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Originally Posted by jyl
I think they are the same finish idea, maybe done by different workers or in different days. The pics are two adjacent rooms, that were certainly finished at the same time when the house was remodeled in 2000.
Looks like a cheap hopper gun at Harbor Freight costs barely more than a can of spray texture. I assume my pancake compressor will run it, for small areas anyway. I have various areas totaling about half a room wall to do.
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First one is troweled on, then knocked down. Popular in the 70's.
Second one is sprayed on, then knocked down. Popular in the 80's.
If you want to patch or match them, find an old guy that did those finishes in that era. You can try to approximate them yourself but you'll never get all the way there.