Before painting paneling use painter s tape to mask off your mouldings windows doors and ceiling.
How to clean wood paneling walls before painting.
Use a brush to fill in any grooves.
Clean the wall paneling with diluted tsp.
Paneling is an easy care wall covering that requires very little money or effort to keep clean.
If it is filthy i like to use krud kutters pre paint cleaner or tsp phosphate free.
It may seem like cleaning sanding and priming are unnecessary but paneling requires extra attention if you want the wall to look its best.
Any dust dirt or oily fingerprints can prevent the paint from sticking well to the wood paneling so start by thoroughly washing the wood.
Once the target surface is already clean and dry it s time to make minor repairs when necessary.
When painting for wood paneling choose either a stain blocking latex primer or an oil based primer.
Clean de gloss the wood paneling.
Before you can start priming your wood paneling you need to thoroughly clean it and de gloss it.
Apply a thin coat of primer with a roller.
If the paneling has old paint that was likely applied before 1980 do not sand the paneling unless you have the paint tested to confirm that it does not contain lead.
Allow the primer to dry a full 24 hours before painting over it.
Sheets of paneling are often made of fiberboard covered with wood veneer which requires little more.
The cleaning will depend on how dirty the paneling is.
Do this only with water and little liquid soap.
The krud kutter works similar to tsp in that it is a cleaner and.