Walls and Ceilings - fixing wall with textured paint

Good morning all! I am considering purchasing a foreclosure property that is going to need quite a bit of work...kitchen cabinets, countertops, and appliances missing, all doors missing, and various other minor issues. One of the other items is that most of the walls in the house have textured paint and someone carved large "8"s into the walls with a knife or key. what is the best way to repair these markings? scrape off the texture at area of damage, fill with plaster, and then reppaint with textured paint? we will be changing all the wall colors, so color matching is not an issue, but texture matching is. thanks!

Welcome to the forums!

Use joint compound, not plaster for the repairs. You might be able to match the texture using joint coompound that has been thinned some. It is also possible that texture paint will also recreate the texture. If you can supply us with a pic or two of the texture we can better advise you on how to touch it up. Use a free service like Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com) to post the pics.

i wish i had a picture of the walls, but i don't. one other question...after i repair the areas in question, can i use regular paint to paint over the textured paint and still retain the texture? in doing this, i assume a sprayer will be best to get uniform coverage.

Once the texture has dried, it can be painted. Texture made from j/c should be primed first, if you use texture paint, it should be ok to paint over.

While I've always done a lot of spraying on new homes, I've always been leary of spraying in a house that is occupied or has been finished [lights, carpet, cabinets, plumbing, etc] Overspray can and will go everywhere :eek: Finish paint on walls should always be rolled [back rolled if sprayed] By the time you figure in the extra prep and clean up worked needed to spray - it's almost always quicker or more cost effective to brush and roll!

Excellent advice...thanks again!