I live in the Northwest and everything is orange peel texture. I just took the class this April and I remeber Linda showing us Prontomuro over orange peel but I don't remeber if that will work for all the plasters or do I need to do something different to level out the wall. Thanks chris

I would just go with joint compound.try one coat first and see were you are if need be apply a second coat.You will save yourself big$$ if you can stay away from using Prontomuro.
Ken.

Joint compound works real well also I have found that on walls with thick texture that using Dapps all purpose stucco patch, mix my own batch to quickly fill the hard to get textures.

Joint compound on heavy textures tends to sink or have pin holes after it's applied. the stucco patch covers very well.

Steve, Good tip I'll have to remember that product name.
Ken.

Thanks, I will look it to those products and let you know how it worked out for me. This will be my first job. I am doing Aquarello with interest and stenciled. If you have any tips on doing this finish I would love to hear them.

The grains are not as big as Pronto, but it has great coverage, darbys okay and with two coats can be completely smooth.

if you are doing aquarello wiht interest, why does it matter if you have orange peel or not? the first coat of pronto will coer it. the question, and this is a very important one is this:

Do I use 1 coat of pronto base and spend for 1 extra bucket (the most) for the orange peel or do I go and use JC or durabond or any product first to save money on the prontoi.. to then go back and do pronto, (which you have to do anyway). THe labor hours to do jc, then SEAL it with a primer, for me, the cost of 1 extra bucket of pronto is LESS than the cost of 1 1/2 days of labor.

See where I am coming from? When you can skip that step, even if material costs more, labor is much more....

the cost should be passed on to the customer anyways, what just another .46 cents a sq ft? The time gained is much better.

That's a good point Carmine. I talked to Damien in San Diego and he said the same thing. I think that is what I am going to do.