texture ceilings

i have been asked how to do or spray a textured ceiling,
so heres your answer,

when you first set out to texture your ceiling or walls check for imperfections such as loose tape joints, blisters rough edges you need to address those first by either sanding down all those bad areas or even re mudding those tape joints to ensure a smooth finish, now remember texture such as orange peel or a florida knock down all need a smooth base,
because you are going to knock down or run a smooth blade over the product.
now you need a hopper and your going to need alot of plastic , because the product is shot thru, by a compressor at hi psi which causes it to fly everywhere, my advice is to hire a pro if you havent ever done this before
back to your prep you want to cover everything in the room which includes doorways, windows, and especially carpets, keep a extra pair of shoes by the tented off are and leave you shoes that you were spraying texture in the area that you were spraying. you willunderstand why when you get to that pointe, now once you have all the areas tarped off anll your furniture is out or coverd, you make you mix it is to be the consistancy of oatmeal, when you are ready to spray and remeber even though it takes 24 hours to dry you dont have much time to work with cause it settles quick so start spraying in a left to right pattern dont go over your steps,
it doesnt matter at this pointe if you missed some spots just keep going till you reach the end of you wall, then back track but in the opposite, direction, so if you were going north to south you go east to west, make another pass and once again follow all the way to end with out stopping this is very important, because you will have a thicker mil if you do than lets the end where you didnt stop as long, if you feel that this ,by allmeans to hard then hire apro he should be in and out by 4 hours, always ask for help, you will need it to clean up and to hand you thing while you are in the tented area, skill level for this project is med to high