I filled in the cracks in my paneling with drywall compound because I have a
large basement and replacing with drywall was (is still) out of the
question. I then primed and painted the panelling. It looks great! Make's
a huge difference. I don't have any major cracks (and it's been 3 yrs)
however, I do have some small cracks where the panels meet; I guess I should
have used another (flexable) product such as a paintable caulking.

Jeff

"Les Nessman" wrote in message
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"Steve Nekias" wrote in message
om...
Home Depot has recommended Anaglipta (sp?) paper
or prime the walls, fill with a flexible drywall compound,
sand compound, prime again and then paint.

I tried the flexible drywall compound on my 1979's vintage
panelling.......it was awful. Tons of work, more than if I'd just
ripped off the panelling and put up new sheetrock. To make things
worse, the spackle in a couple of the grooves bubbled up about a month
after I'd completed the project.

I'd recommend ripping out the panelling (and sheetrock underneath, if
any) and drywalling.


Thanks for the confirmation of my fears...I'll stay away from the
compound.
The chick on the phone at home depot didn't even sound convinced as she
was recommending it. I think we've decided to go with the anagliptic
sp?
wall paper for now. Drywall isn't in the budget right now...I want a 3
season
room 1st. ) Thanks