How To Smooth Textured Walls Without Sanding

Fill a pump sprayer with water and spray the entire wall evenly to soften the texture.

The compound is filling the voids that around the raised surfaces in the existing texture. How do you smooth textured walls without sanding? You may have to spray the wall two or three times in.

For plaster walls, it can take heavy continual sanding to remove the textured paint.

Soak and scrape unpainted texture to prep and protect, cover the floor with a canvas drop cloth and tape up exposed trim. Choose a sandpaper that is 120 to 150 grit to ensure surface abrasion without damaging the drywall. All surfaces must be cleaned with tsp just as if you were going to paint to insure positive adhesion of the paste/joint compound to the existing wall finish.

In the living room & dining room i have small popcorn, and in the kitchen i have big sand swirl.

As it dries, you can knock off small imperfections with the edge of the putty knife. Apply a first rough coat of joint compound. Dampen the surface using a large wet sponge.

If your walls were textured using plaster, water won’t help it.

For plaster walls , it can take heavy continual sanding to remove the textured paint. Living room & dining room. Once this has been completed, it is advisable to apply artex easifix primer liberally to the surface and allow to dry.

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Starting at the top of the wall, scrape the softened texture. Each coat of mud should be smoothed in the same direction as it was applied onto the wall with the roller. Gently sand the surface of the wall with sandpaper.