Textured paint consists of resins and additives to soften the paint and allow it to keep its final form after it dissolves. Texture paint adds dimension to a place. It may highlight your pictures and furnishings, and flip plain living room walls into interesting pieces of artwork. Painting your walls with textured paint may take a little more than simply changing the wall color, however, also the finished product may change the entire feel of the room.
Clear the furniture from the living room. Remove artwork and pictures from the wall.
Eliminate the light-switch cover plates and outlet covers. Tape painter’s tape over the switches and outlets to protect them.
Spread plastic sheeting over the ground. Use painter’s tape to secure the sheeting to the baseboards.
Protect surfaces that you do not want painted, with painter’s tape. Cover any built-ins and items you cannot move from the room with extra pieces of plastic sheeting.
Fill any large holes or cracks in the wall with spackling compound. Use your finger to fill little holes, and also a plastic putty knife to spread the chemical over big cracks.
Allow the spackling compound to dry for the time indicated on the package. Use 220-grit sandpaper to smooth the dry spackling compound.
Clean the living room walls with a mix of three parts water and one part bleach to eliminate any unseen mould and mildew. Allow the walls to dry.
Mix 1/2 cup of trisodium phosphate (TSP) with 2 liters of hot water in a big bucket. Use a grout sponge to clean the walls with the TSP mix. Wash the wall with clean water and permit it to dry.
Lightly sand the walls with 220-grit sandpaper if your walls are painted with semi-gloss or gloss paint. Prep the walls for the texture by painting them with an acrylic bonding primer. Allow the primer to dry for the time recommended by the primer manufacturer.
Visit a paint store to possess Venetian plaster mixed with the colour color of your choice. Pour the tinted plaster into a plastic mud pan.
Ventilate the area. Load a 4- to 6-inch-wide steel putty knife having a generous amount of plaster. Hold the putty knife in about a 30-degree angle to the surface. Randomly use the plaster to the walls, beginning at the top corners having a collection of “X”-shaped strokes.
Keep applying the plaster to the living room walls until you cover the entire surface. Allow the first coat of plaster to dry.
Apply another coat of tinted plaster using the same “X”-shaped strokes while holding the putty knife in a 60-degree angle into the wall. Ensure the entire surface of the wall is coated in plaster.
Smooth any high ridges in the wall texture with a clean putty knife. Allow the newly textured walls to cure for 24 hours.
Burnish the textured surface by rubbing the flat side of the steel putty knife in a circular motion across the walls. Wipe the walls with a clean, damp rag after burnishing.
Employ a transparent, acrylic-based plaster sealer into the living room walls with a paint roller. The sealer helps maintain the plaster clean and protects it from moisture.
Eliminate the painter’s tape and plastic sheeting from all surfaces. Replace the outlet and switch covers. Hang pictures and artwork, and bring the furniture back into the living room.