Instructions to follow to remove the texture from walls 1.
Remove textured concrete wall.
Either way depending on the height of the texture on your walls it is likely possible to skim coat the walls with drywall mud sand and paint.
Set the blade against the wall.
The blade should create a 30.
Scraping off the texture 1.
Soak and scrape unpainted texture to prep and protect cover the floor with a canvas drop cloth and tape up exposed trim.
Start with a 2 by 2 feet 0 61 by 0 61 m square and thoroughly coat it with water.
Spray a small area with water.
Then use sandpaper to smooth out any uneven or textured areas.
When you re done with the entire wall get a damp cloth and remove any dust and debris.
Break the concrete wall into small chunks with your preferred tool and let the debris fall to the ground as you work.
Fill a pump sprayer with water and spray the entire wall evenly to soften the texture.
Avoid plastic drop cloths which.
Cover the room well.
Ignore any rebar you come across and just break the concrete free of the metal.
On an unpainted drywall ceiling the way way to remove texture is to spray it with water and scrape it.
The same technique gets rid of textured walls.
You may have to spray the wall.
Hold a floor scraper or drywall blade at a 30 angle.
The texture can be impossible to match when repairs in your wall are necessary.
A textured wall not only traps dust and grease but makes your decor look like it s trapped in a past decade.
Make sure it s completely clean before to get to the next step.
Adding water would not soften stucco or similar compounds.
Scrape off the texture.
A thin coat of mud is applied over the entire wall surface allowed to dry and then sanded smooth.
Skim coating a whole room is both messy and time consuming.
Removing plaster and render my way learn how i hack of old render from the concrete block wall getting it ready to be plastered with sand and cement render.