What Paint to cover the grain in Plywood?

[Barry Feldman]

I used plywood in my basement to cover some pipes but I don't like the way it looks painted. Will a good primer cover - zinsner - that grain or is there something else I should use?

thanks

Barry Feldman

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[jim]

if you are talking about regular buiding material plywood, the kind that you get to sheat up a wall or roof then you not gonna get anything to cover the grain... maybe sanpaper.. it was rough finish as its not a fininshed product....they dont make it rough on purpose, they just dont sand it or finish it on purpose(cost more money) and it was not made to be a finished product( its like the old time wood found in many old homes.. the wood went though a saw and not planed down like modern sold wood is today.... they did not need the wood planed so they did not do it....

[Lou W]

Prime then skim coat it with drywall mud

[Tim Shoppa]

If you haven't already painted it, lots of sanding sealer and elbow work will hide the surface with enough layers.

Drywall (over wood if necessary) is a whole lot easier to paint and have look like you want.

Tim.

[My Name]

Barry Feldman wrote in news:070120040900191874% [e-mail]:

Barry... I did this too. I didn't like the wood look where it was used so I skim coated it with sheet rock mud, sanded lightly and then primed and painted it. You can't tell it isn't sheet rock. Good luck.

[Barry Feldman]

thanks everyone, I think the skim coat is a great idea - I've done that and I don't know why I didn't think of it. It will fill cover the grain. I can sand as well there's not really alot of wood exposed below the dropped ceiling line,

thanks everyone!

Barry Feldman

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[Arroyo]

You could also screw sheetrock to it and finish it like a normal wall, maybe the 1/4" stuff if you dont want to enlarge it too much.

Cheers

[L. M. Rappaport]

On 7 Jan 2004 10:15:29 -0800, [e-mail] (Tim Shoppa) wrote (with possible editing):

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In addition, it adds a bit of fire and noise resistance.