Use a medium nap roller to roll two coats of drywall primer over the orange peel wall treatment.
Orange peel ceiling paint.
The primer covers the plaster used to create the orange peel texture and seals the wall treatment.
Apply the orange peel to the ceiling keeping the gun between 3 and 4 feet away from the ceiling at all times.
Using cans of spray texture can also be a mess.
An orange peel paint roller is used in the same manner as any other paint roller.
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.
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.
Keep moving the gun.
You may need a stepladder depending upon the ceiling height.
Allow each layer to dry from 2 to 4 hours.
There are actually quite a few different reasons as to why someone would want to spray an orange peel onto their walls or ceilings.
You will need to prime the walls ahead of time so that the texture has a smooth dirt free surface to stick to.
My home has orange peel textured walls and knockdown ceilings.
And for several years i truly believed that i would have to live with mock cellulite walls.
Creating a nice wall texture can be a challenge.
An orange peel texture looks exactly as it sounds it resembles the peel of an orange.
Orange peel texture is a splatter texture that is sprayed onto walls and ceilings to give them a texture that is similar to an orange peel.