There is another hallway, stairwell, and two rooms of the same paneling , do you change the base trim with color of paneling? I like a light pickled look how shall I achieve that..?
How can I lighten my oak paneling that is glued to the walls?
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Lavonne
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A ton of paneling!
You could try a white wash.
http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/skills-and-know-how/painting/how-to-paint-over-paneling
Paint it!
I do a whitewash with watered down paint
I would paint the trim a gloss white. Then lightly prime the paneling and do a white wash over that. Good Luck!
You can paint it if you want a light color, two coats will do it. You'll have to use a brush, and I recommend you use a high gloss. Paint the trim a color that will give the paneling some contrast. Good Luck!
I would white wash it. Use a regular white paint, thin it with water and brush it onto the paneling. Then, wipe it lightly with a large sponge to remove part of the paint, leaving a white-wash type finish.
You could also strip the finish it has now. Maybe that will lighten it enough and be less work;
If you don't like the look of painted paneling you can use a trowel anf fill in the vertical lines with joint compound, then send it to make sure it's nice and flat to the paneling, then paint or paper.
I had paneling like that. i filled the cracks and wallpapered over it.
Many times I have "plastered" dark paneling with dry wall mud. Just get lightweight trowel and start coating. Doesn't have to be smooth as plaster is not but work for thin coat, covering all the indentions in the paneling. I take down the seam coverings and replace with thin strip of drywall tape. Then paint as desired.
Test an area of your paneling with this method. You can always re-stain the original color if you don't like the look.
To lighten, use hair peroxide (25% solution) and "paint" on. Brush on thin. Protect the floor at it will drip. Cover paneling with cling wrap; tape top and bottom. Let stand for at least 12 hours. Wipe off a small area. If it's the color you like clean all areas. If not, you may need to apply more peroxide. Do not use skin peroxide; it is too watery and may damage the wood. You will never get the wood blonde. You can find gallon jugs at any beauty supply store.
Whoever put the hallway together must have been a gloomy Gus...
l was tired of the paneling and wanted some color so I found some subtle patterned fabric that I liked on sale and used liquid starch to saturate it and smoothed it onto to the paneling, trimming the edges with a razor. It looks like wallpaper and even hid the lines between the indentations! I can remove it if I want by wetting and peeling off the entire section, then washing the remaining starch off the paneling. No damage and easier than wallpaper. The upper wall paint matches the background of the fabric. This has held up for at least ten years with no peeling. I just dust it with a vacuum brush once in a great while.
You have to prime it or sand it first. (Take the gloss off)
If you are unhappy with the old dark wood panel, simply remove it! You are probably reluctant to do so for fear that the panel glue has ruined the sheetrock walls. You are probably correct but you don't have to remove the sheetrock. Just pick up some 1/4" sheetrock and put right over the walls. A little taping and joint compounding (easy on 1/4" rock), and you are ready to prime and paint any bright color you chose. It is really not difficult.
This is what the paneling will look like IF you DO NOT FILL IN THE INDENTS with joint compound or tape, texture and dand before applying joint compound over the entire paneling. This was very dark paneling from the 1970's... the previous owner did this to lighten up the room... Had he taken the time to fill in the indents & sand before painting I think it would have turned out so much better.