Hey Sean, I just caught where you asked '
admin' to do your bidding. That's not really an admin. It's just a banner for a bevy of various writers. See this guy in the quote below. You need anything, ask him. I've got pic's of him with a goat and he'll do anything to keep me from releasing them. The real admin's are people you go to in case your boss at work also likes to frequent audio forums and you need to change your user name so he doesn't know you spend all day posting ... like gmichael.
But orange peel is your friend.
Ugh ... it's not your friend when you go to patch something. 90% of the time they skimp on taping and the money for the last coat of mud goes to the orange peel guy but you can still see all the joints. It's kind of like a bloated midrange in audio. Even though it's wrong and a sign of poor design, people mistake it for quality because of it's strong presence. I'm like the TLS Guy of walls. "Your walls are sh!t !!!"
Honestly I have only ever seen texture on walls done right 3 times. ParadigmDawg's, Sean's brother Aaron's house and some knockdown I did with a guy down in FL. There were probably more but I was too stoned to see.