what can I do with painted paneling?

Question

I had dark paneling in my living r.I put wallpapper up and well that didn't work very well,So I painted it.It looked good at first.Brightened room up.But I want to put something like plaster on the painted paneling,to cover imprefection in the paneling.Want to cover painted paneling and make a swirling design and paint it.My question is,What can I put on painted paneling?I don't know anything about plasters or what to really use for this project.All I can find on internet is painting paneling.Can a person put plaster on painted paneling?Any advice?Very low income so can't just go by drywall or anything like that. Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Plaster would crack off

If you really hate it, put drywall over it, or take it down and put drywall up....

I had some HORRIBLE dark, fashionably in 1971 disgusting paneling in my house when i bought it 2 years ago, i cleaned, primed (and primed, and primed) and painted, and I really like the look of the painted paneling, with the "wood" character lines and the verticle lines.

Answer 2

I have another suggestion for you. Prime an area of your painted paneling with regular latex paint primer. This will be the base coat for applying joint compound over the grooves in the paneling and seams. At the seams you might apply some of the sticky back joint tape prior to applying the joint compound. First coat of compound should be to smooth grooves and seams. Second coat to finish the process (compound slightly shrinks when it dries). Next apply the same compound as a texture over the paneling using whatever technique you desire. I like the skip trowel look where you apply small, medium, and larger blots of texture (which is slightly watered down) and then take a plastic trowel with a chris-cross technique to flatten the texture out to whatever distress you desire. Next, paint the textured wall after it dries with the same paint primer and then apply a coat of latex wall paint. Bang around on the wall as you would under normal conditions, and see if the texture remains in tact. If it does, you have the process down for the remaining areas. if it doesn't, then you'll have to start from scratch with new drywall (you can apply 1/4" drywall over paneling, too. Good luck with your project!

Answer 3

You might be headed in the wrong direction. Plaster and joint compounds will not readily adhere to the paneling as the paneling is flexible and the materials will crack and fall off.

There are many patterns of paintable wall paper available. It is the same installation as regular wall paper but tends to shrink a bit as the paste dries, so it necessitates a slower installation to allow the paste to dry before the next piece goes up. Like I said it comes in a variety of patterns and readily accepts all kinds of paint. It covers imperfections in the wall beautifully. A word of caution: Only apply a light coat of paint, as heavy coats decrease the texture of the paper.

Answer 4

the materials for what you are describing are not cheap or inexpensive. it may be less expensive to remove the paneling and put up drywall, tape it, texture it and paint it...and that ain't cheap, but the other products are pricey, labour-intense, and may not work, depending on what kind of paneling you have up, (if it is very thin, the stuff will pop right off in 6 months)

Answer 5

GO TO YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE AND THEY HAVE PRODUCTS ALREADY MIXED UP OR YOU CAN ADD YOUR OWN WATER AND PUT THIS ON THE WALLS, LET DRY AND PAINT. IT'S NOT HARD TO DO. SAYS IT'S FOR DRYWALL BUT WILL ALSO WORK ON PANELING. JUST TRY ONE AREA AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK TO START WITH.