primitives discuss painting wood paneling

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Oh my.

CTyankee  (1000+ posts)      Sun Feb-21-10 01:01 PM
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Painting over wood paneling.

I have something referred to as "peckerwood" paneling in my basement finished room (can't find information on it on google). It's wood with little holes in it. I was told it's real wood, not fake. I want a quick fix on the walls to brighten up the room when we eventually sell our house. I'm using oatmeal colored but sturdy carpeting and putting in recessed lighting for an update of this "family room" or whatever they called it (the house was built in 1941, don't know when the basement room was finished).

Can you paint over wood that has holes in it (naturally)?

Any other ideas on how to lighten up a basement room (it could make a pretty nice playroom for kids)?

Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Sun Feb-21-10 01:20 PM
THE DEFROCKED WARPED PRIMITIVE, #09 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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1. First, don't paint that stuff

It was incredibly expensive when it was installed, but that's not the reason. The reason is that it will always look like a cheap, quick fix, a coat of paint slapped over ugly paneling. You'll never get rid of the holes.

What you can try is whitewash. That wouldn't fight with the paneling the way paint would. Brightening the room can be accomplished by cheap fabric wall art, choose sunny colors in yellows, oranges, and reds.

Or you can pry up a piece of it to see if a previous owner did a cheap and dirty job and just installed it over sheetrock. That's not very likely, but there's one chance in a hundred that you could get lucky.

Paint over wood paneling can work out, but not that pecky cedar stuff.

Paper Roses  (714 posts)      Sun Feb-21-10 03:26 PM
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2. I'd brush up on my plastering skills if it was my house.

Plastering with joint compound is easy. If your intent is to sell, I'd do a coat over that lovely stuff, sand it down and then do a prime and paint. You could possible find a plasterer who could do the job reasonably. In my area now, there are many ads on Craigslist for small jobs placed by people who are unemployed. I'd get an estimate and talk to some of those Craigslist folks. You buy the compound, they do the work.

Who ever thought that stuff was good looking anyway?

Wash. state Desk Jet  (1000+ posts)      Sun Feb-21-10 03:41 PM
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3. You can put up paneling over the to[ of whats there

You can buy 4ft. by 8 ft. sheets or you can put ceder panels up. On the 4by 8's you can but white paneling, on the ceder captains cabin stuff you paint it. Otherwise Primer paint those panels with kills or seals all primer ,than texture the walls ,you might want to pay somebody to do that ,texture heave than paint those walls. No more holes that way! OK so, primer ,texture ,paint!

You can rent a air compressor and texture gun. You can buy a texture gun with hooper for about fifty bucks than rent a compressor and hose. Texturing is easy. When you texture heavy, the paint sticks to the texture and the texture sticks to the walls! So when you primer and texture the color of the paneling will not bleed through.

It's a pretty simple equation really!And texture looks great.,what the heck texture the entire room,give it a face lift!

[Randy]

Yeah go ahead and blow up and destroy that birds eye wood you have. Your resale value will love you. 

[GOBUCKS]

Yeah go ahead and blow up and destroy that birds eye wood you have. Your resale value will love you.

This is a DUmmy's house. It's some kind of cheap ugly panelling. The chances that a DUmmy has real birdseye hardwood on his basement walls are slim and none, and slim just went home.

[chitownchica]

call me childish, but I couldn't get past the word 'peckerwood'.   

[DefiantSix]

call me childish, but I couldn't get past the word 'peckerwood'.   

Or the fact that the DUmmy believed that whoever gave it that term, was referring to the paneling and not just derisively dismissing the DUmmy.   

[Karin]

I'm just as childish as you, Chitown.  You know, Defiantsix, you could be right the DUmmie had his chain yanked.  He couldn't find anything on google.  I never heard of it.  I can just hear the guffawing from the guy who told him that.  This sounds like something my husband would do. 

[AllosaursRus]

"PeckerWood"? Never heard paneling called that in my 30 years in the bussiness. More like the "PeckerWood" is the idiot wanting to paint wood paneling!

[chitownchica]

I think you guys are right.  It sounds more like the DUmmy than the paneling.