Drywall – How to duplicate this paint texture

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I patched a hole in my wall. Now I am going to paint. My walls have a slight texture to them. I think it's a pretty common type of texturing; very subtle.
How can I match this texture?
Preferably a manual way since it's a small hole (baseball size). But if I need a product that would be helpful information also.
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Best Answer

It looks like you could use a shaggy paint roller to get this effect. There are a variety of rollers and covers, so you should take those pics with you to ask a store associate which roller would likely get you that result.

As @EdBeal mentions, don't use tape as it'll leave a line. Feather out your paint to make the repair virtually disappear. The simplest way to feather is to let your roller get dry and roll it around the edges of your wet paint to try to soak some of it back up.

And make sure you aren't filling in too much of the existing texture. You don't want an odd looking, smooth ring around your repair.