Painting Slatwall?

[Hatman52]

I'll be installing Dakota pre-finished slatwall from Menards on the upper half of my bare garage walls. It's a prefinished white laminate, but where the "slats" have been milled out is just unfinished particle board. Here's the link: https://www.menards.com/main/paint/...slatwall/lamslatwallwhite/p-1444428251813.htm

So, the question is: paint the unfinished recessed areas white, or just put it up as is?

 

[rlwhitetr3b]

I painted the surface of what I put in a closet to match the rest of the wall. I kind of tried to paint the slates, but decided I did not want to work that hard. It was a pain in the a$$ to get the paint in the slat and the unfinished wood did not take paint very well. If you have any scrap, you might want to try it on that before you commit to the installed stuff.

 

[The Cobbler]

as mentioned a PITA to paint

 

[rustyjames]

I installed the vinyl strips on my slatwall. https://www.retailresource.com/categories/Collections-462742

 

[lis2323]

I spray paint the slat wall in my shop. Pretty easy.






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[Milton Shaw]

Install the strips, they come in just about any color and don't dare paint instead of using the strips.

 

[rustyjames]

Just be mindful if you got with the strips that you need at least an inch or two from the panel end to slide them in.

 

[duke460]

After breaking out a slat, brought the inserts. A bit pricy