Covering 70's fake wood panelling

[balzamico]

Much like my other post about tiles, there is dark wood fake panelling on a house we need to sell. I'd like to paint over it in a pale grey in a day so I'd rather not have to sand and prime
Has anyone done this?

We had to tongue-and-groove in dark stained pine. We painted it white. DONT DO IT. Every little gap between the wood is very obvious as it looks dark against a pale colour. It took ages and ages (we sanded, filled, sanded, primed first).

I think you could give it a good sanding, sugar soap, and go for a darker shade to get it done quicker. But botched DIY jobs don’t add value, so....

I used B&Q everywhere paint on our wood effect panels. Still going strong 5 years later!