Advice on suitable painted finish for plywood wall section

[Gowardo]

Dear all,

I am refurbishing a kitchen wall which needed a fresh lick of paint, however when removing the radiator and stripping wallpaper, I noted the bottom section of the wall has been panelled with plywood (6mm or so) as you an see from the attached.

I will eventually want the plywood to be indistinguishable from the rest of the wall / painted finish.

So far, I’ve been toying with these ideas:

1. Fill cracks / sand / paint with undercoat + emulsion
2. Lining paper + emulsion as normal

Any other approach you can suggest, highly appreciated. Please note removing the plywood is not an option at this stage.

P.s. take into account the right side of the wall will be finish with plaster as normal.


Thanks

 

[Notch7]

It’s clearly a bit of a bodge, but it’s mostly behind the rad so maybe improving on the bodge is the way forward.

I guess there’s a step where it finishes on the left, but is behind curtains normally?

I think heavy duty lining paper might be best, but I would undercoat the ply first.


What horrors is the plywood hiding? Is it damp?

 

[Gowardo]

It’s clearly a bit of a bodge, but it’s mostly behind the rad so maybe improving on the bodge is the way forward.

I guess there’s a step where it finishes on the left, but is behind curtains normally?

I think heavy duty lining paper might be best, but I would undercoat the ply first.


What horrors is the plywood hiding? Is it damp?

Exactly my thinking thank you Notch7. Hidden behind the rad.

This is a quick paint up of our kitchen, but the whole house is getting taken back to brick next year, as well as that particular wall being knocked down, so not super concerned with anything it may be hiding in the short term really (damp tester has zero reading so hopefully not damp).

Sounds like lining paper is the way forward…!