Achieved by spraying, troweling, or rolling drywall compound onto your walls and then "knocking it down" with a knockdown knife, this texture originated in the early 1990s. While the texture's ...

Q:My husband and I just bought a house that has a "skip-trough" finish on the interior walls. We would like to make the walls smooth and then repaint them. One friend advised us to apply joint ...

Q. 1. When applying joint compound, I end up with small holes. What is wrong with my technique or the joint compound? 2. In your Nov. 18 column, you stated that in northern areas, black or ...

Q First, when applying joint compound, I end up with small holes. What is wrong with my technique or the joint compound? Secondly, in your Nov. 18 column, you stated that in northern areas, black or ...

Q 1. When applying joint compound, I end up with small holes. What is wrong with my technique or the joint compound? 2. In a recent column, you stated that in northern areas, black or light-colored ...