the walls. It smooths out imperfections from the joint compound. Much cleaner and faster too. Regardless, you two did a great job. Thanks for the video
You saying to do this instead of sanding?
@@Trsyup ...it sounds like wet sanding
@@mariad4183 It is. That what my dad did when he owned his own business. Like the other person said, it’s a lot less messy, but still effective.
@@anneshirley9560 ...I have to try this on my upcoming projects! Have been watching all the how-to videos. Thank you for sharing honey!
@@mariad4183 did it work
Wow your walls look amazing! We are just getting starting on making our daughters room walls flat! Thank you for this video!
I bought a condo from 1946 and I'm having to do this on almost EVERY wall and ceiling.
Thanks for the upload, I just subbed so I can learn from y'all!
Okay same. How is it going??
Just purchased a 1985 home and need to do this everywhere too😫. NOT looking forward.
@@victry1nolan319
I feel your pain, man!
@@tresmith8850 it's been on pause due to some other things coming up, but I hope to resume in the next few weeks. Thanks for asking!
Thanks for sharing, y'all are quite the team!
Thank you for sharing. I just start doing my textured wall and your video made a difference.
Thank you for this vid! I have a house full of this that I’m hoping we’ll be able to start this year. Great tips! Just what I was looking for :)
There are drywall sanders that make things easier. Harbor freight has one with a 9" sanding surface 1500 rpms variable speed sander that extends 5' has a light on sanding surface to highlight high spots and defects. Has a ring around it to keep dust down so the vacuum can suck up the dust better through the 15' hose. It's 150.00 which is pretty good price. Most are well above 300.00
Gosh, its soo nice when you have a man that knows what they are doing lol because most of them they like to pretend that they know that their are doing. But we'll done
Omg this is so much better than what I was going to do. I thought I was gonna have to sand all my walls🤯
I've been trying different approaches in my new place. The first time I tried to do a round of sanding as the first step - terrible idea. Drywall dust is a nightmare and this made a huge mess. And I learned it's not necessary. It's way easier to do a quick and dirty thick coat of mud for your first pass to lessen the severity of the peaks and valleys. Then on the second pass and beyond you can take a more finessed approach.
I'm currently trying to smooth out a orange peel wall room's, kitchen & family room but never thought of water it down and rolled! Great idea for this new sub! Cheers.
Going to try this in our 60s house a few texture walls in the bedrooms and livingroom instead of MDF less expensive way and I just want to try
Wow thanx I’m gonna try it!
Amazing! High 5 guys!
Great video. I found it near the end of my first skim coat...wish I found it before I started. Explaining the consistency of the compound for using the trowel was very helpful. Will try for coat #2.
How many coats is one supposed to do?
@@davidwilder9177 I don’t think I’ll ever do this again 🤣. I tried it on my ceiling and it turned into blood, sweat, massive amount of dust and tears.
You guys rocked it! Well done! 😊
Thanks for the scab idea.
Wow, thank you both ! I didn’t expect to learn how to move a light switch, too. Ace tutorial show. Can I tint the compound as an under base for a colour wash ?
her brother seems chill
If you're having trouble seeing the mud you applied, mix blue line chalk into your mud
Would a stick of chalk work as well? So many times I'll enter the room and "see" something and when I go back I can't find it again. I'd like to do a check during different times of the day. I'm not sure if the chalk with show up under the mud or paint or anything. Thank you.
Use a light instead
Dont use chalk at all.better to get a bottle of drywall Mudd dye
@@pearlperlitavenegas2023 Yes, you use a light but in addition to, NOT instead. You use a light to identify areas that need touch up, i.e., low spots. You touch up those areas with mud mixed with blue line chalk so you can see the areas that need to be sanded/feathered.
You don't use red because it can bleed through the paint. Use just enough chalk to be able to see difference in color. As for the light, the halogen 500w work lamps work best IMO.
@@chrisjerson5622 think you're probably referring to tapers tint or something similar. Sure, that works for 6x the cost.
I think it’s easier and more cost effective when considering labor to just tear out textured walls and replace especially if the texture has been sealed and will not soak up water to scrape. My feelings toward filling the texture is it’s going to be messy and uneven in places. It just doesn’t give that look of new smooth walls. And hopefully later on chips don’t fall out here and there from not sealing good. The labor you spend to scrape a wall is hands down more costly than just replacing.
Hi Bethany, thanks for this. I didn’t see how you prepped the walls for this aside from removing bigger lumps from the surface. Did you mix PVA and apply first? Use a primer from a store? Thank you!
Wall texturing is an excuse for bad drywallers.
totally agree!
You’re so right. Me & my husband just bought a new house this year and are already seeing issues with the drywall and every wall in our house is textured
I hate textured walls. Smooth is the only acceptable option. It will never be outdated.
texture helps hide imperfections and smoth walls are far more expensive to make , that its not very ideal
@@rpainter6862 I'm skim texturing my entire house and it's not "far more expensive" I'm getting rid of the shitty drywall tape lines that shouldn't be there to begin with.
You can apply the mud with a paint roller then use a very wide skim blade like a huge silicone squeegee
Nice family
Me: I’m just going to leave the texture on the wall lol 😂
The studs are close enough to just open the wall 1/2 inch or so and attach the drywall directly to the stud. The box is secured ton the stud so you know there is a stud there.
Closing on our first flip soon. 🤞🏾🤞🏾I can’t wait to try this out!!
This video really helped me cause i wanna get my wall smooth cause living with my grandma she doesn't like changing a lot of stuff or fixing it sometimes and the walls in my room has lot's of cracks in it and the ceiling is kinda water damaged and this gave me a good idea of what i have to do to get smooth walls and ceiling thanks
how did that go for you?
Move
@@Roxas09202 it went well we agreed i can change stuff only in my room
@@michelyn1975 i cant 💀🤣
Thank you sooooo much lol I kept wondering how to smooth my walls I hate orange peel
Hey I’m in the process of DIY board and batten did you have to sand down the texture before skim coating?
Hello! Great video and thank you.
I am trying to do same project at home. Curious how the mud will stick to an already painted wall. I started sanding the texture down to let mud adhere better but it is so much work.
I did not see you sand texture except scrape the high points. Was sanding not necessary before applying compound?
I have the same problem, painted orange peel texture. Did you try scraping the texture first then sanding paint off?
The dust! I hear you 😷
My sander is electric and has a vacuum and bag attached to it so hopefully that cuts down on the dust. Or you could just use a damp sponge. It melts away the access and smooths the wall almost as well as a sander.
Wow, Ithought I did a good job smoothing my wall. But seeing this made me realize I f*cked up lol
Can you paint over the skimmed wall or must a primer be put first before paint? Thanks
Nice video! Never heard of the magic trowel. The only thing I would add is to clean the surface with TSP prior to skimming (I did not catch that in the video but maybe I missed it)? I have seen skim coats "fall off" walls and ceilings because they did not bond well with the surface being covered. Thanks for the vid!
This is good advice. I lived on the east coast and the plaster guy, who had been doing this stuff for 40 years, strongly advised to use a kilz primer before skimcoating for adhesion as well. They do fixes that last decades with plaster, so they know whats up.
The trowel she is using is actually a knockdown trowel for knocking down texture such as orange peel. The end of it is flexible so that you can wet it and knock the texture down. I have one. You can add a pole to the end to reach high walls and texture ceilings. It also allows you to have less marks on drywall compound that a trowel would make on a wall. Its a great tool to use in skim coating a wall.
@Bethany's Home Made Hi! How did you handle the cased openings? I am struggling!! TIA :)
Do you have to sand if the skimming of the walls is smooth?? Thanks
I love the Magic Trowel! you didn't mention applying a bonding agent over the surface before applying the skim coat. Not necessary?
Joint compound already has a bonding agent in it.
Hi! Did u get any cracks after it dried?
Thanks for the tutorial! I read a couple articles that used the technique you used. I had a question, did you use pre-mixed join compound and then thin it out with more water?
yes, we ended up adding water to a pre-mixture! also, the magic trowel suggests a thinner consistency than a regular trowel.
Flip to Farmhouse awesome thank you(:
@@BethanyBrenneman wont you have a lot of shrinkage if you water it down? As time goes by?
So the wall color comes from the color of the joint compound then? Do you look for a white joint compound when buying it if you want your room to be white?
What type of roller you used? So it leaves a good amount of compound?
My husband and I purchased a house. That is from the 1930s our hallways going upstairs and hallway going down to the basement. We don't only have popcorn ceilings. We have popcorn walls. I'm not sure if there's asbestos but. I wanted to remove it on my own.
600th like!!
How long did the compounding take all together? Wife and and I want to paint the living room and the wall texture is kinda ugly
Is it better to moist the wall and remove the texture first ?
My wife and I bought our first house this year. Every single wall of this 2800sqft house is textured!!! I absolutely hate it. I watched this video before remodeling my bathroom. I removed the texture on everything but the ceiling. It was my first time doing that. This video was super helpful and my inspiration to tackle the project. Thank you! Let me know if you want to see it. I can post a video.
If you're willing to spend a little more, spackling compound gives superior results as opposed to drywall compound.
Do you water it down? What brand do you suggest
@@angelicaambriz6789 No, just buy it premixed.
Did watering down the mix cause it to crack when the wall dried?
Oh my gosh most houses in Washington State have textured walls. My brother has done drywall all his life and now after all these years he just does repair work on walls. We have lived in NC and Tennessee and no texture on our walls there. Our house here in Washington State has textured walls and it’s a nightmare especially because the owners before put strips of wallpaper around the middle of some of the rooms. Talk about hard to remove, it’s a nightmare for sure!🤦♀️
What grit sandpaper did you use?
Did you need to put 2 coats of primer before final paint ?
I am trying to convince my husband to smooth ALL the walls in our house 😂. This video made it looks easy!
It’s not 😩😂
What roller brush did you use?
We have a vacuum that traps the particles in water and pulls it from the air as well and cleans it. It’s called a hyla. Glad I have it but dry wall work is the worst ever
The house im buying has plastered textured walls can i use the same technique getting the pointy plaster out w a spatula and adding compound?
did u end up trying
How long did the walls take you to complete?
How many coats of compound did you used per wall?
Can you provide a link to the magic trowel you used? The link you provided goes to a trowel pan. Thank you!
Hey Cynthia! I updated the link for ya! :-)
I'm taking off popcorn ceiling and want to smooth and paint it. Will this procedure you did here work on the ceiling?
I actually have a video on removing the popcorn ceiling on my channel! check it out! :-)
@@BethanyBrenneman thank you, i found the video for the shiplap, but not the one for just simply getting the ceiling prepped to paint it.
Hi Susan not sure if you've had your popcorn ceiling removed yet, be ware if your not already : if your popcorn texture was applied prior to 1990 it most likely contains asbestos , be sure to take precaution . Be sure to look on line , there is a lot of info on its use and when it was banned to when existing stocks were actually in use until etc - hope that helps
@@philrilp1122 I thought it was like the 70s! My house was built in 1983. I'm planning on taking all the popcorn off as I continue on the total house upgrade. I took the popcorn off the bathroom already, but I'll look at the videos you recommended before I do continue. Thanks for spreading the needed knowledge!
@@susannoble4252 I believe it was bnned for ceiling use in 77' and it seems like it was phased out after that meaning the industry was allowed to use up existing stock on hand . Depending on the source some 78-79 ... i ve read that anything before 1980 should be tested or if your unsure . You're prob ok 1983? As a contractor I'd have it tested before touching it from a liability standpoint if it were my place and i lived alone id remove it as if did and dispose of it if it did but never test it , if i lived with spouse, kids, parents , roommates, renters any other humans or pets i'd have it tested. Hope this helps
Do you have to prep the old wall before?
No real prep other than pushing down raised areas. You could sand if the wall is extremely textured. We just shaved down high areas in random spots and got started.
Do u have to prep walls besides smoothing off lumps?
Just close up any holes you might have with joint compound. And take a metal putty knife and knock off any hight points you may have. Skim coating will do the rest.
Hire a professional plasterer and have the walls skimmed with veneer plaster ,usg diamond or uni-ka no sanding 👍
Oh wow can I join this challenge? How do I join in ?
Yes! anyone can join. They are doing one this fall season!
This is my first time skim coating a couple of textures walls with joint compound but I'm a little concerned I'm not doing it right seing as how after the first coat there are a massive amount of ridge lines due to the texture being uneven and some points on the texture higher than others
Skim coat videos on youtube are 95% impression management. That wall needs 2 more skims and another sand and another touchup and another sand and then a seal, a prime, and so on. In other words, bring in the flat paint and setback victory shot
So can you just go right over top the old paint and the old orange peel texture? My house sucks the last owners used these wall anchor things to hand every single thing that they hung up ugh and it’s the orange peel so I wanna redo the walls so bad.
That seems to be exactly what they did. Others recommend prepping it before adding the drywall compound, but not sure if you need to. I do know when repainting wall, you do need to primer again to be sure the paint adheres to the surface. Watch Chris Loves Julia and they did a wall prepping for hanging wall paper. Not sure if they prepped the wall first, but they are good youtubers to watch along w/this one.
Would I be able to do this if I have a dark color and chipped texture walls
I'd watch a few other videos to learn the technique. The Vancouver Carpenter and Paint Life TV is another. Id personally sand down any chipped texture and fill those in with compound and let it dry. You want an even surface before starting. I wouldn't think dark color walls would make a difference. But you might look into see if you need to prime the walls first, but you do need to prime the walls before painting. Definitely do more research before beginning.
It would be helpful for us newbies to know the names of the tools being used so we don't make fools of ourselves when we go to Home depot. Otherwise, the video is spot-on.
Did you do that over the paint or did you removed the paint?
They quoted me 2,400 for a 10x10 living room lol
Mmmm no!
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I used agreeable gray in my last how, and I was so disappointed because it looked BIEGE most of the day, and gray only during parts of the day... all due to how much light was in the space :( This time using Passive gray SW7064 (a very light gray), it has a slight blue tint but seems to say 'gray' looking throughout the day.
Can you add color to the skim coat so you don't have to paint after?
Great video, one note, when applying mesh tape try not to overlap to prevent tearing and a smoother finish.
What's next? Drywall primer and then paint or just paint?
Are these kind of walls the ones may contain asbestos?
Depends on how long ago the house was built. If it was built in the year 2000 to now, your not likely to find asbestos in paint or many other products. A youtuber said the year the other day, but I cant remember his exact comments.
how much water did you use?
ty
Just enough to make it like pancake batter. But not enough that it's runny.
We have this issue. We were advised to test for lead first. Did you have a lead issue?
Depends on when the paint was added to walls. After about 2000, you dont have to worry about that anymore.
What is your interior style? I’d love to know!
Right now I'd be happy with clean and smooth... But I have a few ideas in mind. I just have to see how much expense is going to be involved in getting my initial updates done, first. Including bringing the 1946 electric service in the upstairs up to the modern Western world standard!!!
@@redfonzie21 awesome!!!
@@BethanyBrenneman
Thanks, I hope I can still do it.
On my way home from a Labor Day BBQ, I hit a deer.
So... I'm having to redetermine the flow of my cash, which there's not a lot of at present.
But thank you for your encouragement!
@KTMD
I don't recall mentioning asbestos, but it's been a long time since I posted my comments.
I haven't had any asbestos testing done, so unfortunately I can't give you any information on this.
@KTMD but as I said before, I hit a deer and destroyed my car, so my finances got turned very quickly to other things, unfortunately.
Is this as daunting as it looks lol. Looks like a never ending task
“We really wanted the experience of skim coating” You people are crazy lol
Could you tell me what exactly I need to get?! I have to smooth a small wall in the bathroom. I want to put wall paper and I can’t in a textured wall :( I hate them they sucks!! Lol
This is exactly what I’m doing and why I found this video!
Watch Chris Loves Julia. They show you how to do this to prep a wall for wall paper.
We get a lot of texture walls in Florida because of the bad trade. Construction is FL is the worse.
how can I cut things like wood and drywall without having tools to cut? Just get it cut at a hardware store?
Lowe's and Home Depot will cut wood for you. Not sure if they will cut drywall.
Our 1970’s walls are a nightmare
You skipped the oart where you're cursing out the person who decided textured walls was a good idea
Thank youuu my dad made all the walls textured when he painted the house (orange peel) and I didn’t want it like that in my room he said we couldn’t have it smooth cause of cracks in the wall smh
I'm sorry I tried to do that role on mud thing and I'm old school and it must be a new age thing where you can get used to it but when your old school you know how to do the mud you know what you have to do your experience you do the way your experience but the new style way using a paint roller to put mud up yeah that's the new generation
Skin coating can be simple if your experience and it is no joking it's just takes a little practice using the pain and trial and the right mixture but the new style way they want to use a paint roller maybe that's easy for you or whoever is the younger generation but your walls do look great just have to understand you new generations are used to this way us old generation folks free stick with the regional way I did try it and just like I heard about people get the paper tape went in a white bucket or a home Depot bucket and then slap it on the wall because it's wet paper tape
That didn't even work because there's so much water that comes off the tape and when you throw the mud on later on when it dries you see more of the paper so it's a new generation thing that everybody wants to try to do us old schoolers are going to stick with what we know how to do but you need one
What’s so bad about textured walls? Looks like a lot of work to smooth them. Why?
All I did was sand them down. #easy
I have attention problems and the music is distracting.
I prefer the textured walls...flat is boring!
Scared of going out because of Convid LMFAO
I hate textured walls. What is the point of textured walls? Smh 🤦🏻♂️
Too much music and Too Loud
Content is great but why that annoying background music.
Super fine Crystalline Silica dust from sanding drywall mud, gets everywhere once it floats in the air. But hey, you saved a few bucks doing it yourself right, even if it exposed your baby to a carcinogen.
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