6 Unique And Different Ceiling Texture Types
If you are upto decorating or renovating your house then you should never turn a blind eye to the fifth wall of the room, yes, the ceiling!
Ceiling textures are profoundly known for their soundproofing effect and also help in disguising and blending the imperfections or messy patches if any.
However, when it comes to decorate the ceiling, majority of people go for smooth or basic textures, but the creative ones, the ones who love to innovate and improvise will surely like the various ceiling textures extending beneath
1) Skip Trowel Ceiling Texture
This happens to be the most popular and desired ceiling texture in major parts of The United States and Kingdom and can be seen only in high-end houses of the world.
On the other hand, the Skip Trowel texture process involves no professional skill or expensive materials; you would just need fine sand, an all purpose adhesive compound and water. Then just spread the created paste according to the look you desire!
2) Knockdown Ceiling Texture
This texture is a bit more customary sort as the technique is time and cost productive. This can be done by stirring water with any drywall or joint compound to make it of smooth viscosity.
Then the residue can be spread upon the ceiling which will end up forming stalactites as the compound dries. The stalactites are then knocked down with a plastic knockdown knife. Thereby, if you want to give your ceiling a different look in a day, this is for you.
3) Orange Peel Ceiling Texture
This ceiling texture involves the style of finish that found its origin from careless painting techniques and chemical imbalances depending on room temperature. Whereas, now this texture finish is used to decorate and give the surface an unique and abstract look.
It looks exactly, as its name suggests, like the peel of an orange, also known as eggshell finish depending upon the viscosity of the joint compound. It can be done by applying too less or too much of the texture paint by a spraying gun.
4)Swirled Ceilings Texture
This kind of texture has swirled or semi-circular patterns across the ceiling, exactly as implied by its name. This sort of finish can mostly be seen on the ceilings and are also done on the walls of public or government apartments.
The sand used in this texture has to be extremely thin as compared to the sand used in other types of textures. The diameter of the swirls are directly proportional to the length of brush used to make patterns.
5) Fish Scale Ceilings Texture
This texture is also known as half-swirl texture depending upon the patterns you desire. Fish-scale texture is usually preferred for its unique and abstract finish which makes it a lot observable.
The technique of this texture is not so difficult but making a professional do it will always be a better move.
6) Dropped/Suspended Ceilings
The last texture of this particular but the most opted sort of ceilings texture as it has a wide variety of styles. This texture is also known as False Ceilings texture as it happens to be a bit suspended to the original ceiling. This texture can also be deemed a bit expensive but it would surely depend upon the material you choose. The most long-lasting and reliable material is Gypsum but there is a huge range of alternate materials used for ceiling textures.
Thereby, considering one ceiling texture as the best would be injustice to other ceiling textures. You can choose any of the aforementioned textures according to your suitability.
