what is the best way to texture the ceiling in just one room?

[keakar]

Originally Posted by Elbert Chamblee

I just finished a room upstairs with a texture gun. I just bought the texture in the square box for spraying at Home depot. Mixed in water with a big paddle mixer on a drill motor and got it to the right mix It goes on super fast and you can do a room 10' X 14' in about 10 minutes of spraying. It says don't over fill....well you have to keep the sprayer moving. I ran mine on a pancake porter cable compressor. 23-25 lbs is what this sprayer called for. I did a orange peel on walls and a orange peel knockdown on ceiling. Don't buy the wagner sprayer with turbine....I bought one for a upstairs bathroom project.

was the ceiling knock down a preference or was it lumpy and kinda needed it to be knocked down?

also, you got a tip on recipe how to mix it so its just right? or is it something you have to do some test sprays and take a best guess at?

also, is there a certain distance you found to be the best so it doesn't go on too heavy? or is it also something you have to do some test spots?