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How to Texture a Ceiling Or Wall
[Home-Improvement:DIY] For creating the stipple effect, a "square brush" which contains "flexible rubber prongs" over the surface of the face side of the tool; is used to lightly; "bounce" off, the textured surface. You can also create the same effect, if you roll onto the surface, the texture mix, and keep on rolling over this until a stipple is finally achieved.

How To Use A Comb To Texture Your Ceiling and Walls
[Home-Improvement:DIY] Here in the UK, we texture a variety of stunning patterns & designs straight onto the ceiling & walls using tools such as fingers, rollers, sponges, rags, brushes, trowels, etc: your only limit is your imagination; but in this article I want to talk about using 'texturing' combs, to create some amazing affects onto your interior surfaces; these are very reasonably priced & now widely available to you thanks to the internet: plus, the methods for applying the texture coating to the desired surface is usually 'rolled on, sometimes brushed on, or even "troweled on' instead of 'sprayed on.'

How to Create a Broken Leather Texture Pattern
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] In this article I will run through the concepts of creating a broken leather pattern using texture as a finish for your walls and ceilings. This pattern is also dead simple to patch in any damaged areas you may already have on your surfaces.

Painting Your Freshly Plastered Wall & Ceiling
[Home-Improvement:Painting] Today we will take a look at an important issue that many home DIY enthusiasts seem to have problems with. In this article we are going to take a look at correctly painting (emulsion) your freshly plastered wall or ceiling so that you don't have any time or money consuming comebacks later on.

How To Mix Texture Powder Correctly
[Home-Improvement:DIY] Texture powder (used for coating your walls & ceilings) can be purchased in many formats, usually in powder form, or even ready mixed in tubs & containers. I find that the best value for money is to purchase texture in powdered form & mix it to the required consistency yourself, besides being better value. Here we will cover the myth concerning mixing.

How To Use A Caulker To Patch Your Interior Walls Without Having To Plaster Them
[Home-Improvement:DIY] I know it can be a headache for most people, but did you know that it is sometimes possible for the home 'DIY' enthusiast, as well as the builder to sort out those nasty nicks, scratches and cracks on interior walls prior to decorating, without having to have the whole area re-plastered. Available in many 'DIY' stores is an amazing tool which is called a 'Caulker.' What is a 'Caulker'?

DIY Get It Right - The Correct Interior Surface Preparation
[Home-Improvement:DIY] Over my 25 years experience of working at my customer's homes I have come across many problems that the home "DIY" enthusiast will undoubtedly face, but unfortunately for some people, there just isn't enough information available for them to complete this all important task properly. What's this task I hear you ask; well, to me it's the most essential part of decorating, yes you guessed right! "INTERIOR SURFACE PREPARATION"!

Home DIY's And Builders Alike, Please Be Aware
[Home-Improvement:DIY] The satisfaction of doing your own DIY can be economical as well as immensely rewarding, especially when you get it right! But there is an important factor that is mainly overlooked in some areas of the world, and this factor also concerns builders too.

Plastering For the Beginner: Where on Your Wall to Actually Start Laying on Your Plaster?
For this article we will concentrate on applying Plaster to a well sealed & 
prepared wall. There is a set pattern that you follow for applying Plaster 
onto a wall, follow this and you should find your Plaster application runs quite 
smoothly.             

Plastering Tips For the Beginner: Once First Plaster Application is Completed, What Next?
Although it is correct to double coat (2 sets) of skimming Plaster onto the 
surface, knowing when it is time to lay on the second coat of Plaster onto the 
first one will depend on a few factors to consider before you can apply this 
second coat, such as, the size of the wall area to Plaster onto, verses the 
drying time of the first coat of applied Plaster. The surface background & 
how it is sealed prior to Plastering it in the first place. The room 
temperature, and even how you mixed your Plaster to name but a few.

Essential Plastering Tips For the Beginner - What Depth of Plaster Should I Apply to the Surface?
It's quite easy for newbie's to Plastering to make the mistake of laying Plaster 
onto the surface very thinly, that is to say, the material is mistakenly scraped 
on with the trowel, instead of laid onto the surface, if this is the case we are 
then left with problems of Plaster drying off too quickly, not adhering 
sufficiently to the surface, besides not having enough Plaster depth onto the 
surface in the first place for toweling up later.