the sorta textured rest of the drywall. So, the first lesson here is this: You need to skim coat drywall if you want a smooth finish. Now that I’ve gotten up close and personal with my bathroom drywall, I’m learning that the above is definitely true in my case. Next lesson I’...
Should we skim-coat or drywall over a textured plaster wall to smooth it out? 0 Is the skim coating on my ceiling ok? 0 Drywall skim coat over painted CMU? 8 Can I smooth a knockdown-textured ceiling with spackle? 1 Skim coating over plaster walls with semi-gloss paint on them...
Which brings me to my next question– my house has shitty textured drywall, and I hate it. I’d love to replicate the look of plaster, or at least something smoother. Do you think I could just skim coat over it, painted surface & all? I tried sanding off the texture with a palm ...