I did this in my master bath (pulled down wallpaper and textured the walls), but the wall texture is a bit "mature" (plus, I don't particularly like how it turned out!). So, now I'm taking down wallpaper in my child's bathroom, and I'm looking for an easy, generic wall texture. Any ideas? I have tested the spray can "Knock down" but I am not getting great results (it drips down the wall). I also tried another spray can product, but then realized that it is oil based, which I would like to avoid. For the master bath, I just used joint compound, but I would need some other texturing suggestions. Thanks!

When you have textured walls in a children's bath, the biggest problem will be keeping the walls clean. The texture becomes a horrible place for dirt to cling and you'll never get the crevices clean.

My suggestion would be to wash down the walls with hot soapy water to get off the glue residue, using a chisel-edged putty knife or scraper on sticky spots. Then prime the walls and paint them a light, cheery color. After that consider something like diamonds or polka dots on the walls, which you create with ConTact paper as the template and sponge or brush on and soften with a China bristle brush. It gives the look of the textured wall without the immediate dirt trap.

Another thing you can do is take the mudd that you are using and add #3 or #6 sand to it. (The sand is actually walnut shells ground to a powder). You might have to thin it out to do the mixing.

The can method is a bit of a pain. I think its a little cheezy in fact. The adding sand to mudd may be a little work but it makes a differance to the overall quality of the wall.

The problem with not putting a wall texture is that my wallpaper removal skills aren't such that the walls are left smooth after the wallpaper is removed. The wall texture helps to hide this. Is there a simple smoothing technique that I can do with joint compound in those spots that don't look smooth?

Thanks!

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