Enter the surface area, pick texture style and depth bags or buckets, primer gallons, and mixing water update live.
Texture style
Light stretches coverage ~25% · heavy cuts it ~20%.
50-lb bags to order
2
BAGS
Bill of materials+10% waste
Knockdown 50-lb
medium application · ≈550 sq ft/unit
Net 900 sq ft · Waste +10%
PVA drywall primer
350 sq ft/gal · seals texture before topcoat
Net 900 sq ft · Waste —
Mixing water
≈5 gal per dry-mix bag
Net 2 bags · Waste —
Cost projection
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Total · $128.00
2 bags
Medium-depth coverage: knockdown/orange peel ≈ 550 sq ft per 50-lb bag, popcorn ≈ 350 sq ft per 40-lb bag, Level 5 skim ≈ 375 sq ft per 4.5-gal bucket all with 10% waste.
Enter the surface area, pick texture style and depth bags or buckets, primer gallons, and mixing water update live.
Light application stretches coverage ~25%; heavy cuts it ~20%.
PVA primer seals at 350 sq ft per gallon. Dry-mix bags need about 5 gallons of mixing water each; premixed buckets need none.
Units = area × 1.10 ÷ coverage
A 900 sq ft ceiling at medium depth needs ceil(900 x 1.10 / 550) = 2 fifty-pound bags, plus 3 gallons of PVA primer and 10 gallons of mixing water.
PVA drywall primer covers about 350 sq ft per gallon to seal raw drywall and texture before the topcoat — always prime before painting.
A 4.5-gallon bucket covers about 375 sq ft at medium depth. For 900 sq ft, ceil(990 / 375) = 3 buckets with 10% waste included.
A light application stretches coverage about 25%, while a heavy application cuts it about 20% — the calculator adjusts bag counts for the depth you pick.
Dry-mix bags need about 5 gallons of mixing water each; premixed buckets need none. The tool totals water only for the dry-mix styles you select.
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