Priming and Painting Pine Tongue and Groove Walls

Priming and Painting Pine Tongue and Groove Walls

Hey there!

I’m so excited to share our kitchen renovation progress with you! Today’s all about priming and painting pine tongue and groove walls!

If you missed us installing the tongue and groove walls you can find that article HERE!

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Materials Used for Priming and Painting the Tongue and Groove Walls

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Primer

Since the wood is pine with lots of knots chose to use B-I-N Advanced Synthetic Shellac bases Primer to help prevent tannin bleed through. I’ve used a few other Zinnser products with great results and I’ll be sure and let ya know how it holds up!

You can find it HERE!

Wood Filler

After 1 coat of primer I filled in any visible knots with wood filler.

Linking what I used HERE!

Paint

I used my all time favorite white paint Ultra Pure White by Behr in eggshell.

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Rollers

I love these paint rollers!

Paint Brush

This is one of my favorite paint brushes

Priming

As I mentioned I used the shellac based primer to help seal the knots and prevent tannin bleed through. This can be a pretty real issue with pine. If you’re not familiar tannins are a chemical compound in wood and can come through paint and leave behind a discolored area, specifically where there are knots.

Wood Filler and Priming Again

After giving all the walls a coat of the primer I went through and filled in any visible knots and imperfections I wanted covered. I did this for two reasons. One, again it will further help prevent tannin bleed through. And secondly, because I didn’t want a rustic look of lots of visible knots.

Then I sanded the wood filler with a block sander and gave the whole room a second coat of primer.

Why did we chose pine since it created more work you ask? Because the prices of lumber are through the roof with the pandemic and also because there are such limited quantities available. Supply and demand at it’s finest. Pine was available and in our budget, so I didn’t mind the extra elbow grease involved.

Paint

After the second coat of primer was dry I gave the room two coats of the Behr Ultra Pure White paint and primer. I love this white paint because, in my opinion, it is a very true white. It reads very neutral. Not too warm and not to cold…said the baby bear lol!

I chose eggshell as a finish because I prefer a more matte finish and with Behr’s new Scuff Defense line I don’t have to worry about scuffing and I can still wipe the walls clean if/when needed.