Anyone familiar with this textured ceiling roller?

My home has textured ceilings that are not the traditional 'popcorn' but rather have sort of a flower design, more oval shaped with long and short 'petals'. We had a water leak that damaged a portion of the ceiling and I would like to repair it and retexture the area with the same design but cannot find a roller to match. Is anyone familiar with such a roller? The house was built in 2000 so the roller was avaliable just a few years ago.Anyone familiar with this textured ceiling roller?
It sounds to me like what we in the business call ';stipple';/ They do have rollers for different patterns these days but it is usually done by hand. There are different stipple brushes that put up different patterns. What it sounds like you have is called a ';Crow's Foot';. (Don't get the double Crow's foot)You can buy the brushes at any specialty drywall supply house. They screw onto a handle and you might need one with an extension depending on how high your ceiling is.


A new brush can be hard to work with. You should soak in a flat container of water to cover for a couple of days. Then your mud (joint compound) should be thinned slightly from the bucket. The process is easy. Dip the brush in the thinned mud and pound the ceiling. And I mean give it a good smack to press the pattern up. You can't dab it. Practice on a scrap of drywall or something til it looks right.


Then have a go. Or you could hireAnyone familiar with this textured ceiling roller?
By popcorn I assume you mean acoustic texture. Many building supply stores sell various texture rollers. The pattern you describe may not be very common but, unless it was done by hand, you should be able to match it. Try googling, ';Texture pattern rollers';, or, ';Texturing tools';. If you have a large building-supply store like Home Depot, or Lowell's, try giving them a call. Or try calling your local hardware store or paint store. I am familiar with the design pattern, but I'm not sure which store it came from.
Dianne is exactly right..home depot sellt he round stip[le brushes, and as she mentioned there is also one called a ';crows foot';..but it is oblong and not as round as the common stipple brush..The first link is a crows foot..which we have called this for years..It is territorial by what names people call it..this is not the one you want





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here is the round regular stipple..this is what you are looking for..


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To apply the patched stipple practice on a scraPp piece of wood or drywall etc...you take regular joint compound and thin it down with water..start off with not so much at first..roll a little bit on a scrap then ';stomp it'; with the brush..if it is thicker than the stomp on your ceiling..thin it down a little more then try a test again untill you get to the consistancy of your ceiling..once you get the consistancy right..notice the pattern they used to apply it..some apply it using a stagger type pattern, some a circular, some simply overlap each row etc... Again try some test patterns on scraps and try to match the pattern...You roll the joint compound onto the ceiling first then take the brush and simply stomp to match the existing pattern..ALWAYS SOAK the stipple brush an hour or so in a couple of inches of water before use to get the bristles wet or it wont match...soak with the bristles face down in the water and slightly press the brush down spreading the bristles every 15 minutes or so before use..shake the excess water out then go at it..make sure to soak it befopre doing the test patterns so it will all be consistant..