Paint Half Wall Wood Paneling

How to paint over fake wood paneling.

Paint half wall wood paneling.

Cover a paneled lower wall in low gloss eggshell white and paint the walls and ceiling pale tropical green. Apply a thin coat of primer with a roller. I would definitely paint it but would use a third color not the white of the cabinets nor the grasslands of the wall. Fill any holes or cracks with wood putty using a putty knife and allow it to dry.

Fill and sand the wood. While many home improvement websites will tell you that you need to clean the wood paneling with tsp sand it prime it sand it again prime it again if you took some of the primer off with sanding and then paint it i have found this to be much more work than. Allow the primer to dry a full 24 hours before painting over it. If half or two thirds of the surface were paneled it wouldn t work nearly as well.

I suggest you paint all the wainscoting before deciding what to do with the fireplace. Paint the paneling in the living room charcoal and the upper wall and ceiling dove gray. Use a brush to fill in any grooves. Painting wood paneling is an easy and cost effective way to update a room with wood paneling.

Inspect paneling in some instances you may be able to remove the paneling and paint the walls directly. If desired lightly sand all of the paneling don t forget the trim and moldings with 150 grit sandpaper. Before painting paneling use painter s tape to mask off your mouldings windows doors and ceiling. Also in some cases the paneling was placed directly on the wall studs with nothing behind it.

When painting for wood paneling choose either a stain blocking latex primer or an oil based primer.