And then she said there was stuff called textured paint that has, it's like paint with lumps in it.

Q. The previous owners of our house put textured paint on the bathroom ceiling and it now has mildew on it.

Is there a way to clean off the mildew or get rid of the textured paint on the ceiling without ruining the wallpaper?

A. Getting rid of textured paint is a messy, difficult job.

If the wall is to be covered with wallpaper or textured paint, the repair can be considered complete at this point.

It is easy to cut and handle and can be decorated with paper or textured paint.

A. Touching up a sand-finish textured paint is tricky because it is difficult to match the texture or finish on a small area.

Remove textured paint with special remover or cover it with wallpaper lining.

It requires two coats and must be applied with a special roller for textured paint.

For these paintings, he used thick layers of richly textured paint, expressive of the intricate nature of the subject.