Painting over Paneling

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I had the same paneling problem in my family room. What I did was run new base, chair rail and crown moulding around the room.

Next, I filled the groove in the paneling with drywall joint compound and then painted the panling with a high hide hide white primer.

The upper part of the paneling with the filled grooves was wall papered and the lower part painted to give it a wainscott look.

The woork was done about 10 years ago. No problems to date.