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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> The whole point of the many
> different ceiling textures you see over drywall is to hide the little
> imperfections that gravity magnifies on a ceiling.

Gravity? I think light shadows are the effect most people wish to 
hide. For simple-to-make texture, sprinkle a very small amount of 
very fine sand onto your texturing mud. As you apply the mud you will 
get an effect known as skip troweling. Quite nice looking.