Painting wall cladding made of tongue and groove boards.

Painting wall cladding made of tongue and groove boards.

I am moving into a house that has an ugly wall cladding made of tongue and groove boards on the upper floor, which was once fashionable in the 60s. I want to paint this cladding white but am not quite sure how to do it. Do I need to sand the wood first, or is it enough to apply a white primer… and what kind of primer is best for this? Should I prime once or twice? Once the primer has dried, do I need to sand the primer before painting, or can I apply the paint straight away? What kind of paint is recommended for this?

Maybe someone has a different, better suggestion!?

In part of the upper floor, the cladding is made with these photo paper tongue and groove elements. Can I paint them like the other boards, or is it done differently?

I have already searched on Google but found nothing useful… maybe you could help me!?

First of all, the condition and type of the old paint must be explained. If you do not know how the paint carrier is composed, you cannot give any reliable advice. What are Fotopapierelemente? :)

hm… the boards don’t seem to have an old coat of paint at all, as far as I can tell… I would say they are simply left natural. With photo paper-coated elements I mean these coated chipboards that are often used as ceiling cladding, which have a groove all around and this strip of pressboard is pulled into it. I think they are also called decorative panels. These panels have already been painted over with some kind of color (looks awful), but I don’t know exactly what kind of paint it was, though I assume it was painted over with façade paint because the bucket was still there.