name for this kind of textured paint?

[Mr Rex]

Spayed on then "knocked down" with a trowel.

 

[Marcia Langley]

And I guess that "plastic" sound is just a function of the knockdown material having a sort of plaster make-up?

 

[Marcia Langley]

Spayed on then "knocked down" with a trowel.

Is that so it won't procreate?

 

[Mr Rex]

My sinuses are topped up and I type like I talk.

 

[Marcia Langley]

It sounds like the knock down texture that was really popular in the 90's. Knock down is not granular, but as the knaem implies, the rough stuff is shot onto a wall, then knocked down to make it look kinda flat, but textured.

Yup, this was evidently remodeled in 1991.

 

[Andy Taylor]

My sinuses are topped up and I type like I talk.

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[larryhaskell]

Years ago I put this texture in our house by mixing a very fine sand into the drywall material that was like a very thick paint. This would have been in the 70s so it appears that they now use styrofoam.

 

[Mr Rex]

Styrofoam or perlite, which looks like Styrofoam but is a mineral. Both are used because they are very lightweight compared to sand etc.

 

[Pat Butler]

The plastic sound may be because it's a commercially manufactured panelling product. If so, then you might be able to push on it somewhere and see it flex slightly. If they did a really good job of gluing it on then it won't flex. Could also be regular manually applied knock down finish that has been painted several times with a glossy paint.

 

[Frederick R. Ruffell]

The drywall knockdown is simply drywall joint compound that is sprayed on with a hopper and air gun and then "Knocked Down" with a drywall taping knife. IF you just spray it on and do not Knock it down, it is called "orange peel". Once it is dry it needs to be primed with a drywall sealer and then painted. It is simply one of many textures that can be applied, you must just be used to a 3 to 5 coat "tight skinned" finish.