How to Skip Trowel Texture a Ceiling Tips and Tricks

In today's skim coating a ceiling tutorial video I'm going to show you how to skip trowel texture a skim coated ceiling with my tips and tricks in this skip trowel texture demonstration part 2 video! If you missed last weeks part 1 video? I also show you how to mix the skip trowel texture along with showing how I applied the kip trowel texture to the first section of this bedroom ceiling. Let me know in the comments if your a DIY'er, Contractor, Painter, HandyMan or HandyGirl? Let me know what you think about my skim coating a ceiling tips with that new skip trowel texture. Thanks so much for watching and subscribing! -Paul

Here's Part one of the skip trowel-

Here's all of the videos from the Skim coating over a textured ceiling series:
Part 1- How to mix skim coat mud- Skim coat tools- Skim coat over

Part 2- Don't scrape your painted popcorn ceiling. SKIM COAT IT!!!

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** More Helpful Skim Coating Videos Down Below **
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Here's the Part 1 of the Water Damage Repair Video Series where I show you how to access and dig into the water damage drywall ceiling and a water blistered wall

Here's the Part 2 Video: How to cut out and install drywall on a water damaged drywall ceiling

Part 6 How to easily fix damaged drywall by skim coating
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Part 1 of the skim coating video series:
Skim coating walls for beginners tutorial

Part 3 Fix walls with a skim coat

Part 4 How to easily skim coat walls by hand
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Easiest way to repair knockdown texture on a wall patch ever!
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How to apply a skim coat series:
Part 1
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Part 2- How to Skim Coat Walls Demonstration
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Part 3
What to do after skim coat dries? No sanding!
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Part 4
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Part 5
How to sand a skim coat fast and easy!
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Here's a couple of the Skim Coating Demonstration Videos:

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[jimpdustin]

These are very helpful tips and techniques. Thanks very much! I'm a retired designer and my house is full of popcorn (1984). Going to DIY each room eventually. Skip trowel looks like a perfect solution.

[joycedellison]

Wow, just sent your video to my husband. Thankful I found your videos.

[timothycrowhurst]

I'm a DIY guy. I'm working on popcorn ceiling in a late '70 ranch. Just learning as I go. Thanks

[troysimmons]

Jake of all master of none.i really enjoy your videos

[richardgarcia]

No. I have planed to learn it first by watching many videos before I give it a shot. Thanks for your immediate response.

[JoshuaDanielsJD]

DIYer for a repair. Thanks for the tutorial!

[FinishCarpentryTV]

Man that is awesome. I should do it in my house

[jefflemaster]

I just moved to Florida and am new to the various textures used here. I am a handy man and did a lot of texture repairs in Ohio but these are new to me. I’ve gotten pretty good at most but am bidding I job using the skip trowel technique. I feel comfortable with the mechanical aspects of the trowel work but I didn’t see the videos of mixing ratios of the mud and sand. If you could point me to those it would be greatly appreciated. Also when you say you go back in the opposite direction are you going 90 degrees or 180? Really good video thanks for your time!

[shortmanmcfarlane]

Can you used sure coat to do skip towel

[richardgarcia]

Handyman - Richard Garcia. Great videos, learn a great deal...

[karenvickland]

DIY with some experience over many years with construction. Father passed away leaving a standard 1960s ranch house with popcorn ceilings in 3/4 of the original home. Thank you Paul for sharing your expertise and tecniques. First layer of popcorn coverage probably thicker than yours and varying results between mine, my 15 yr old son's and his friend who is helping me. Notice tiny drying cracks in first coat and why I'm thinking it may be too thick, but seems to be holding well and second coat should cover them easily...would you agree? Also the newer ceilings have meditarainian knock-down texture on the ceiling, but I wanted to make them all the same and 'imperfect smooth' texture with recessed lighting to follow. My question is should I smooth out the mediterainian knock-down that's in good shape (seems like a lot of work) or leave it i.e how esthetically 'bad' does it look to have imperfect smooth ceiling texture next to mediterainian knock-down which are closer together in style than popcorn and mediterainian knock-down? Thanks, Jim

[sendyourmind]

Hi. Just bought mid-60's home with painted popcorn...everywhere. I'm going to use your 2 skim coat method. Question: Is there any kind of special trowel that textures with a skip trowel? Is it the sand that gives it the texture appearance?

[hector]

Great stuff Paul thx. DIYer.
1st kdown wanna skip trowel it.
Patched my ceiling holes -Check.
1. Skim coated over fiba tape patch area w all purpose. Do I sand or not?
2. How much sand to mix w all purpose mud to skip trowel for “artisan” knockdown?

[Itz-Shaw-time]

I'm a DYI'er and did one skim coat over a painted popcorn ceiling. I'm tackling the second skim coat tomorrow and thinking of doing this texture for the ceiling after the second skim coat. Do you need to add sand to the mixture? Is the sand necessary to get the skip trowel method to work? I've skim coated other ceilings in my house and been able to get a pretty flat ceiling but it took several coats to get it to flat. I think doing this instead would be faster. Plus I like the look of it. I have a couple more areas to do and so think I will try this in this room and see if I can get the hang of it.
Also, the mud seemed a little thicker than when you mix for skim coating. In skim coating you always say that the mud should be a yogurt consistency. In this video it looked thicker. Is that true?

[bseant]

if i wanted a closer to the wall finish can you sand just a bit after? thx great vid.

[carlhenderson]

Floor guy/ custom showers. But I can hang and finish drywall, paint, do carpentry, some plumbing etc. I'm at a pending property now priming a pretty big section I patch and floated after termite inspection.

[howiedavis]

I know you've said the mudded seams will react a little differently than the drywall. Would it be better to prime the ceiling before applying the skip trowel texture?

[cwrowe]

Quick question Paul, what do you recommend when skim coating a ceiling as far as where you start and stop? For example if I’m starting out in the corner do you bring each side and meet in the middle? I’m always worried about messing up what I already did?

[friendsoffive]

How come you don’t always use the paint roller trick? Or is that only used for certain things?

[Paul-ymzf]

I am a pro taper, I have used spray to do a orange peel, California, what kind of sand do you use to get it skip?