Painting Over Very old Dark Wood Panneling
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 6:31 pm
Hi,
I am looking for some advice for painting over some very old dark wood panelling. It is pine but I am not sure what is on top of it - paint, varnish perhaps.
I thought I could use Zinsser Bin so I followed the instructions by cleaning the surface then using methylated spirit to degrease. However, the methylated spirit caused a clear-ish top layer to go sticky and peel off. The more methylated spirit was added, eventually the whole layer came off and it went back to bare wood.
Below picture shows what happens when a little methylated spirit is applied
Below picture shows what happens when a bit more methylated spirit is added with a little more elbow grease:
I have a huge area of this panelling so it is going to be very time consuming to completely strip all the area. Any suggestions?
Many thanks
I am looking for some advice for painting over some very old dark wood panelling. It is pine but I am not sure what is on top of it - paint, varnish perhaps.
I thought I could use Zinsser Bin so I followed the instructions by cleaning the surface then using methylated spirit to degrease. However, the methylated spirit caused a clear-ish top layer to go sticky and peel off. The more methylated spirit was added, eventually the whole layer came off and it went back to bare wood.
Below picture shows what happens when a little methylated spirit is applied
Below picture shows what happens when a bit more methylated spirit is added with a little more elbow grease:
I have a huge area of this panelling so it is going to be very time consuming to completely strip all the area. Any suggestions?
Many thanks