Ceiling textures and patterns can be created with a variety of hand tools.
Create custom patterns and textures in a smooth ceiling to change the look and feel of your home. Special tools are available to help create these patterns and textures.
Texturing Comb
A texturing comb is a tool with fine, sometimes sharp, teeth that are dragged through a wet ceiling to create a pattern. The comb is often used to create smooth textured patterns in formal ceiling areas like the areas around a chandelier.
Roller
Rollers are an easy tool to use to create uniform texture patterns quickly. Rollers are available in a wide variety of styles that produce different patterns and textures. Rollers leave a subtle textured pattern on the ceiling by raising the Sheetrock mud as it moves along the surface. Faux finish rollers have designs that stamp a pattern to the ceiling and can be used with thick texture paint, Sheetrock mud or standard paint. To create a faux finish that mimics the look of texture, a smooth base coat is necessary with accent colors layered on top.
Trowel
professionals often use a painter's trowel to create custom in the ceiling. A trowel has a flat end that is pressed into or dragged through the Sheetrock mud or textured paint on the ceiling leaving the desired pattern.
Sponge
A sponge can be used to stamp a pattern into the ceiling. Any sponge can be used to create a ceiling pattern. Sponges are available with specific patterns on their surface and you can cut patterns from the sponge by hand.
Brush
A paint brush or textured drywall brush can be used to create several ceiling texture patterns and faux finishes. Use the brush in a stamping motion that pulls the Sheetrock mud from the ceiling leaving a raised pattern to create textured patterns. Textured patterns can also be produced by dragging a dry brush across the wet ceiling leaving a swirling pattern. Create a faux finish by painting a solid bottom coat and adding accent colors in a pattern on top.
Sprayer
Several sprayers are available to apply raised texture patterns to a ceiling. Sprayers are the most common tool used to create the popcorn ceiling texture. Aerosol cans are also available that spray a decorative textured pattern on the ceiling, but these cans do not cover large areas, so they are better for small repairs.
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