Dry walls and also a lot of air movement through the house can be very damaging to the texture. Photo 11 If the basecoat is done the day or before, then it's important to make sure the sand finish sets up before the moisture is completely drawn out of it. When using sand finish texture, a few things should be kept in mind that will prove helpful. It also covers a lot of ground in a short amount of time. This pad is used to make a crows foot pattern with joint compound, but it also makes a nice-looking texture with plaster. In photo #11, I used a piece of 15-pound felt paper, pouring the sand finish texture onto it and using a two-headed texture pad. I found that when doing work overhead, especially texturing, a paint ball mask worked good in protecting my eyes and face. Photos #10 and #11 show another way of texturing both walls and ceilings. With the use of a hand-made texture pad, made from an old hawk and a piece of carpet attached to it, he applies a coat of texture over the whole wall. Marvin is using sand finish that has been thinned down. Photo 10 For the walls in this house, once the sand finish was applied, instead of floating them down with sponges, a texture was the next step. A difference in the actual coloring will be noticeable where the floating is started and stopped, so once the floating starts on a wall, it's highly recommended to go for the finish line! This is especially critical if color is ever added to the sand finish. It's not that the plaster will be any higher or lower, it's just that in the overall ceiling you will notice a definite line or difference in the way the plaster dries out, so that the finished product will not have a nice consistent look overall. The reason is that if part of a ceiling is swirled and left for too long, when swirling is started up again, a definite line will appear. It's vital to keep a wet edge, meaning he should keep floating the ceiling back and forth, not leaving any edge more then five minutes at a time. If the ceiling is not going to be painted, it is very important for the person floating the ceiling to complete the job as quickly he can. This left a distinct and unique look and it was kind of their signature they left on the ceilings they did. They took a rectangle yellow sponge that was about 8 or 9 inches long and swirled tight, complete circles all over the ceilings. One other crew I met had a really neat look they added to their ceilings. Other crews like the random float look, where no particular pattern is put on the ceiling, just a roughed up look. Depending on how wet or dry the ceiling conditions are, he will then finish the ceiling out with a sand finish swirl pattern. He goes over the entire ceiling or perhaps just part of it, maybe 5 or 10 feet, roughing up the sand finish that brings the sand to the surface of the finish. Then the person floating the ceiling does a preliminary pre-float. They run a tight coat of sand finish over the ceilings, then go back over them with a second coat. Photo 9 Other people Some crews I've visited double coat everything.
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