Knockdown Texture Over Wood Paneling Walls

Roll the roller cover in the mix to completely coat the nap in paint.

Knockdown texture over wood paneling walls.

Sherri demonstrates how to texture walls california knock down by hand contact info. If you ve kept the grooves in your paneling. If you are determined to go this direction this is what i would recommend. Cut in the edges of your wall with texture paint and a paintbrush.

Otherwise your primer will peel off. Apply a thin coat of all purpose non setting drywall compound over the entire wall and scrape it flat with the drywall blade. Buy or rent a texture sprayer to spray texture on wood. Don t mix too much at once as the paint.

Paint in vertical lines from the top down. You can do an orange peel or splatter texture refer to the instructions on the texture sprayer for the correct tip to use for each finish or a knock down where you spray on the texture and then flatten it down with an 8 or 10 drywall knife. If you have a shiny or very smooth texture paneling you will want to sand it a little past gently so it roughs up the surface. Yes you can texture the wood paneling in your living room but i would not recommend it.

This process is called skim coating. If you are painting over paneling you will want to lightly sand the entire surface of the walls so paint will stick to it especially if the paneling is shiny. Thoroughly mix a bag of silica sand with the paint inside a roller tray.