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Repairing Textured Walls: Orange Peel

By Bob Formisano, About.com

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Fixing a Texture Goof Up


So you've sprayed on your texture and it looks, well, not like you hoped. Now what? Don't worry, if you sprayed with anything other than an oil based aerosol spray, then it's a water based texture mixture and all you have to do is scrape it off with a putty knife. If it's dried hard already, then spray it down a bit with water and let set a few minutes to soften. Then just scrape off and try the texture again.

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