Can you paint over panel board?
Question:How do you do it if you can?
Answers:
Absolutely! Here are the steps to take to make sure your paint sticks properly.
1. Wash the entire wall of panel board with TSP. You'll find this at any home hardware store. Use the liquid form instead of the powder as it is not toxic, is easier to mix and you won't have to rinse it. TSP will remove all grease and grime that would keep your paint from sticking. Also, if you wash with this, you won't need to sand your panel board (which is really messy!)
2. Apply a good oil-based primer to the panel board. I suggest Bull's Eye 1-2-3 or Kilz. Since panel board is made with a final thin plastic coating, if you don't prime with oil-based primer, your paint won't stick. Don't worry about odor or long drying times as both of those I mentionned have low odor and quick drying times.
3. Apply one or two coats of the paint you have chosen. This paint can be latex (water based). Oil-based primer will take any paint so you don't have to use oil paint over the primer.
4. If you are painting the wall a dark or vibrant color such as red or bright yellow, you will want to have your primer tinted to match. This will allow you to use only one or two coats of paint as opposed to 3 or 4.
5. If your panel board is textured, don't forget to use a roller made especially for textures so all the cracks and lines get filled in.
6. If you don't want to see anymore of the lines or cracks, you can fill them in with either joint compound or polyfiller before priming. You will have to sand this though, to make the wall smooth to accept the paint. Use a sanding block on a pole... don't use your hands and sandpaper as the surface of your hand is not even and will cause dips in the surface you are sanding.
7. Enjoy your new room!
Very easy, Prime it first with a good primer and then paint ( two coast) if the panel is dark in color tint your primer to the paint color.
Absolutely! I am assuming its wood panels.
1. Prime the surface with a product like KILLZ. Let that dry per specifications on the can.
2. Choose the color you want to go with. A popular color is white. You shouldn't see any of the dark wood color from the panels if the KILLZ was applied and let to dry properly.
3. You can also use a glaze on top of the white , for exapmle: a gold or bronze glaze, diluted with some water. and a cloth/rag , dab a corner or portion of the rag into your glazed watery soultion. applying in a rubbing cricular motion, let dry slightly , and wipe access off... giving it antiqued look. Very expensive that is NOT EXPENSIVE!!
Yes you can. The panel board needs to be cleaned first with a de-greaser to prep it. Next a primer such as Kilz should be used. At this point all the gaps in the paneling will show up. The gaps need to be filled with spackling compound. the next step is painting, I would suggest at least two coats of paint.
The other tips are good...but remember to lightly sand the surface first. Not scour it, but just rub it lightly and then wash the wall again.
The sanding gives the primer you'll be putting on "teeth" to grab onto.
Or so I've been told.
yea. put on primer first , then paint away
MAKE SURE to sand prior to priming or it will not hold! And we used KILTZ primer. 2 coats were great then we painted. It looks amazing and no longer hideous brown! Just make sure to lightly sand otherwise it wont hold as well as it should to the wall. Then clean off the dust obvisouly!
Forget the sanding! Is the panelling really wood or could it be a vinyl coating over press board? If it is a synthetic material sanding will mar it badly.
If smokers live in this space, you will have to wash and rinse the panelling before priming. although very harsh on the environment, TSP is very effective. It does have to be rinsed off and you really must change the water often.
If the panelling is "knotty" and/or very dark, I advise use a shellac-based primer as opposed to an oil-based primer. I would use a latex (alkyd) based primer if the panelling is vinyl.
The primer acts as the "tooth" for the next application.
My mother had a vacation home in a mobile home park in Dade County. The panelling was oppressively dark. She primed and WALLPAPERED her place! The reaction when folks came over for the first time was always one of amazement. Because she hung a textured paper, she didn't have to fill in the vertical grooves that most panelling has. And those same vertical grooves were perfect plumb lines, too.
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