Has anyone used textured interior paint? What brands/ types of textures are available? (Valspar, floor)
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I bought some stuff at Lowe's to mix with paint that basically looked like sand. After I painted with it I hated it. It gave the walls a sandpaper feel and made them impossible to clean. I ended up sanding every bit of it back off. I do have a friend who creates texture by mixing drywall mud with water and rolling it on the walls. It looks good as long as it's not mixed too thick.
I used a crackling paint texture. You paint a dark color, then the crackling component, then a light color. As the paint and crackling dry, the lighter color cracks and exposes the darker under color, rather like old painted wood. I wouldn't do a whole wall in it, but when I redid my bathroom I did all of the towel racks, TP holder, and vanity in it. I was doing a beachy bathroom (I made a tile picture of dolphins leaping, surrounded it with 'bubbly' looking blue tile, and used the sanded grout with inserted seashells for the wall and the floor tile). The 'driftwood' crackled towel racks and vanity really made it look like it was right on the beach!
A friend of mine bought a nightclub and we used the thickener wall texture to have raised designs on a few of the walls, and then painted them. It actually made the walls seem further away!
I think texturized accents are good and add interest, but should not be used all over a room, unless you are going for a specific look or theme.
I too bought the stuff you mix in with the paint to give it texture. it was horrible looking. We had to cover patches in drywall and I thought it would cover it better.
Someone bought the house though.
I am using Valspar smooth textured paint available at Lowes. You trowel it on like venetian plaster, but it is a much easier one-step process. You do not have to prime first, and it covers the imperfections in my old walls with no muss no fuss. It looks great. It is precolored right in the texture so you do not have to paint afterwards, but is only available in a 12 or so colors, mostly light neutral colors. I started just doing it in my guest bathroom, and now I am doing the whole house.
I have also used the sand mixture as another poster mentioned. I like it personally, but it took a lot more paint/mixture than what the directions say .As another poster said, it is hard to clean, but you are supposed to seal it once you are finished. I also used a stucco like finish that I liked very much. It does take more time and it is not for everyone. One of the reasons why I used these type of applications was because I had wallpaper that would not come off. I wanted to paint over it without having seams showing and I didn't want to spackle over the seems either. It works great, just have to decide if you like the look or not and play around with it until you get your desired look.
I have also used a shimmer paint that I think Home Depot has. Very hard to work with imo. I did one room, but you only notice the shimmer at night when the light is bouncing on the walls. You can see every roll stroke/brush stroke. I have tried repeatedly to fix, but I'm a bit tired of re-doing it. I like the effect, just can't get it right. I'm sure I'll try it again.
I am using Valspar smooth textured paint available at Lowes. You trowel it on like venetian plaster, but it is a much easier one-step process. You do not have to prime first, and it covers the imperfections in my old walls with no muss no fuss. It looks great. It is precolored right in the texture so you do not have to paint afterwards, but is only available in a 12 or so colors, mostly light neutral colors. I started just doing it in my guest bathroom, and now I am doing the whole house.
I did my bathroom in the valspar venitian plaster. It looks great and the pearl in the paint reflects the light. I love it! Valspar has a lot of these paints in their line.
I've used Ralph Lauren paint with a sandy texture. It looks kind of velvety on the wall. Be sure to follow the instructions. You must use a their sponge roller, and you need to paint continuously around the room instead of going around the trim first.
I am using Valspar smooth textured paint available at Lowes. You trowel it on like venetian plaster, but it is a much easier one-step process. You do not have to prime first, and it covers the imperfections in my old walls with no muss no fuss. It looks great. It is precolored right in the texture so you do not have to paint afterwards, but is only available in a 12 or so colors, mostly light neutral colors. I started just doing it in my guest bathroom, and now I am doing the whole house.
We stripped wallpaper in the house that we owned and the wallpaper tore the hall walls up. We used the same product and did a knock down texture. It turned out beautifuly. Even though there are only a few colors that it comes in, you can paint over it with no problems.
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Valspar smooth textured paint at Lowes
