re: Tips for floating drywall? Update: Maybe ready to prime?

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Might I suggest a light orange peel texture before priming ?

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I beleive that would match the rest of the house so not opposed.

How do I apply that?

Cans are good for small areas or patches. A whole wall or two would get expensive.
Use drywall mud mixed very, very loose. I prefer the green lid as it is stronger than the blue. You will need a hopper and an air compressor. Hopper comes with three nozzles, use the medium or maybe the fine. Dial the compressor back to 30-35 psi and blow a test area on a piece of cardboard or something to be sure you get it how you want it. The more you squeeze the trigger the thicker it comes out. When you get it right, spray the wall in overlapping passes. Keep it moving or the texture will pile up on the wall. The thing is, if you don’t like the result you can scrape it off and try again. If you see a blob or debris - leave it till it dries. Mask off everything you don’t want overspray on. I use the .7 mil plastic sheeting that comes in a 6 pack at HD. Pushpins on the ceiling to hold it. Blue tape to hold the edges. Don’t get the blue tape from Lowe’s. Go to HD. Takes an hour to tape everything off and 5 minutes to spray.
I’m sure I skipped over something so if you have a question feel free.
After it dries take a wide Sheetrock knife or sanding block and LIGHTLY go over everything to knock off any tips and give it a better look.
Hope this helps.
Or, like cgrand said, you can just buy a bunch of cans. They take a little getting used to as that stuff comes out in a hurry.

Mainly, yes. Without it you will see every tiny flaw. A perfectly smooth wall is not appealing. Just looks wrong.

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I nominate 9rocket as H&G poster of the month

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The dude knows how to float rock I'll give him that.

A couple of decades of it.
I can honestly say I can’t recall enjoying one minute of floating and I tried to get out of it every time I could.

Bump for update.







ETA: well this project is almost done. Carpet got installed today. Took 4 fricking coats of paint to get the red to not look streaky. I’ll definitely need to buy more to finish out the room we semi enclosed with my wall. Carpet guys fricked up my trim paint job but oh well. I’ll just have to work on it a bit.

Carpet got installed with materials for $350 and it’s fine. Some areas I will work on a little bit but overall solid. Still need to rip out the drywall in the enclosed room and reinstall with moisture resistant stuff after mold mitigation but that’s a separate project.

Otherwise I am satisfied with the wall. Probably got it built for less than $200 worth of materials between studs, insulation, drywall, mud, and paint. The pre-primed trim was probably the most expensive part.

Thanks! Definitely gives me a lot more confidence going forward. Eventually later this summer or maybe in the winter I’ll be building the theater which will have a lot more floating than just the one wall.

Still needs baseboard and crown molding on the room side but the stair side is done outside of a short piece of baseboard.

I’ll start cutting gyp away in the room to assess the mold situation. It’s been drying out with a dehumidifier. Got the room down to 35-45% humidity and the walls seem to have settled in around 15% moisture after giving it a few days to dry out with the room dehumidified.

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do not do it

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too late. Already have it painted and mostly trimmed.