Creating a nice wall texture can be a challenge.
Orange peel ceiling paint.
There are actually quite a few different reasons as to why someone would want to spray an orange peel onto their walls or ceilings.
The primer covers the plaster used to create the orange peel texture and seals the wall treatment.
Orange peel is typically the result of improper painting technique and is caused by the quick evaporation of thinner incorrect spray gun setup e g low air pressure or incorrect nozzle spraying the paint at an angle other than perpendicular or applying excessive paint.
You will need to prime the walls ahead of time so that the texture has a smooth dirt free surface to stick to.
An orange peel paint roller is used in the same manner as any other paint roller.
Keep moving the gun.
An orange peel texture looks exactly as it sounds it resembles the peel of an orange.
Kinda just suck it up diane first world problem drama queen.
Use a medium nap roller to roll two coats of drywall primer over the orange peel wall treatment.
My home has orange peel textured walls and knockdown ceilings.
Using cans of spray texture can also be a mess.
You may need a stepladder depending upon the ceiling height.
Apply the orange peel to the ceiling keeping the gun between 3 and 4 feet away from the ceiling at all times.
However there is a method that doesn t involve spraying.
Fill the well of a paint tray about halfway with drywall mud that has been thinned to a consistency slightly.
Allow each layer to dry from 2 to 4 hours.
Just one big cellulite cavern really with a front door.