When you re done with the entire wall get a damp cloth and remove any dust and debris.
Remove textured concrete wall.
On an unpainted drywall ceiling the way way to remove texture is to spray it with water and scrape it.
You may have to spray the wall.
Either way depending on the height of the texture on your walls it is likely possible to skim coat the walls with drywall mud sand and paint.
A textured wall not only traps dust and grease but makes your decor look like it s trapped in a past decade.
Start with a 2 by 2 feet 0 61 by 0 61 m square and thoroughly coat it with water.
A thin coat of mud is applied over the entire wall surface allowed to dry and then sanded smooth.
Cover the room well.
Make sure it s completely clean before to get to the next step.
When you begin removing textures from your wall it is given that there will be a lot of dust and wall chips that will be flying off from the wall so it is only obvious that you cover the room well and if possible remove any fabric based furniture out of the room.
Then use sandpaper to smooth out any uneven or textured areas.
Instructions to follow to remove the texture from walls 1.
Ignore any rebar you come across and just break the concrete free of the metal.
Skim coating a whole room is both messy and time consuming.
The texture can be impossible to match when repairs in your wall are necessary.
Fill a pump sprayer with water and spray the entire wall evenly to soften the texture.
First spray a spot and wait for the water to soak in and then scrape at an angle.
Scrape off the texture.
Hold a floor scraper or drywall blade at a 30 angle.
Removing plaster and render my way learn how i hack of old render from the concrete block wall getting it ready to be plastered with sand and cement render.
Set the blade against the wall.
Adding water would not soften stucco or similar compounds.
Break the concrete wall into small chunks with your preferred tool and let the debris fall to the ground as you work.
Especially bumpy walls may need more than one coat.
Spray a small area with water.
The blade should create a 30.
Scraping off the texture 1.