You can cover wall paint or wallpaper.
You may have some wood paneling still in your home. Paneling makes your room dark and uninviting, but you can cover paneling without having to take it down. You can paint, you can use regular wallpaper or put up textured wallpaper that can be painted. Either method of coverage works with a little preparation, and your room can be updated in just a weekend.
Instructions
1. Fill the paneling grooves with caulk.
Fill in the grooves in the paneling with caulk if they are 1/4 inch deep or deeper. Squeeze a thin strip of caulking into the indention and smooth with a putty knife. Repeat until the grooves are all filled in. Let dry per the container instructions.
2. Sand the wood paneling lightly with a fine-grain sandpaper by hand. This will take the slick finish off the paneling.
3. Vacuum the walls with the vacuum cleaner and soft brush attachment. Wipe the walls with a clean rag to get the dust residue off the walls.
4. Paint the paneling with acrylic primer and let dry per the can instructions.
5. Apply acrylic emulsion sizing, which will make the wallpaper stick to the paneling. Let dry per the directions.
6. Hang paintable, textured wallpaper vertically. Cut a piece of wallpaper 6 inches longer than the vertical wall area to cover, using the scissors. Wet each piece in a wallpaper water tray, let rest 10 minutes and apply each piece to the wall from top to bottom, pressing all over with a smoothing tool.
7. Trim the top and bottom with a wallpaper knife at the edges of the trim.
8. Put the second piece next to the first, making seams butt next to each other tightly. There is no print to match, so there is little waste. Continue until walls are covered; then let wallpaper dry completely.
9. Apply two coats of acrylic wall paint on the textured wallpaper. Let dry between coats.
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