Or would stucco be better? If not, what would you suggest to easily make wall panneling look like a normal wall?
2007-07-14 16:23:58 · 9 answers · asked by Delphine F 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
If you are near any of the big home improvement stores go in there and ask for A product called "ruff-it"
It is kind of like A putty and can be applied with A hand trowel
in A smooth or rough finish. Then you can paint it.
2007-07-14 16:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by lost in az 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The paneling was installed one of three ways:
1 -- the correct way is to nail the paneling on top of drywall. If this is the case, it is a very simple thing to take the paneling down, then prep and paint the drywall. The downside is that your moldings will no longer fit and your electric outlets will stick out 1/4" beyond the wall surface -- you'll have to adjust the junction boxes accordingly and replace the moldings.
2 -- some people, for whatever reason, glued paneling to drywall. If this is the case, you will ruin the drywall when you remove the paneling. But that's not the end of the world -- you can put 1/4" drywall on top of the ruined drywall. This will give you a fresh surface to work with, and you won't change the wall thickness as you would if the paneling was installed correctly.
With either of these first two installation methods, you can resurface the paneling. Sand the gloss off the surface, use joint compound to fill in the grooves, then put on a textured finish or a textured paintable wallpaper.
3 -- Paneling was installed directly over the studs, with no drywall behind it. This will have to come down, and standard drywall put in. The paneling will have too much flex to hold any kind of resurfacing. There is an upside to this though -- removing the paneling will expose the wall cavities, making it very easy to wire in wall sconces, surround sound speakers, additional outlets, etc. But yeah, you will have to install new drywall.
2007-07-14 18:50:59 · answer #2 · answered by Gitchy gitchy ya ya da da 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How To Apply Drywall Mud
2016-11-09 23:42:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Can you apply drywall mud on (old) fake wood wall paneling?
Or would stucco be better? If not, what would you suggest to easily make wall panneling look like a normal wall?
2015-08-06 11:36:06 · answer #4 · answered by Joie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems like valid answers so far, and certainly from experiences and personal opinions.
The MUD might adhere to the Rough lines/depressions in the paneling, but the likelyhood of you being totally satisfied is minimal. Beyond that you're talking about doing something as labor intensive as it would be to just use drywall.
Certainly you can do either...Tear off/patch/paint...or add new/patch/paint. The deciding factor might be in some concern over reducing the room size by an inch from wall to wall? In either of the two processess you'll still have to remove and replace cove base/ door frame/ window frame moldings if they exist.
NORMAL... is relative, and a personal choice as well. Do you want texture? If so stucco would give you that. I'd use Fiberglass based/poly based stucco, applied with an appropriate "Knife" over a mesh tacked up, pre-application.
Steven Wolf
2007-07-15 00:49:59 · answer #5 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. You would be better off placing drywall over the paneling or better yet, removing the old paneling and putting new drywall up. The drywall mud will dry out and come off of the paneling because it has nothing to stick to.
2007-07-14 16:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by Neal & Cathy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I put drywall compound in my living room and family room. I took down the paneling in my bathroom and had to replace the drywall behind it because it had been glued on as well as finish nailed. After it dried I could even hammer nails to hang pictures and it did not crack or fall off.
The only thing you have to be careful about is putting enough in the grooves as it will shrink as it dries. Look at the pre-mix to be sure you can use it on paneling.
2007-07-14 18:37:32 · answer #7 · answered by Jeanne P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how important is this to you?a do it yourselfer will never get a quality finish with mud,and the stucco,no way,tear it off and fix the wall or drywall over it
2007-07-15 06:18:07 · answer #8 · answered by chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't do this myself, but I had a man apply this stuff to my paneling that looks like sheet rock. I love it. It kind of brought that old 1960s paneling into the 21st century!!!
2007-07-14 16:33:58 · answer #9 · answered by judyarb1945 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If wall is straight and plumb, then apply sheetrock (drywall)directly over paneling and finish with tape and "mud" and paint.
2007-07-14 16:47:44 · answer #10 · answered by Monty C 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋