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Paint over paneling?

posted 16 years ago by Brynn434
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Am I the only one who thinks this is incredibly tacky? Whenever I see wood paneling, I immediately think it should be ripped out and replaced... but when they paint over it, it's even worse.

[–] CathyE 16 years ago

It's not too bad if you take the time to putty in the lines to create a flat surface. Tedious, but worth it, and cheaper than replacing. I've done it, and it looks pretty good!

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[–] william-e-nelson 14 years ago

never priced drywall have you. the effort you put in to fixing paneling or a bad drywall job, it is just better to put new dry wall up. I spent a whole weekend fixing a badly textured wall, hell it was badly mudded too. when it was ll said and done it still looked like crap.

[–] jonathantoddsmith 14 years ago

Sounds like you should have hired somebody who knew what they were doing...

[–] BakerCan 16 years ago

I think it's completely tacky also. Even worse than that, is when Roger painted over mirrors to "fool" potential buyers.

[–] zekk4hire 15 years ago

I remember that episode (one where they surrounded the pool), they weren't real glass mirrors though. More like reflective paneling than an actual mirror.

[–] WhitSterling 15 years ago

The point of the show it to make the place look better quickly and on a budget. That pretty much eliminates the option of ripping paneling out and drywalling. Paneling is currently very out of style. Painted paneling doesn't scream "PANELING" as much as dark wood does and it makes the space feel larger. With that said there is going to come a day when people will want the old again and be cursing everyone who painted their paneling, just like those who painted over their hardwood trim and covered their hardwood floors with carpet and tile when those were out of style.

[–] sliders5125 13 years ago

Painted panneling looks better thatn dark dated wood panneling, the idea is to spend $100 on paint, not $1000 for a dry wall job (dry wall is cheap but you have to gut the room dispose of the pannleing, hope that the floor railing comes off ok, hang mud the walls, sand, mud again, and paint

[–] Ash-lee 12 years ago

I have painted paneling and have never gotten anything but compliments on it (and I know some incredibly blunt people). Our options were leaving it as-is or painting it and I was not leaving that atrocious paneling. Ripping it out and dry-walling it was not in the budget and will not be for many years. The effort it would've taken to putty in each individual crack in a room that runs the width of the house was not worth it either, so it's been painted for four years and will be painted for another four years until we renovate.