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Great job and great video, I appreciate you sharing both your knowledge and also your experience! What a blessing to be able to learn from someone who has spent so many years mastering these techniques, for free! Thank you for your contribution, especially from those of us who do this for a living.
Hello from your neighbor in Roosevelt. I googled your business name because I recognized the 970 area code 🤣. I was like, "that looks like Junction area code". Getting ready to do my small bathroom walls. I HATE the texture (orange peel) in an older home. I want to do this type of texture to make it more up to date and cleaner looking. Our tile guys left the green bucket of All purpose, so I guess I'll have to use that (since we already paid for it). I watched your level 5 smooth video and will do that before I start this method. Thanks a bunch for your expertise and sharing your talent. ❤️
Great video Guy...i couldnt tell your normal speed from the highspeed part your so quick...a true pro thats for sure...its like the knife and tray are part of you...i hope to try this texture at some point as it looks fun to do...have a great day Guy a d take care...
I like your video on the skip-trowel texture that you have. In order to have no “voids” between the random patterns, should you first skim coat the entire wall? Also, should you do “layers” of skip-texture?
I prefer to texture all the way up to the corners, just like I did around the edges of the ceiling. Then when it's dry, sand the bullnose smooth. No texture to chip off that way and looks better than trying to texture the corner.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Thanks for the reply. I only ask because I skimmed a ceiling the other day and the mud kept breaking up and not sticking. When I patched it the area around it would absorb the water. The same thing kept happening. It was a nightmare.
How much sanding is done on the flat joints and corners before applying the texture? Is it buttery smooth like they would be for a flat finish or just good enough and the texture blends it in?
I only sand drywall enough to takeoff things like lap marks and edges. I don’t sand joints to flatten them out except for a little bit on butt joints. and then I just try and leave the finish good enough for the type of texture I’m doing that day. It doesn’t have to be level five smooth for a texture.
Hi, I just scraped a popcorn l on a concrete condo ceiling and it looks like they initially skim coated under the popcorn. Would I still need to apply skim coat before applying skip trowel finish? Thanks!
I'm not really knowledgeable about going over concrete. I've only seen it about once in our area. But the key things are it should be sound, clean and dry. But you might need a bonding primer to go over concrete. I'd check with a paint store on that as they might have better advice.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY I have another question. This bathroom had paneling on the walls held on with adhesive. I scraped the adhesive off and discovered that there is wallpaper under the paint. I'm tiling about 36 in. up the wall and will be plastering the the rest. Can I plaster over the paint and wallpaper and is there anything special that I should use before applying the plaster besides scraping off loose paper and paint and cleaning the walls?
Thank you for all the great tips. I'm having an issue where I am applying a skip trowel finish over a painted wall and getting hundreds of pinholes in the finish. Any help?
Whenever you apply drywall mud over a painted wall you will get pinhole bubbles. The thicker you put it on, the worse the bubbles. It is the moisture trying to escape and it can’t go into the wall so it goes away from it. I think it helps to sand the wall with a course grit like 80 grit and that will pull some of the moisture in but you will still get bubbles so put it on as thin as you can and fill in the most notable bubbles when you are done.
I had a problem with pinholes when I applied my second coat of skim coat. The first coat didn’t have any. I had sanded and cleaned my walls with tsp before my first coat. Why would I have pinholes on the second coat and not the first? Needless to say now I have to texture the walls because of all the pinholes. I used your video and created my own texture sponge. It gave me a great texture for the walls. I just dabbed it in and knocked it down. Looked like orange skin. But now I need a texture for the ceiling. Hence why I’m trying to learn skip trowel. Thank you for your detailed videos!
pin holes are the bane of Drywaller ‘s. Sometimes you will get them just from putting mud on a little bit thicker, but they just happen as part of the process. You can usually fix them if you want but they are a pain.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY how would you fix them? I have some in a window sill that will not be textured. Do I go over with another skim coat or can I fill them with putty?
Hi dear I have one question please what the best way to put primmer on the wall before texture make or the first thing is making is texture then make the primmer paint??? let me know please Thanks
Nass Bahli when I Texture over an old painted wall i sand it with coarse grit first, then texture it. Green label all purpose by USG has a little more adhesive in it and will stick a little better.
Question - How do I skim coat over a skip trowel texture? I've sanded and sanded and mudded and mudded and the "veins" of the old texture keep showing up when I skim coat. I used thicker mud and watery mud, I've done your roller method and applied gobs with a knife and pan. I little advice would be nice. Thanks.
You shouldn’t put mud on too watered down. If it’s still showing through you are either putting it on too thin, or you’re sanding it down too much. Often to cover thicker texture, you need to put on one coat, and sand off only the high peaks and then put on another coat before trying to sand it smooth.
Great video, Just wondering do you only do trowel type textures? Do you do any spray textures and if so would love to see how to do some of those, especially how to blend them when doing remodel patches. As always thanks
I do well over 30 textures and can match any of them. I will teach matching textures one day. I have multiple texture videos available now on my channel. Just click on my channel name and then 'playlists'. But here is the texture playlist. th-cam.com/video/jed1ObhddZ4/w-d-xo.html
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY what happened at the end Guy where you said do you want to guess what happened? I said that the plastic started falling down and you ran to stop it from falling. What was it bro?
I really appreciate your turorials. On this type of tutorial I feel a little more time on knife diflection during the application of mud might help. It takes time to master what we call imperfect smooth in NorCal. It is a art to get the right texture. Keep up the great videos!
It's not easy, but with some practice and the right techniques and mud etc, I'm confident you can do something very close. It will just take you a lot longer. Good luck!
I actually first started doing this 52 years ago but still have over 35 years experience doing it and I have found that texture names and styles vary everywhere you go. But in my area this is just one of several styles of skip trowel. Here Venetian is put on extremely thin in layers with colorant in it and is made out of a different product overall. It’s kind of funny how names vary everywhere. Thanks for commenting and for subscribing and helping me hit that 100,000 subscriber mark
Awesome videos! Thanks for you time and hard work! Looking at this one, you said you were doing this after you had done the popcorn ceiling. Did you scrape the popcorn or skim coat over it? If scraped, did you skim coat it before doing the texture or has it been primed? The top of the walls are throwing me off. Hahaha Keep showing us how to #DoItRight!
There’s a huge misconception that you have to skimcoat everything. After I remove the popcorn I almost never skim coat a ceiling. The reason this one is white, is I primed it first because I was going to do a swirl texture and then it changed to the skip trowel.
Nope. Most new homes in this area are done with a skip trowel texture. If I build or buy soon I want it on my walls. I hate the look of totally smooth so it’s a preference. Thanks
i also dont like working without music....but in construction they say loud music is not safe...but what is loud and what is acceptable many times become a cause of arguments....so safety managers just make it no music at all...so i stopped working in construction.....LOL
Why don't you use an offset knife? Theres a lot i could say how you are doing it.... Not trying to be rude but thats more like an exterior stucco look. A good skip trowel job has Medium size dots all going in one direction. -Perry
You’re assuming all Skip trowel is the same in all parts of the country and you’re dead wrong. Nobody in my area does it the way you are describing but it is very common in areas like Florida. And me personally, I highly dislike the dotted look and much prefer the look in our area which is exactly what I did here. It’s all a matter of preference.
Awesome tutorial definitely appreciate the hard learned knowledge. Although watching a full grown man in a skirt is a bit cringe worthy, I get the heratige connection we all came from somewhere. Just imagining Germans in halter gear doing the same or native Americans in full tribal gear or even nudists doing the same in their birthday suits!! Lol
Thanks, but why does a persons clothing make you uneasy? Think about that as it makes no sense. Judge me for my character, not my clothes. Besides, it's a kilt, not that it matters. And I have done drywall in my birthday suit....
That Kilted Guy DIY Home Improvement Agreed, just makes me uneasy because I too am a contractor and could only imagine what my clients would be thinking if I showed up in a tank top and undies to do the work they hired me for.. it’s not a personal thing by any means. But keep up the good work you’ve got my respect for sure.
Not really a fair analogy because I didn’t show up in a tank top and undies. It’s a kilt. I don’t get why you say that is such an issue because not one single customer of mine ever has. I’ve been told many times that I was hired because I’m the best at what I do, and they hired me for my workmanship and not my fashion. Now if I did new construction, or commercial construction, then yes I would wear jeans and work boots, but I work in peoples finished homes and they don’t care. So I partly chose this career because it pays more, it’s a niche, and I can work in more casual clothing and be more comfortable. So I’m sorry you feel like you have to call it a skirt. But thanks for the support anyway and you dress the way that makes you happy and I’ll do the same. Take care
@@SF-jr1rt mind your business....the kilt rules! Also, I can only imagine the amount of business he's gotten because of the kilt alone. Love your vids!
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Great job and great video, I appreciate you sharing both your knowledge and also your experience! What a blessing to be able to learn from someone who has spent so many years mastering these techniques, for free! Thank you for your contribution, especially from those of us who do this for a living.
I appreciate that!
Great job being extremely thorough!
Hello from your neighbor in Roosevelt. I googled your business name because I recognized the 970 area code 🤣. I was like, "that looks like Junction area code". Getting ready to do my small bathroom walls. I HATE the texture (orange peel) in an older home. I want to do this type of texture to make it more up to date and cleaner looking. Our tile guys left the green bucket of All purpose, so I guess I'll have to use that (since we already paid for it). I watched your level 5 smooth video and will do that before I start this method. Thanks a bunch for your expertise and sharing your talent. ❤️
The texturing lesson was brilliant - thank you so much 👍
Skip trowel seems to be somewhat of an art. I've seen a few terrible examples today on TH-cam but yours looks good!
Great video Guy...i couldnt tell your normal speed from the highspeed part your so quick...a true pro thats for sure...its like the knife and tray are part of you...i hope to try this texture at some point as it looks fun to do...have a great day Guy a d take care...
Thanks I appreciate that
A big thank you, best video I’ve seen.
Thanks. Great easy to follow video.
Do you find a benefit to priming a celling before you do skip trowel texture?
Thank you so much for the video.
Thanks for the tips!
You’re welcome.
Just IMO and personal preference but using the coarse sand in the mud makes for a better texture from images I have seen
great knowledge, im just trying to find out where you got the kilt from lol
I think 501 tactical
Great job thank you
Nice job!
I like your video on the skip-trowel texture that you have. In order to have no “voids” between the random patterns, should you first skim coat the entire wall? Also, should you do “layers” of skip-texture?
Paint covers the voids
What do you use to color your mud?
Thank you I’ve been waiting to know more about the skill set for a long time
Excellent video. How do you do this texture when you get to a bullnose corner?
I prefer to texture all the way up to the corners, just like I did around the edges of the ceiling. Then when it's dry, sand the bullnose smooth. No texture to chip off that way and looks better than trying to texture the corner.
Do you sand after texturing, before painting? Thanks
Only if you want it to barely show
Is it hard to skip trowel over orange peel?
A little
Did you prime the ceiling first? It looks like you did.
I can’t remember but it’s a good idea on a knock down texture
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Thanks for the reply. I only ask because I skimmed a ceiling the other day and the mud kept breaking up and not sticking. When I patched it the area around it would absorb the water. The same thing kept happening. It was a nightmare.
Hi, do you sand after?
No or you almost can’t see it
Did i need to sand it before paint?
No
How much sanding is done on the flat joints and corners before applying the texture? Is it buttery smooth like they would be for a flat finish or just good enough and the texture blends it in?
I only sand drywall enough to takeoff things like lap marks and edges. I don’t sand joints to flatten them out except for a little bit on butt joints. and then I just try and leave the finish good enough for the type of texture I’m doing that day. It doesn’t have to be level five smooth for a texture.
That Kilted Guy DIY Home Improvement Perfect. Thank you!
Hi, I just scraped a popcorn l on a concrete condo ceiling and it looks like they initially skim coated under the popcorn. Would I still need to apply skim coat before applying skip trowel finish? Thanks!
I'm not really knowledgeable about going over concrete. I've only seen it about once in our area. But the key things are it should be sound, clean and dry. But you might need a bonding primer to go over concrete. I'd check with a paint store on that as they might have better advice.
That Kilted Guy DIY Home Improvement thanks so much for replying, and videos are perfect!
Can this be done over a sanded texture without having try knocking any of the old texture off?
Yes, but I generally scrape it to knock off the nibs that caused chattering, and run over it with some 80 grit sandpaper for the same reason.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Thanks. It's a half bath and it's only on the ceiling so shouldn't take too long to do that.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY I have another question. This bathroom had paneling on the walls held on with adhesive. I scraped the adhesive off and discovered that there is wallpaper under the paint. I'm tiling about 36 in. up the wall and will be plastering the the rest. Can I plaster over the paint and wallpaper and is there anything special that I should use before applying the plaster besides scraping off loose paper and paint and cleaning the walls?
Thank you for all the great tips. I'm having an issue where I am applying a skip trowel finish over a painted wall and getting hundreds of pinholes in the finish. Any help?
Whenever you apply drywall mud over a painted wall you will get pinhole bubbles. The thicker you put it on, the worse the bubbles. It is the moisture trying to escape and it can’t go into the wall so it goes away from it. I think it helps to sand the wall with a course grit like 80 grit and that will pull some of the moisture in but you will still get bubbles so put it on as thin as you can and fill in the most notable bubbles when you are done.
I had a problem with pinholes when I applied my second coat of skim coat. The first coat didn’t have any. I had sanded and cleaned my walls with tsp before my first coat. Why would I have pinholes on the second coat and not the first? Needless to say now I have to texture the walls because of all the pinholes. I used your video and created my own texture sponge. It gave me a great texture for the walls. I just dabbed it in and knocked it down. Looked like orange skin. But now I need a texture for the ceiling. Hence why I’m trying to learn skip trowel.
Thank you for your detailed videos!
pin holes are the bane of Drywaller ‘s. Sometimes you will get them just from putting mud on a little bit thicker, but they just happen as part of the process. You can usually fix them if you want but they are a pain.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY how would you fix them? I have some in a window sill that will not be textured. Do I go over with another skim coat or can I fill them with putty?
Don't like it.
Hi dear
I have one question please what the best way to put primmer on the wall before texture make or the first thing is making is texture then make the primmer paint??? let me know please
Thanks
I rarely prime before I texture. After texturing I let it dry thoroughly and then apply one full coat of primer and two coats of paint.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY so if that wall has old painted do you think no need to make primmer it before texture
Nass Bahli when I Texture over an old painted wall i sand it with coarse grit first, then texture it. Green label all purpose by USG has a little more adhesive in it and will stick a little better.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY OK sir thank you very much for this idea
Question - How do I skim coat over a skip trowel texture? I've sanded and sanded and mudded and mudded and the "veins" of the old texture keep showing up when I skim coat. I used thicker mud and watery mud, I've done your roller method and applied gobs with a knife and pan. I little advice would be nice. Thanks.
You shouldn’t put mud on too watered down. If it’s still showing through you are either putting it on too thin, or you’re sanding it down too much.
Often to cover thicker texture, you need to put on one coat, and sand off only the high peaks and then put on another coat before trying to sand it smooth.
You need to watch some of the videos in this playlist- Skim Coating Walls & Ceilings
Especially watch this one- 🟢Smoothing Out A Wall by Skim Coating it - LEVEL 5 Babys Butt Smooth
Thank you.
Pricing for average skip trowel ceiling (low price to
High price). THANKS
So there was no sand in this? Just straight mud?
Correct. In my area 99.9% of hand textures are just straight mud.
Your mud is yellow in the video. Is that coloring you added for filming purposes?
Karl Armbrust nope. Comes out of the box that way but dries white.
tinting the mud make sense
My guess is that the plastic fell down lol. Nice texture Guy. 😂
Great video, Just wondering do you only do trowel type textures? Do you do any spray textures and if so would love to see how to do some of those, especially how to blend them when doing remodel patches. As always thanks
I do well over 30 textures and can match any of them. I will teach matching textures one day. I have multiple texture videos available now on my channel. Just click on my channel name and then 'playlists'. But here is the texture playlist. th-cam.com/video/jed1ObhddZ4/w-d-xo.html
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY okay thank you
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY what happened at the end Guy where you said do you want to guess what happened? I said that the plastic started falling down and you ran to stop it from falling. What was it bro?
I really appreciate your turorials. On this type of tutorial I feel a little more time on knife diflection during the application of mud might help. It takes time to master what we call imperfect smooth in NorCal. It is a art to get the right texture. Keep up the great videos!
Thanks for the input. It is an art.
This look easy but I bet it’s not I am going to give it a try
It's not easy, but with some practice and the right techniques and mud etc, I'm confident you can do something very close. It will just take you a lot longer. Good luck!
Huh around here this would be lumped in with Venetian (non hack Venetian mind you) the skip trowel I am familiar with looks like large knockdown
I actually first started doing this 52 years ago but still have over 35 years experience doing it and I have found that texture names and styles vary everywhere you go. But in my area this is just one of several styles of skip trowel. Here Venetian is put on extremely thin in layers with colorant in it and is made out of a different product overall. It’s kind of funny how names vary everywhere.
Thanks for commenting and for subscribing and helping me hit that 100,000 subscriber mark
Where are you located sir.what state in USA¿
Colorado
Awesome videos! Thanks for you time and hard work! Looking at this one, you said you were doing this after you had done the popcorn ceiling. Did you scrape the popcorn or skim coat over it? If scraped, did you skim coat it before doing the texture or has it been primed? The top of the walls are throwing me off. Hahaha Keep showing us how to #DoItRight!
There’s a huge misconception that you have to skimcoat everything. After I remove the popcorn I almost never skim coat a ceiling. The reason this one is white, is I primed it first because I was going to do a swirl texture and then it changed to the skip trowel.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Thanks for the information sir!!! You are becoming a hero in the DIY community! Keep up the great work!
Chris McElroy thanks for the kind words.
Are you out in CO?
I am. Grand Jct area.
i thought they do that as a short cut to fixing an ugly wall...i never thought that is done on a good wall :D
Nope. Most new homes in this area are done with a skip trowel texture. If I build or buy soon I want it on my walls. I hate the look of totally smooth so it’s a preference. Thanks
#DOITRIGHT
Awesome intro👍
Thanks! Just learned how to do that.
i also dont like working without music....but in construction they say loud music is not safe...but what is loud and what is acceptable many times become a cause of arguments....so safety managers just make it no music at all...so i stopped working in construction.....LOL
Another reason I work alone and I’m self employed
Bruce Willis is great at drywall too? #damnhesgood
Sure is!
#BruceWillis #BruceWillisLookAlike lol
Why don't you use an offset knife?
Theres a lot i could say how you are doing it....
Not trying to be rude but thats more like an exterior stucco look.
A good skip trowel job has Medium size dots all going in one direction.
-Perry
You’re assuming all Skip trowel is the same in all parts of the country and you’re dead wrong. Nobody in my area does it the way you are describing but it is very common in areas like Florida. And me personally, I highly dislike the dotted look and much prefer the look in our area which is exactly what I did here. It’s all a matter of preference.
Awesome tutorial definitely appreciate the hard learned knowledge. Although watching a full grown man in a skirt is a bit cringe worthy, I get the heratige connection we all came from somewhere. Just imagining Germans in halter gear doing the same or native Americans in full tribal gear or even nudists doing the same in their birthday suits!! Lol
Thanks, but why does a persons clothing make you uneasy? Think about that as it makes no sense. Judge me for my character, not my clothes. Besides, it's a kilt, not that it matters. And I have done drywall in my birthday suit....
That Kilted Guy DIY Home Improvement Agreed, just makes me uneasy because I too am a contractor and could only imagine what my clients would be thinking if I showed up in a tank top and undies to do the work they hired me for.. it’s not a personal thing by any means. But keep up the good work you’ve got my respect for sure.
Not really a fair analogy because I didn’t show up in a tank top and undies. It’s a kilt. I don’t get why you say that is such an issue because not one single customer of mine ever has. I’ve been told many times that I was hired because I’m the best at what I do, and they hired me for my workmanship and not my fashion.
Now if I did new construction, or commercial construction, then yes I would wear jeans and work boots, but I work in peoples finished homes and they don’t care. So I partly chose this career because it pays more, it’s a niche, and I can work in more casual clothing and be more comfortable. So I’m sorry you feel like you have to call it a skirt.
But thanks for the support anyway and you dress the way that makes you happy and I’ll do the same. Take care
@@SF-jr1rt mind your business....the kilt rules! Also, I can only imagine the amount of business he's gotten because of the kilt alone. Love your vids!
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