Textured wall paint 10 photos: varieties and advantages

Modern repair technologies have long moved away from the use of ordinary paper wallpapers and plain oil-based paints. To achieve original effects on various surfaces is now possible with a wide range of finishing materials. One of the most popular finishing methods is the use of textured paint in the interior. It is a white, viscous liquid in which various components, such as fillers and tones, are added as needed. Let's try to figure out how to apply textured paint for walls with your own hands and what are its distinctive features.

Advantages and disadvantages of textured paints

Like any other finishing material, textured wall paints have their weaknesses and advantages.

Cons of using textured paint:

• Great expense. From 0.6 to 1.5 kilograms of material is spent per square meter of wall.
• Due to the high consumption of such a composition, no matter what price it may have, finishing work at the final cost can be much more expensive than using ordinary paint or wallpaper.
• During the next repair, if you decide to make the walls smooth, use panels or wallpapers, the texture layer will have to be completely cleaned off.

But the advantages of this material are much greater:

• Textured decorative paint Suitable for both external and internal finishing work.
• With its help, small irregularities and defects on the surface of the walls are easily masked, so the painted wall often does not require preliminary putty.
• The surface of the wall is homogeneous, without seams and joints.
• You can work on any material - concrete, brick and even wood. For internal work, it does not have to be additionally coated with protective varnishes.
• Easy-to-use material - finishing can be done with your own hands, saving on the services of specialists.
• Quite easy to clean from contamination.
• It has moisture and vapor resistance properties, due to this it is suitable even for walls in the bathroom.
• The finish is resistant to mechanical stress and weather factors (does not crack in the cold, does not fade in the sun, etc.).
• The composition contains no harmful toxic substances, so the material can be safely used for decoration of living rooms.

Thus, textured paint is great for decorating walls in apartments and outperforms other finishing materials in many ways.

Types of textured paints

Textured wall paint may vary in composition. Different components are added to each type of material to give specific properties.

White paint can acquire a bright or muted shade depending on the amount of color added to it.

In general, four types of textured paints can be distinguished:

1. Mizuri. This type of material is different in that it can be used to create both textured and smooth wall surfaces. In its production, modified starch is used.
2. Marseille wax. This material can be used in rooms with high humidity, such as bathrooms or pools. A decorative wax is applied on top of the finishing layer, which gives it an additional water-repellent effect. With the help of “Marseilles wax” you get a beautiful imitation of a coating of stone or cork.
3. Embossed. The easiest paint to use. It is based on acrylic polymers, in which a variety of natural fillers are added to create original textured effects.
4. Atacama This is a type of paint with an acrylic base. Atakama paint has a good reflective effect, which is achieved by adding quartz sand and special metal pigments to it. With it, you can create a beautiful imitation of velvet on the walls.

The photo below shows different types of textured paint.

Fillers

Fillers to give additional relief and texture to the walls with the help of such paint can be as follows:

• Granite or marble chips.
• Ground gas silicate.
• Sand quartz.
• Metallic reflective pigments.
• Wood sawdust.
• Fibers of natural or synthetic materials.

The final result also depends on the depth and severity of the relief. These parameters differ depending on the size of the particles added to the paint:

• The fine-grained filler consists of particles whose size does not exceed 0.5 millimeters.
• Medium-grained - from fractions ranging in size from 0.5 to 1 millimeter.
• Coarse-grained - from particles ranging in size from 1 to 2 millimeters.

In addition to such fillers, special pigments are added to the paint, giving it the effects of different surfaces (for example, silk, velvet or nacre), special thickeners and even water.

In order not to be mistaken when creating a relief on the wall, you can first practice on a small piece of wooden board. In the next photo, the pattern is created using a special roller.

How to create different textured effects

Decorative textured paint allows you to create various reliefs not only with the help of fillers, but also thanks to various ways of applying it to the wall. There are many options and tools for this:

• Creating a relief with a hard brush, brush. With their help, you can create patterns from stripes, they can be horizontal, vertical or wavy depending on your preferences.
• Using a comb, more pronounced stripes can be made using the same method.

The photo clearly shows how to create interesting effects using textured material.

• Create a stone texture with a spatula. On a thin layer of paint from above with a spatula, strokes of the material are applied at different distances from each other, then they are smoothed with the back of the spatula to the desired effect. This texture is further emphasized using tint varnish or water-based paint. This method is quite complicated in execution.

An interesting effect can be achieved by applying strokes of a different color on the first coat of paint and blending them.

• Fur or foam roller. The rough texture on the wall is formed by holding a regular paint roller.
• Creating patterns and relief using a curly roller. Special convex patterns on such a roller are printed on a freshly applied finish. It is important to conduct them along the wall from the ceiling to the floor so that the pattern does not interrupt.

• Large pore sponge, crumpled paper or fabric will also help to create an interesting relief on a painted wall. The pattern is made by stamping movements. The photo clearly shows how, with the help of various techniques in working with textured finishing material, you can revive your interior.

• Various patterns can even be drawn with your own hands, the main thing is to remember to wear rubber gloves before doing this.

The technology for applying textured paint is not complicated. First of all, you need to take care of accuracy and do not forget that this finishing material dries within 15 minutes after it is applied to the wall. In this regard, it is recommended to paint the surface in small areas, immediately giving them the desired texture. The presented videos will help you deal with this process.