I have a wall that is smooth (ish) large wood panels.
Originally, they were stained a wood color.
That has been painted over for years now.
I now need to bring the surface to super-smooth, so will be putting up a thin coat of spackle.
Can I spackle on the paint directly, or need I prime first?
(The current paint is a light shade of latex based paint, probably 12 years old.)
Best Answer
You CAN put drywall compound (please, not spackle - different products) over wood, but unless there's some major need to preserve every fractional inch of the room, it's generally much easier and better results to put drywall (you can use 1/4 or 3/8 rather than 1/2) over the wood surface first.