sheetrock mud on walls

[suzy]

could someone give me advise. I am thinking about putting sheetrock mud on my
paneled walls. their is no paper on these walls just paneling. i would like to take sheet rock mud and skip-trowl it onto the walls to create a kind of mexican style stucco look. My question is, will it stay on there without any extra preperation. ?
I have seen this done in houses where it is both blown on and done by hand. I would like to try it my hand? anybody know if it would just fall off?

thanks for any help..........suzy

[Mark]

You could do it, I would spritz the wall area you are working on with water first, paneling will absorb a lot of water from the mud and may cause it to dry too quickly and not adhere as well.

[Tom]

Clean the walls squeeky clean, prime with Kilz or Zinnser primer. Now, I am not familiar with this technique, but you have to be careful about putting on mud too thick on a mobile home, particularly if your in a cold climate area and are suspeptable to frost heave. The shifting of the home may cause a thick coating to crack. So if this goes on fairly thin, you should be okay. Tom

[suzy]

thanks guys for your help......I am going to give it a try.....

suzy

[Hector]

Could you please help?
How much water do I need to add to a five gallon bucket of sheetrock { mud }.
I want to shoot it with a Hopper on to my walls.
Thank you !!!!!!!