Patching a Hole in a Wall and Using Spray Texture. Tips Using Homax spray texture.

In this video, we're going to show you how to spray texture a wall with a can of spray texture to blend in a patch so you don't see a flat spot on the patch. And to spray texture the walls on small patches, we like using a product called Homeax. And it's a wall texture product. And this texture product right here has a dial that you can turn to give yourself a light orange peel texture or a heavy orange peel texture. It's very inconvenient to have that dial. And this can itself works really, really well. And to start off the project, we've got a small hole that was in the wall. We've actually patched that hole in the wall and we've sanded it. And if you want to see how um a convenient way to make a patch like that, we have a video to show you how to patch a hole in the wall. So, we've got the patch the patch is dry and it's sanded. Now, we're going to begin spray texturing our wall with our Homeax spray texture. And the spray texture is um definitely send some overspray and some droplets out that you don't want to get on your carpet or baseboard. So, we use a u 3M hand masker and we just take 9 in paper and 1 in tape. And we're just going to put a paper down here. Just set that down there. And that's going to keep any texture from falling on your carpet or your base. Then we usually set another piece just a little bit down from the wall right there. And if you want to make sure you don't get anything if you don't have a lot of experience with the spray cans, then just put a second row. And then we start off with the the can. And this can should be at room temperature. If it's not at room temperature, they don't spray very well. So if it's been sitting outside in a garage or if it's really cold, a convenient way to heat up the can is just uh run a sink full of hot water, set the can in hot water, let it set there, and warm up. And the warmer the can is, the easier it comes out and sprays. And so we've got a c a can of texture. It's at room temperature now and it sprays really well. And if you're unfamiliar with spraying these cans, it's really good to practice with them first. Take a piece of cardboard and spray it on a piece of cardboard. Prior to spraying, I always get myself a 5gallon bucket. I'm going to test my spray can by spray it in a five gallon bucket. And I can see that it's spraying well. And it's coming out and flowing pretty good. And you can practice in a in a 5gallon bucket spraying it just to make sure that it's spraying the texture you like. And or you can spray it on your paper here and look at it if that's the texture that you like and it's going to match that wall. If not, we'll just turn this dial to make it heavier or lighter. I got it right in the middle. The middle setting. It's straight up and down. And that's the setting that's going to look the nicest. And we're going to start from the middle. I'm going to spray from the middle quickly and just do a circular pattern. And I'm going to try to fade it out really quick. And you got to be really quick. If it gets too heavy, the texture will run. And I like using a oilbased product. This oil-based product dries in 5 minutes and you're less likely to get runs. They sell a product that's a water-based product, but it really has a tendency to come out too heavy and it has a tendency to run and then you can't sand it quickly and paint it. We want to be able to paint it quickly and be done with this project going to the next project. So, I start off. I've tested it out. It's framed good for me. And so, I'm going to start in the middle and just do a quick circular pattern. So, I go and I want to get the right distance. If I'm too close, it's going to be too heavy. I'm going to stand back about a foot and just like that. It's just a little circular pattern. I can look at it, see if it's too heavy or too light. And if I need to put on a little bit more, I can just put on just a little bit more. And less is better because if there's not enough, you can go back and put just a slight bit more. If you put too much on to begin with, you're going to have to sand it all off and redo it again. But that looks pretty good right there. And then if we'll let it dry about 5 minutes. And if the pattern on the wall looks like it's a little bit flatter, we just take a sanding sponge and we'll just rub the sanding sponge over it very, very lightly just to knock down any heavy little spots on it. And then it's ready to paint. And that's how you spray texture a wall, a patch in a wall. So, it's been about 5 minutes now. Our spray texture is dry. And we've just got a sanding sponge right here. And we're just going to There's just a few little um sharp points and stuff on that. So, we're just going to take our sanding sponge and just lightly rub it over it just to knock down any of the little heavy spots. And it looks flat. Looks like the texture on the wall, it's blended in, faded out nicely. So, you won't see um the patch very well at all. And now that I'm all done, I don't I don't need my can anymore. This can, if you don't get rid of the texture inside the tube, it's going to ruin the can. So, you always want to turn it upside down and spray it till air comes out of the can. And once air comes out of the can, it's good to go. Put it away from