What kind brand and type of materials do you guys use? I suspect my shadows might be bad paint I use a product called ICI Texture undercoat, I have a good sprayer(graco mark V, fresh tip) even coverage, and generous spray. Let yours develop through practice practice practice. If you ask a hundred different drywallers, you will get a hundred different ways of doing texture. If I have big flat spots in my knockdown (cuz I knifed it too wet) I will come back and spit a little more in those areas after it dries to even out the overall look. Use good paint, its worth the cost.ΔΆ coats of texture is ok I guess, but probably not neccesary if you do the first one right and you aren't trying to cover up a shoddy tape/ finish job. You can go up from there depending on price range and overall quality. 1 coat of primer, 2 coats of paint is standard. It will tell you the approximate coverage of the paint- usually 350 to 400 square feet per gallon. If you have high and low spots, your hanging and finishing skills aren't what you say they are. I use a 24" knock down knife with a long handle and it works well for me. 15 to 20 minutes is a round estimate, but it depends a lot on temp and humidity. Dry enough to knock down without leaving knife edges, flat spots, or drag marks, but still damp enough to manipulate. If the mud is at the right dryness, you can knock it down in several directions and it will look great. "too much "direction" in knockdown pattern" The question halfway answers itself. (actually I always do this before painting.) A very light sanding will work too, but it softens the look of the texture as well. You can come back when it is 100% dry and wipe the flakiness off with a slightly damp cloth. You want it to be just a little flakey when you knock it down, thats how you know it is dry enough IMO. After spraying the last section, I clean out my gun while waiting for it to be dry enough to knock down. It also gives your shoulders a break from that hopper gun. When I finish spraying section 3, I knock down section 2 and so on. When I finish spraying section two, I knock down section 1. What I do is lay out sections that take me 15 minutes or so to spray. "texture drying too fast" This one kind of answers itself. I don't understand what you mean by "darker colored areas" Is this after the tex is dry? After painting? I assume you are talking specifically about knockdown texture: The way your question is worded, it sounds like all you need to do is practice more, but let me try to be more helpful. How could I if I have never seen it? I assume you are a beginer because I consider myself a novice when it comes to drywall finishing and I can answer every question you have here with ease.
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