removing old paneling

I am remodeling my basement, and I started tearing off the paneling. There is sheet rock under it, but caked with glue. What is my best choice? Trying to sand off the glue or ripping off the sheet rock and starting all over? My plan is to just paint the walls. I was thinking about painting the paneling, but I really do not like the look.

Thanks in advance

I have filled the paneling grooves with drywall mud and painted before with good results. Just remember to tape the joints. Also sand the paneling to get the sheen off so mud sticks.

lindy, I tried to sand the glue off of the sheet. Didn’t work so well. IMHO it was easier to just hang new rock.

Jami

Aremolding job is worth doing RIGHT , I would recomend(sp) starting over with new rock …
The results will be much greater and more satifying

Just start over.

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Just start over.

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I agree. I’ve been down that road. Do it right the first time so you have more time to fish.

Thanks guys! I was hoping you were not going to say that, but I do agree that I should do it the right way. Thanks again for the help, and I am sure that I will asking more questions before I am done.

just rock over everything.

You will be fine putting new rock over the existing rock with glue on the surface. You could probably use 1/4 or 3/8 rock depending on how bad the old surface is.

good luck

The first 3 things I would look at is, how big of bumps/grooves did the glue make, how big is the room, and how well do you mud?

If the bumps dont stick out to far, and the room isnt overaly large and you are good to ok at mudding I would look at just skim coating it with mud. If I were to do it I would use 210 mud and skim coat it. Once it is dry take a sanding pole and sand down the ridges you created while mudding and then primer, texture and paint it. That would save quite a bit on cost of materials and would not create such a big mess. It might take a little more time but it would be close to the same as tearing it off and redoing it.

If you have any other questions just holler.

Lindy i do this for a living and i’ve done a few of these same jobs. Being able to finish drywall will be the determining factor on this job that will make it a little easier. You can take a hair dryer or heat gun that you strip paint with and soften the adhesivee on the rock. It does soften so that you can use a putty knife or a 3″ to 4″ finishing knife to slide between the rock and the adhesive. If the adhesive is very old it might not soften much like a realatively new adhesive. It does work but be careful not to gouge the facepaper on the rock. Drive the paneling nails in befor you try knifeing off the adhesive because it nicks the knife edge and you can use that same knife to finish the nails in the center of the rock. When it comes to taping and doing the finish work message me and i’ll give you a few hints and the right size finishing knifes to use to save you some time and make the whole job alot easier. Im presently teaching a painter how to finish drywall , hes been doing it on his own and never had a pro show him a few things that save time and make the work alot easier, in two hours he made enough progress that he could just go to his second coat, these few simple things to do will help you. My thoughts are if the rocks already up and you can prep it right then redo the finish on the rock, its cheaper too. Ive helped a couple guys here on the site do thier jobs and with the advice i gave them they told me that made it easier and they were satisfied with the finished job. Message me and i’ll help you out.

Have you thought about just spray texture and a knockdown finish to hide it? Just another option.