Wood Panelling texture or replace, ideas?
Purchasing manufactured 24x64sq ft home. It is wall to wall with wood paneling. Do I need to remove all panels and replace with drywall and tape and texture or is there a way i can texture over wood paneling and make it look like a textured wall? I do not have a budget and the cost is no object. I would like the easiest fastest way so I can remodel and complete to be able to move her in before winter snow hits in 2 months.
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Pamela, I would leave the panels and cover with 3/8" drywall. You can use the thin drywall since there is structure behind it. Then just tape, texture, prime and paint.
Can you just paint it all white? It would look like a thicker shiplap wall which is very trendy right now.
I had some paneling in my home. It was bat and border ( I think that's how it's spelled). Anyway, we put up a chair rail, painted the bottom part fire engine red. Then above it we put heavy plaster which we just smeared on so it was VERY heavily textured.
Pamela, I agree with Laura. That would be the quickest, easiest, and less cost that anything. Good luck with the move, it sounds like a large beautiful home.
Pamela, show your Mother some of these videos of planked ceilings. A little costly, but you say you have no budget. She might go for the ones that are white, and also tell her it would be some added insulation against the elements.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=planked+ceiling
Maybe helpful..... http://www.thepurplepaintedlady.com/2015/04/dated-dark-paneling-no-more/
or check some YouTube videos of chalk paint...easy process 😊
Hi Pamela, I've done both... Primed (with proper bonding primer) and painted right over the paneling for a great 'shiplap' look with the grooves in the paneling being part of that. Or I've spackled the grooves in the paneling, with sheetrock mud, to have flat walls to prime and paint, or wallpaper over the smooth walls.
Take this photo to the paint pros at your home improvement store and ask them. They have the products and know how for a professional job
The wall on the left is paneling. I filled the grooves, seams, and a few dozen nail holes with drywall compound before painting with a BHG flat Web Gray. Took less than a day. The rest of the paneling in the house has wallpaper on it, and I'll tear it out before I'll scrape it and probably replace with 3/8" drywall.
use KILZ then paint a warm cream color. Ask your local pain store for instructions
If this was my room I would begin by removing the carpet then paint the paneling white. It will look similar to the very popular painted wood look. If you want to remove it, you will have to pull it all down. There is a good chance there is drywall behind it but it could be quite damaged from all the nails.