Tiling over painted MDF beadboard
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Comments (4)If you have good ventilation and no small children who might decide to decorate with crayon, beadboard should be fine. We (our contractor, actually) put in beadboard when we redid our front bathroom four years ago and there has been no problem whatsoever with it.The BR originally had black and white tile that was cracked, chipped, and stained, an awful mess. When the tile came off, so did whatever was behind it, so those parts of the walls were down to the studs. I don't recall what our GC used behind the beadboard, but it is very solid and there hasn't been a trace of mold. We painted it a white that matched the Daltile that went up on the tub surround. To clean it, I use one of those mild kitchen and BR sprays - like Windex - and a slightly damp sponge every so often, but really, upkeep is no problem. For ventilation we have a jalousie window over the sink (original to the house, from 1933, not code today, but we love that window). I leave the window slightly ajar most days and that's all the ventilation we need. I think white beadboard would look lovely with your floral wallpaper, very cottage-y, one of my favorite looks. You could pick up the colors of the wallpaper in your towels and an accessory or two....See MoreHow do I paint a Beadboard Ceiling
Comments (1)It should have been painted prior to installation. But, since you're done with that, you may find a foam roller to work well enough. What brand and type of paint? What roller have you tried? Michael...See MorePainted paneling looks GREAT! Now how about a beadboard ceiling?
Comments (12)I have pine floors but they were way too much work! I loved the idea of wood floors at first but after having to sweep several times a day it got old fast. I wound up putting textured carpet in my office (the mauve room with the styrofoam ceiling) and the living room. My office looked like this before the mauve walls and with the plywood ceiling The room with the beadboard ceiling is the one I was describing above with the vinyl tiles that look like ceramic. It is not the kind that is in Lowes or HD though. these are a beige tile with a dark brown edge. It looks like ceramic tile. I got it from Habitat restore. It was not preglued. I have not been able to find it in any stores. Here is a photo of it. I took this photo because when we first put the tiles down we used the wrong glue and it seep out all the cracks. we had to use a different glue. the tiles look so much better in real life. I think I am the only person who has used real color paint on their paneling! In the first photo above I had them put one of the tiles on the machine to make that color. it came out a plain beige very similar to the color that was already there except I changed it from flat to sating finish In my livingroom I have this color, white ceiling tiles (the kind often used in dropped ceiling) it will be replaced soon and now carpet on this floor My kitchen paneling is blue but I think I am going to repaint it a nice gold color All of my walls looked like this before painting. it was so dark and drab!! I painted the floors like this (floor paint and a few coats of poly) can you tell I am a little off the beaten path? LOL!...See MoreMdf bead board was added to island- not taking paint..????
Comments (6)What you most likely picked up was the plastic coated beadbord stuff mean to be water resistant in a bath. That needs to be scuff sanded and primed with an alkyd primer like the BIN....See MoreBabka NorCal 9b
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