Great timing on the new DIY Home Improvement board.
I am nearing that step in the basement renovation (carving out a bedroom from a larger basement room) where I will prime and paint the walls. This is all new drywall, and I have used two different types. On one wall I have the normal very smooth drywall. In the rest of the room the mold resistant drywall sheets have slightly more texture on the surface.
I am concerned that the relatively smooth mud on the joints and holes is going to be a texture contrast to the somewhat rougher and more textured bare board (the mold resistant stuff). In other cases (upstairs, on existing walls) where I have completed a hole patch before painting I do see this sort of texture contrast: the patch sticks out under the 'right' glancing light. It seems like once the wall is primed, it is too late to do anything about this texture contrast.
Am I making any sense? What to do? Can I prevent this texture contrast, or am I being anal?
Thanks, Henry
I am nearing that step in the basement renovation (carving out a bedroom from a larger basement room) where I will prime and paint the walls. This is all new drywall, and I have used two different types. On one wall I have the normal very smooth drywall. In the rest of the room the mold resistant drywall sheets have slightly more texture on the surface.
I am concerned that the relatively smooth mud on the joints and holes is going to be a texture contrast to the somewhat rougher and more textured bare board (the mold resistant stuff). In other cases (upstairs, on existing walls) where I have completed a hole patch before painting I do see this sort of texture contrast: the patch sticks out under the 'right' glancing light. It seems like once the wall is primed, it is too late to do anything about this texture contrast.
Am I making any sense? What to do? Can I prevent this texture contrast, or am I being anal?
Thanks, Henry