Smooth walls from textured Gig Harbor rooms
We create a smooth wall finish in Gig Harbor by preparing the existing texture and paint and skimming the wall flat. Conversions often cover more wall than the spot you first noticed, so we agree on where the new surface stops before we start.
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Bring textured walls through to a smooth finish
Existing texture, old repairs, and uneven areas can remain visible after a paint change. Treating one spot alone can leave a transition where the newly smoothed patch meets the surrounding wall.
Solis prepares and skims the selected wall area for a smooth finish, accounting for existing texture, lighting direction, and paint sheen. Working across the surface keeps the finishing area connected and gives the room a consistent ground for its next coat.
- A smooth finish carried across the selected wall area.
- Surface preparation connected to the next paint coat.
Here’s how we get it handled
Text us photos or call
A close-up, a wider view and your city give us a useful starting point. You can also call and talk through the work.
Agree the scope and schedule
We review the work with you, arrange a site visit where needed and put the agreed scope and finish in your estimate.
Get the space finished
Solis completes the agreed work and reviews the finish with you. Include interior painting in the scope for a complete drywall-and-paint handoff.
Have a project in mind? Send us a photo.
Tell us what needs fixing or finishing. We’ll take it from there.
Smooth wall finish in Gig Harbor homes
When Gig Harbor's homes were built shapes what is behind the wall and which rules apply to the work.
- 2% Before 1940
- 2% 1940–1959
- 19% 1960–1979
- 30% 1980–1999
- 46% 2000 or later
- 1998Median year Gig Harbor homes were built
Half of Gig Harbor's homes were built before 1998 and half after. Send the year your home was built with your photos; it tells us what the walls and earlier patches are likely made of. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, median year structure built
- 23.8%of Gig Harbor homes were built before 1980
Asbestos was banned from wall patching compounds in 1977, so old patches and joint compound in these homes are tested before they are sanded. U.S. EPA, regulatory history of asbestos bans
- 1978Washington's lead-safe renovation cutoff
Washington's lead renovation rules cover housing built before 1978, and a firm must be certified to do paid renovation work under them. WAC 365-230-020 and 365-230-360
- Gig Harbor housing built before 1980
The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 ACS estimates that 23.8 percent of Gig Harbor's housing units were built before 1980. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, year structure built (B25034)
Start with the texture already on the wall
A painted orange-peel wall, a knockdown ceiling and an older hand texture each start in a different place. The paint may be sound, flaking or layered over old repairs. Looking across the whole wall tells us whether a small fix will do or a full skim gives a more even result, and taking a textured room to smooth is usually a conversion job that takes more than filling the peaks.
Blend preparation beyond the visible texture line
Covering a pattern changes how the wall meets corners, ceiling edges and trim, and a narrow feather in the middle of a broad wall leaves a ridge. We take the work to a natural edge or through the walls next to it. About 24 percent of Gig Harbor's housing was built before 1980, and in a house from before 1978, sanding painted texture falls under Washington's lead renovation rules, so tell us the year your house was built.
Choose paint and lighting as part of the result
Side light and a shinier paint make changes in the surface easier to see. A sample area lets you compare the smooth wall and the paint before we repeat it through the room. Decide whether paint stops at a corner, covers the room or carries into the next one, since that changes both the look and the price.
Smooth-wall quote for a Gig Harbor room
Tell us the current texture, the walls or ceilings you want changed and where the new surface should stop. Our quote separates texture prep, skim coats and paint, so you can see the route from the wall you have to the room you want.
Smooth Wall Finish questions in Gig Harbor
Is smooth-wall conversion the same as Level 5 on new drywall?
No. Level 5 is a skim over new gypsum board. A painted, textured wall needs its own prep and often a wider finish area.
Will the estimate cover the whole room?
If you want it to. We list the exact walls or ceilings and whether the finish stops at a corner, carries onto the next wall or covers the room.
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From your Gig Harbor home: a photo of the texture, wall sizes, the light in the room, the year it was built, and the corner where smooth should end.
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