How to apply knockdown texture on a small repair?

I just patched a small (4x4) area of drywall, skimmed and ready for texture. I bought one of those ridiculous texture in a bottle products and it didn't work. I have a medium/heavy knockdown texture currently. I Reilly don't want to bring in my compressor and hopper to do this small job. Does anyone have any suggestions or techniques? Just so you know, I have tried the following: Tamco brush (doesn't ';flick'; well), flicking on wall with my fingers didn't work! How to apply knockdown texture on a small repair?
There's a little plastic texture gun put out by Homax that uses a hand pump and a little mini-hopper to ';squirt'; the texture onto the wall.


The ones with the blue tips are for ceilings, and the red-tipped ones are for walls.


You can even adjust it from light to heavy.


And they're only about 15-20 bucks.


Those cans are worthless really.


They don't offer any kind of control.


Using a slightly damp sponge after you knock it down when the texture is just about dry also helps to blend it into the existing texture.





How to apply knockdown texture on a small repair?
The stuff in the cans does work but you need to make sure you get the right one, get the one for heavy texture hold it away at least 12in and make sure you spray it on a sample piece of cardboard first to get the spray you want, let it set up for 10 to 15min before running the broad knife gently over the surface to get the knock down look. I've used it many times in the past but sometimes the cans you buy are defective and they don't work right for some reason, so you may have just got a bad can. There is a little red dial on the nozzle so you can adjust the spray also.
you can buy a texture roller(woven nylon loops ) from your local home center or sherwin williams should have it ,9 roller sleeve is standard but you can cut it with a saw to 4 inch (to fit 4 inch handle)....First add water to your spackle and mix well,...the mix should be like thick pancake batter,....scoop the mix into a rolling pan.....,roll mud onto roller sleeve,then roll on to desired thickness, roll from the middle of new area toward the existing areas this point it will look like pointed stipple.....once you get the stipple effect,let it dry a few minutes(very important to let mud set up before knockdown) then knockdown with a straight edge,(a wallpaper smoother or a 6 inch spackle knife will work fine) ...hold straightedge at inward angle and go over use the crosshatch method////////\\\\\\\\\(in all directions) area pressing ever so lightly ,the desired pattern will be a combination of the stippling and knockdown technique you apply, you can practice on scrap drywall and until you paint spackle can cleaned away completely with water so no worries have fun and good luck!
I always use Homax or Spraytex orange peel spray and have good results. You most likely will never get an exact match in the texture but you can get it close. Get can and practice on a piece of drywall in your garage until you get a pattern that is acceptable.
i have just the thing a tube of caulk and ur finger