Walls and Ceilings - What is this stuff on my walls?!
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ccross32
07-24-08, 04:16 PM
So we've bought our first house and we are about to do our first home improvement project- painting the kitchen. The kitchen is currently wallpapered with some ancient looking paper. So I thought no big deal we've stripped paper and painted before. Then I realize the paper is not over sheet rock, okay paneling I can deal with that. But no! I think something has been put over wood paneling ( luan?) Okaaaay But then somebody tells me that it might be some sort of pre-wallpapered wallboard and I think they might be right and this scares me! Wherever there is a seam in the paper there is a seam in the board and then there is a long strip of paper covering the seam. We don't want to remove this stuff- we are not that adventurous yet. Can we remove the paper? I've tried to remove a little and it seems stuck on there more than wallpaper would be on sheet rock. If I can get the paper off can I just prime and paint over it?
marksr
07-24-08, 05:05 PM
Welcome to the forums!
Is this a panel like paneling but with a printed finish? If so, don't even try to remove the face. It can be painted. After a thorough cleaning, coat it with a solvent based primer.When the primer is dry you can top coat wth your choice of latex paint. Since it's a kitchen, I'd recomend a quality latex enamel - satin or semi-gloss, your choice :D
Is this a panel like paneling but with a printed finish? If so, don't even try to remove the face. It can be painted. After a thorough cleaning, coat it with a solvent based primer.When the primer is dry you can top coat wth your choice of latex paint. Since it's a kitchen, I'd recomend a quality latex enamel - satin or semi-gloss, your choice :D
Texasben
07-26-08, 10:12 AM
We discovered the same thing here in the mobile home,. How we did it was to clean it real good with thinner and then primer it with White KILZ, then paint it,, worked great !!! in fact got a contractor coming in soon to do some more walls the same way.. KILZ makes a great primer
spdavid
07-26-08, 11:56 AM
Kilz is a well known product but that does not make it the best quality product.At best it is adequate pedestrian quality.Zinnser (ok I can't remember the spelling exactly right now) makes superior products at competative prices and in this case their product "BIN" is the best choice.After 30 years in the hardware business I can tell you this is a far better product.Don't get me wrong...Kilz is ok...but this is better.Kilz is produced to be heavily promoted and disounted hence it's quality level has been lowered over the years.
marksr
07-26-08, 06:34 PM
...... and if you do use kilz -make sure it is the original oil base formula!! not the latex kilz.