Anyone spray light texture over 1980's orange peel?

Question

Anyone ever use one of those hopper guns that you attach to a compressor to lightly retexture over old orange peel ( light small blobs)?  The texture isn't bad enough to skim coat, the whole house.  I want to texture match my repairs--moved a window added a wall-- and then do o light coat all over to kind of blend it in and resurface 30 years of used wall in the rest of the house,

Ever done it?  I like the texture now, it just seems if I have the equipment  I aught to "dust" the rest of the house with texture to make the walls look newer.  My husband will do it and he's pretty good at that kind of stuff.

Did you prime first?  Is there a material that doesn't have to be primed afterwards?  Or mix primer with the all purpose compound?  Thanks.

Marian Smith · Answer

Thanks all.  I ask because Home depot's site and amazons have lots of reviews with people saying it is easy to texture with one of those hoppers.  Orange peel is the easiest and I am perfectly fine with an orange peel texture.  My current orange peel is light.  I want to know if anyone has ever done what amounts to a "second coat" thirty years later just to refresh the texture.  In 30 years lots of pictures, posters, towel holders, Etc. have been moved around and there are repaired bashes, and a few cracks.    This is a rental and I would like to do the best job I can.  I assume a pro would cost over $500 and for that amount my future tenants would rather have a dual sink master vanity and imperfect but freshly painted walls.

Wayne Brooks · Answer

Assuming you are doing a typical knock down, which is Not 100% coverage(there are small spaces between the new "blobs" that are knocked down) the small void/flat areas will show the old orange peel on the old walls.  Those same small void/flat areas will be flat/smooth on the new walls.

Tom Goans · Answer

Ask the pros.