Textured finishes which you can paint on walls or ceilings are an inexpensive way of covering up poor surfaces. They also give you the chance to exercise your ingenuity in creating relief patterns on them.
Textured wall and ceiling finishes can provide a relatively quick form of decoration. You don’t, for example, need to apply more than one coat and, unlike relief wall- coverings (another type of product commonly used to obtain a textured wall or ceiling surface), you don’t have to go through the process of pasting, soaking, cutting, and …

It’s best to apply a textured finish thickly; remember you will only be applying one coat and the thicker the coat the more protection it will provide for the wall or ceiling surface. Also, if you intend using a patterning tool, working on a deep, even coat of texture will give the best results. Apply the finish in bands across the room until the entire wall or ceiling is covered.
Exterior textures are normally applied with a natural bristle brush, though on smooth surfaces where you want a coarser texture you …

Textured finishes can be applied to bare or painted surfaces but the surface must be sound and, in some cases, treated. You should not, for example, think of textured finishes as a means of covering up walls which really need replastering or a ceiling which should be replaced.
All porous surfaces should first be treated with a stabilizing primer recommended by the manufacturer of the finish so that the setting of the texture material is not spoilt by suction. Surfaces requiring such treatment include brick, render, concrete, plaster and some types …

Apart from the texture finish itself, and paint if you’re going to over paint, you will need a brush or roller to apply the finish. The most suitable type of brush is a 200mm (8in) distemper brush. The type of roller you use will affect the pattern created and special rollers are available to create certain effects.
Sometimes you paint the material on first with an ordinary roller (or a brush) and then work it over with a patterning roller, follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the type of roller you will …