You may need a stepladder depending upon the ceiling height.
Orange peel ceiling paint.
Using cans of spray texture can also be a mess.
And for several years i truly believed that i would have to live with mock cellulite walls.
Use a medium nap roller to roll two coats of drywall primer over the orange peel wall treatment.
Apply the orange peel to the ceiling keeping the gun between 3 and 4 feet away from the ceiling at all times.
Do not apply pressure when rolling.
Creating a nice wall texture can be a challenge.
Kinda just suck it up diane first world problem drama queen.
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.
Fill the well of a paint tray about halfway with drywall mud that has been thinned to a consistency slightly.
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.
However there is a method that doesn t involve spraying.
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.
My home has orange peel textured walls and knockdown ceilings.
An orange peel texture looks exactly as it sounds it resembles the peel of an orange.
Just one big cellulite cavern really with a front door.
An orange peel paint roller is used in the same manner as any other paint roller.