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BEST WAY TO SKIM COAT DRYWALL INSTALL
BEST WAY TO SKIM COAT DRYWALL TRIAL
BEST WAY TO SKIM COAT DRYWALL PLUS
BEST WAY TO SKIM COAT DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL
BEST WAY TO SKIM COAT DRYWALL WINDOWS

Having smooth walls made it much easier to apply the peel and stick wallpaper and our board and batten looks much more professional without the texture peeking through. After the 3rd coat before sanding The Million Dollar Question: Was It Worth It? Lastly, you need to prime your new skim coat! All fresh drywall should be primed because it is porous and will absorb your wall paint.

BEST WAY TO SKIM COAT DRYWALL WINDOWS

Be sure to open and windows and remove the screens to get some additional airflow and a way for some of the dust to escape. I used 220 grit sandpaper on a pole sander to sand all of the walls. I had to do 3 coats on our walls before they were smooth enough for sanding. This will prevent the mud from drying out and it will help the two sections blend in better! It looks worse before it gets better!īefore you move onto the next section, use a spray bottle to spay the edge. The first coat will not look pretty and it’s slightly terrifying-you will see a major difference with the consecutive coats! After the 1st coat. This also risks the corner of the knife gouging your drywall. Make sure you don’t apply too much pressure or you will remove too much mud.

I found it best to work downward from the top of the ceiling and then I would go back left to right to smooth out any imperfections.

BEST WAY TO SKIM COAT DRYWALL TRIAL

It’s really a matter of trial and error while you figure out what works best for YOU! Play around with the angle that you are holding your knife. Next, use your 12 inch drywall knife to smooth out the mud. Roll the mud onto the wall! You want to apply it heavy! It should look like this: It takes some practice, but you’ll get the hang of it in no time! I liked to work in 2 ft wide sections so the mud wouldn’t try too quickly. Roll your 3/4 nap roller directly into your 5 gallon bucket. I used the water and a rag to clean my hands/arms and to wipe off my taping knife between sections. It was so nice to have a ‘wash rub’ of sorts close by. I filled my second 5 gallon bucket with a little bit of water and let my mixer sit in the water while I was working so it wouldn’t dry out if I needed to mix the joint compound later on.

I personally found it best to start slow and mix small amounts of water into the joint compound and mix with my paddle mixer drill attachment. You want it to be pancake batter consistency. Dump the joint compound into your 5 gallon bucket and thin it down with water.

BEST WAY TO SKIM COAT DRYWALL PLUS

Now let’s get to the fun part! The Plus 3 joint compound I use comes premixed in a box. Next, use your 6 inch taping knife to knock down any peaks or high areas on your current texture. I was skim coating in a room with carpet so I laid down 3 millimeter plastic and taped it along the perimeter of the room. To get started, prep your space by covering your floors with plastic (if needed!). I did not feel like I could get a smooth finish like I could with a drywall knife.

If you notice in my picture, I was originally using a Magic Trowel after seeing so many recommendations.

Plastic and painters tape if you need to cover floors or doorways.

Pole sander and sandpaper (I only used 220 grit).

I used Plus 3 by USG Sheetrock after reading many, many tutorials.

It is definitely labor intensive, but it’s doable for a DIYer! Materials NeededĮveryone has their preferred tools to skim coat, but this is what I found worked best for me. The joint compound fills in the low areas of the texture! I was so nervous to give skim coating a shot. So what is skim coating? A skim coat is when you apply diluted joint compound to the walls and smooth it out with a drywall knife. This is what our knockdown texture looks like. I figured, let’s just skim coat the entire room! And that’s what I did. In my opinion, board and batten looks much more professional with smooth board sections rather than texture. The bottom of the walls we did a double board and batten. I knew it was best to skim coat over the texture for the wallpaper section on the tops of the walls.

BEST WAY TO SKIM COAT DRYWALL INSTALL

It is recommended to install wallpaper on fairly smooth walls for better adhesion and so you don’t see the bumpy texture under the wallpaper. We just completed a fun little makeover in our oldest two boys’ room and the number one question I have received over on the gram is “Why did you skim coat the walls?” We live in Texas and we have very heavy knockdown textured walls.