All of these recipes may be adjusted to suit your needs. All can be thinned with water, or by adjusting the proportion of paint and glue to caulk and joint compound.
They can by thickened by addin joint compound, plaster, fillers, or textures.
*DO NOT PUT FOAM COAT RECIPES DOWN THE SINK*
Recipe #1 - somewhat sandable
3 qts flat latex paint
3 - 5 tubes acrylic latex painters caulk
3 qts flat latex paint
3 - 5 tubes acrylic latex painters caulk
1 cup Joint compound
Recipe #2 - sandable – non flexible
1 gallon latex paint
1 cup Joint compound
1/2 cup water putty
Recipe #3 - somewhat sandable,
1 quart of latex paint
Recipe #2 - sandable – non flexible
1 gallon latex paint
1 cup Joint compound
1/2 cup water putty
Recipe #3 - somewhat sandable,
1 quart of latex paint
4 tubes of Latex caulk
2 cups of drywall mud
Recipe #4 - ultra flexible, expensive
1 cup Jaxsan
1 cup latex paint
Recipe #5 - cheap
1 cup glue
1 cup latex paint
1 cup Joint compound (wet or dry)
Recipe #6 - highly textural
1 cup glue
1 cup paint
1/2 cup – 2 cups texture
· Rough Sawdust
· Smooth sawdust
· Wood shavings
· Sand
· Foam dust
· Paper scraps
· Paper dust
· Shredded Paper
· Concrete dust
· Beads
· Fabric
· Pebbles
· Scrub Pads
· Sponge bits
· String/twine
· Or any combination of them.
