Paint Half Wall Wood Paneling

Fill any holes or cracks with wood putty using a putty knife and allow it to dry.

Paint half wall wood paneling.

If half or two thirds of the surface were paneled it wouldn t work nearly as well. Fill and sand the wood. Use a brush to fill in any grooves. Inspect paneling in some instances you may be able to remove the paneling and paint the walls directly.

How to paint over fake wood paneling. I would definitely paint it but would use a third color not the white of the cabinets nor the grasslands of the wall. I suggest you paint all the wainscoting before deciding what to do with the fireplace. Also in some cases the paneling was placed directly on the wall studs with nothing behind it.

If desired lightly sand all of the paneling don t forget the trim and moldings with 150 grit sandpaper. Apply a thin coat of primer with a roller. Before painting paneling use painter s tape to mask off your mouldings windows doors and ceiling. 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. When painting for wood paneling choose either a stain blocking latex primer or an oil based primer. But often paneling was installed with both nails and adhesive and you could damage your walls if you try to remove the paneling. Paint the paneling in the living room charcoal and the upper wall and ceiling dove gray.

The idea is to take off the sheen and create a lightly gritty surface so the paint will adhere.