skim coat

Popped nailheads should be hammered flat, holes should be filled, and textural treatments should be covered with a smooth skim coat of plaster, Kehoe said.

If it isn’t smooth enough to repaint, apply a skim coat of lightweight drywall mud, allow it to dry, then smooth it with 100- or 120-grit sandpaper.

Armstrong recommends its S-184 fast-setting patch and skim coat or S-194 patch, underlayment and embossing leveler.

Or consider a full DIY brick fireplace face-lift, either by painting or whitewashing the brick, limewashing to brighten the bricks’ hue or resurfacing with a skim coat for an all-new look, suggests Pernell.

The bathroom walls had a skim coat of concrete mixed with a touch of white powder.