"Colbyt" wrote in message
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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"Darryl" wrote in message
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I'm trying to decide what to do with the basement (late 70's)
paneling--it's either a quick sand and paint or drywall? Opinions?
The house will be sold within the next year or two.

I think I've got the same paneling in the basement of a house I plan to
own
for a good while. I'm going with the sand and paint option. I've seen
it
done before, and if you sand adequately and use a decent primer, the
result
is nice.


Save both of you some work. A through washing with a stong soap (like
TSP),
quality primer and paint. Beats the hell out of sanding any day.


Colbyt

I tried the no-sand routine in a small room with the same paneling. The
paneling is so slick that a slight bump with anything will knock loose a
chunk of paint. Next time, I'll spend a few minutes sanding. The random
orbit sander (or maybe a pole sander) will make fairly quick work of it...