How to Paint Wood Paneling Wall: Steps by Steps

There are many ways to paint wood paneling wall on your home to add value of decoration, including online video that can guide your get desired and transforming look, with grooves, elbow grease and white color. Price or cost is also can your main consideration while doing this project. It will be good idea to do DIY projects for saving some bucks because you won’t find many hassles to complete this task in order to decorate living room.

After searching guides and suggestions, I compile steps-by-steps to paint wood paneling wall than can help you fresh up your home decoration. It is completed by pictures from wikihow.com

Beginning Prepping

The first thing to do is to clear the room by moving all furniture so the dust and residue won’t be dripped on it. Cover the floor by using newspaper or other unusable papers. Before doing this project, secure yourself with face masking or goggles.

Treating the walls

By using joint compound and spackle, you can treat any gashes and holes in wall by applying two coats. After it shrinks, it is time to get sanding over all surfaces by using random orbital sanders and ladder to reach complete areas. It is suggested to avoid skimping on sanding to prevent adhesion and removal protection coating that can increase the smoothness of surface. To avoid any residues on wall, it will be excellent to clean by using TSP (tri-sodium phosphate). Wait for hours to allow it dries completely.

Painting and Priming paneled walls

It begins by applying primer coat by taping windows edges, ceiling and frames on door with 1-2 painting coats. This priming task is meant to provide clean palate for space. For getting best result, you should allow it to dry overnight. For less time task, it is advised to use water based on wood priming so you can save a few hours to wait it dry.

After priming, you can use sanding tool to rub off any residues, grimes and sawdust before beginning the process of painting. It is time to do paint by using brushes, rollers and sprays by applying it on doors, ceiling and windows. Let the paint dry for a day or overnight. If it is necessary and you have spare time, you can apply 2-3 times of coats to create smooth look and beautiful style.

Here are some examples of before and after painting on wood paneling that I get from Internet.