I'm thinking of making the back room of my house a den. The walls have wood panneling that is showing its age

Question

I would really like to paint the walls, but they look so slick. Someone told me if I put a layer of Killz paint on it first it will work fine but I'm not so sure. Anyone with similar problems and any helpful suggestions???

Answer 1

Hi....I Just painted the panelling in my kitchen. I gave it a good washing first...if you want to be ambitious...you can fill the groves in with filler (gyproc filler)..then put a good coat of primer on. I had to use oil base primer because of the finish on the panelling, but you can put latex paint over this. After I painted the walls, no one could tell it was panelling. In my games room I just painted over the panelling, and didn't bother to fill the groves. You can pretty much do anything, as long as you prime and clean the surface first.

Answer 2

It is not really all that hard to take the panneling down and prep the wall for paint. It is a tad more work but will look much better than a tack paint over job.

Answer 3

we bought an old house that had that paneling in a small dark living room. we used killz and then painted the paneling white. it made a huge difference! first we scratched the shiny surface of the paneling with steel wool, and washed it to get off any old oil or wax

Answer 4

NO.Unless your sure it's paneling I have the same thing in my house,an It's what they call tongue,& groove...it's solid pine,they don"t make it anymore{if they do it would be very expensive)I also used it as a den,when my kids were younger,Know it's my dining room,I have a pine dining table & Hutch,The room is awesome,again my wood paneling has a shine ( use liquid gold} to clean it an maintain it's luster. I would never get rid of it it adds character,but the decision is yours to make,just find out if it is real wood before you ruin it.

Answer 5

My cousin did this for my aunt's house. Clean well with TSP, scrub with a green scrubbie or light steel wool, rinse well, let dry. Primer, and paint.

Her house was totally transformed and looked like a cottage instead of a 70's rec room!

Answer 6

Kills will work I have used it. But glidden paint called gripper is better yet . I don't know what they use but its great.You can get Glidden Gripper paint at home depot.