California Knockdown Drywall Ceiling And Wall Texture , How To
Below are good pictures showing you the difference between regular and california knockdown texture !
Before Knockdown 
After knockdown
California Knockdown drywall ceiling and wall texture, is also sometimes called skip trowel texture. It provides a finish product that looks kind of like stucco, but way easier,cheaper, and faster to accomplish.
Applying california knockdown texture isn't hard at all, if you follow our step by step instructions. But you will need some tools, which can all be rented from you local tool rental shop.
BEFORE YOU START ON YOUR CEILING OR WALLS, PRACTICE ON A PIECE OF SCRAP BOARD. GET A FEEL FOR IT !
Tools you will need to rent or purchase:
- Texturing Machine ( I recommend one that doesn't have a hopper for you to carry around)
- Spray Lite Texturing Mud from the Synco Company
- A Knockdown knife ( You may not be able to rent this, but can be purchase for cheap from local drywall store)
- Mixing Drill with attachment
- A mixing bucket
Instructions :
Step 1 : Prep the wallboard – tape it, sand it, paint it, california knockdown hides imperfections on the board, but not a lot. It has to be near perfect or you will see it. If you see streaks in your paint job, you will see them after the texture, preparing you board properly is very important. If your texturing only your ceiling, make sure that you have all you walls poly'd and tape off.
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Step 2 : Preparing your mud – For a California Knockdown you need thick mud to spray on the ceiling. But the mud that comes from the box is too tight, so we have to add water. Mix in 1 or 2 liters of water, depending on how old you mud is. Mix the compound with a mixing drill, by hand would not remove all the lumps. Different joint compound do come in various forms, instructions on the side usually explain how to use that specific kind of compound.
Step 3 : Preparing the Texturing Machine – Hook up and unroll the hoses, hook up the hopper / spray gun and set up the nozzle size. You want to be using a large size nozzle for your knockdown, since you want to apply lots of texture on the ceiling or wall. Pour the compound into the hopper, The hopper is a large funnel-shaped container that feeds the mixture into the spray gun or machine. You should also adjust the air pressure and set a high setting.
Step 4 : Turn on the machine and start spaying texture, using smooth even strokes to apply a fairly thick and uniform layer. I do not recommend stopping until your entire area is covered with texture.
Step 5 : Once your ceiling or wall is covered, turn off the machine and wait for it to set a little, about 10 minutes. You then use the plastic or metal knockdown knife to wipe down, or flatten, the peaks of the sprayed-on compound. We use a plastic knockdown knife with an extension pole in our video. With a soft plastic knife you don't have to worry about pressing to hard and flattening to big of an area. Also make sure you knockdown every area, you can go over top the same area a couple of times to make sure its all knockdown.
And that's it, you let it dry, and or done your California Knockdown Drywall Ceiling And Wall Texture
Wear your PPE – Protective eyewear, Hats and Clothing always when doing California knockdown
