Will the current drywall look better after I texture it?

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We are in the middle of a project where new drywall is going up on three walls. The current walls does have some screw holes that I would fill. The taped joints are bubbling up so not a clean looking wall at all. I will be doing a slapbrush texture on the new wall and this current wall so it matches the rest of the house. Will this help hide these joints? Or am I just wasting my time and I should replace this wall too?

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Criggie · Answer

That's not exactly a quality finish - by texturing it you're just hiding a bad job.
If time permits, I'd rip off the old tape and most of that plaster/mud, and re-finish this wall in the same way you've done the other new walls.  That way your texturing has the same base to sit on, and more likely to age the same way as the new walls.

Will the current drywall look better after I texture it?

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