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<blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 187817" data-attributes="member: 3373">Personally, I thought finishing the drywall in an area like a bedroom is fairly easy. Buy premixed mud and a couple good trowels and have at it. Make sure that at least the last coat is lightweight, sands easier. Take your time and realize that a seam with too much mud is better than not enough. Bumps don't show shadows as easily as dips. For a seam the final width should be about 2-3', corners 15-18&quot; for each corner, not total. Finally, ridges sand out easily, gouges or scratches not so easily.If you have access to an air compressor I would guess you could rent a texturizing machine. They're nothing more than a bucket with a nozzle. The air pressure forces the mixture and you spray it on the wall. Can't imagine that there isn't a youtube to show this. To start spray some on a scrap piece of drywall. Doesn't take much practice to become proficient. This mud mixture needs to be watered down some so it will flow out of the bucket.Then again, if your wife has a tendency to not trust your work like mine, then it might be easier and less of a headache to just hire it done. Don't think the cost would be much as the heavy work is already done. For a professional, rooms that size wouldn't take them a full day/coat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retired Educator, post: 187817, member: 3373"] Personally, I thought finishing the drywall in an area like a bedroom is fairly easy. Buy premixed mud and a couple good trowels and have at it. Make sure that at least the last coat is lightweight, sands easier. Take your time and realize that a seam with too much mud is better than not enough. Bumps don't show shadows as easily as dips. For a seam the final width should be about 2-3', corners 15-18" for each corner, not total. Finally, ridges sand out easily, gouges or scratches not so easily. If you have access to an air compressor I would guess you could rent a texturizing machine. They're nothing more than a bucket with a nozzle. The air pressure forces the mixture and you spray it on the wall. Can't imagine that there isn't a youtube to show this. To start spray some on a scrap piece of drywall. Doesn't take much practice to become proficient. This mud mixture needs to be watered down some so it will flow out of the bucket. Then again, if your wife has a tendency to not trust your work like mine, then it might be easier and less of a headache to just hire it done. Don't think the cost would be much as the heavy work is already done. For a professional, rooms that size wouldn't take them a full day/coat. [/QUOTE]

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