Apply the orange peel to the ceiling keeping the gun between 3 and 4 feet away from the ceiling at all times.
Orange peel ceiling paint.
Keep moving the gun.
My home has orange peel textured walls and knockdown ceilings.
You will need to prime the walls ahead of time so that the texture has a smooth dirt free surface to stick to.
Use a medium nap roller to roll two coats of drywall primer over the orange peel wall treatment.
Do not apply pressure when rolling.
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.
Using cans of spray texture can also be a mess.
There are actually quite a few different reasons as to why someone would want to spray an orange peel onto their walls or ceilings.
Kinda just suck it up diane first world problem drama queen.
Just one big cellulite cavern really with a front door.
An orange peel texture looks exactly as it sounds it resembles the peel of an orange.
Creating a nice wall texture can be a challenge.
And for several years i truly believed that i would have to live with mock cellulite walls.
However there is a method that doesn t involve spraying.
The primer covers the plaster used to create the orange peel texture and seals the wall treatment.
Allow each layer to dry from 2 to 4 hours.
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.