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   Canabuild | Mar 14, 2005 05:32am | #1

   The best is to experiment on some scrap board before you begin. I use a marshmellowtown hopper and run it at about 40 psi for a nice even texture. BTW- experimenting will also let you find the right setting for the gun, I usually use the smaller increments for the look i like.

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   TomT226 | Mar 14, 2005 01:58pm | #2

   With my old hoppergun I use about 20 psi, 3/16" tip, and 1 qt of water per box of mud.  Make sure your walls are primed.  Texture will set up quicker on primed rock than unprimed.  Shoot a test on the walls you're going to texture.  If you don't like it, use your 12" knife to scrape it off, and adjust your coverage speed/distance/air pressure.  The more pressure, the finer the splatter and the less strike-down you have to do.

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   butch | Mar 15, 2005 01:25pm | #3

   What Tom said.....

   But the important step here is the priming before texturing

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   FastEddie1 | Mar 15, 2005 03:51pm | #4

   Thinner mix takes less pressure to spray, and leaves a different spatter.  Yoiu need to be consistent in how you mix the batches so you don't have to adjust the gun and compressor from room to room.

    I'm sorry, I thought you wanted it done the right way.

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   Mooney | Mar 15, 2005 05:41pm | #5

   Depends on what you want to call orange peel.

   There are different needle sizes and then the dial size. The amount of paint ot water you add also makes a difference . I like to mix vinyl primer with it and paint the wall with the spray and then come back over it with the desired texture. I paint the wall with a small orfice at 100 lbs pressure . The load up on orange peel is done at about 30 lbs, but pressures dont mean a lot if your material and equipment are different.

   Tim Mooney