You are on the right track. You can paint latex paint over oil PRIMER. If you prime with an oil based sandable primer (I use Zinzer 123) and then paint the final coat with a latex paint you should be in business. It only took me days, and days, and days and upteen gallons of paint to learn this lesson! Good luck!

nkkp, thank you! Is there any problem putting oil based primer over the latex primer that I've applied to some walls already? Thanks!

You can do that, but use BIN instead of Bullseye 123 and get the water based BIN. Same manufacturer(Zinsser). BIN is interior and 123 is exterior/interior.

Nope - no problem adding the oil over the latex...I had to do it-lol! I may have used the BIN (it's at the other house right now - I just remember it was Zinsser and in a gold and white can. Sorry it took so long for me to reply-this thread was lost to me for a few days. It won't show-up in my listings....strange!

I found it- I used Zinsser Cover Stain Oil Based Primer. It is sandable, which means, once it has dried, you can take a piece of sandpaper, sanding block, or electric sander (my personal fav) and sand away any brush marks, etc. I don't know if the other types are sandable, but the CS is and makes for a nice smooth finish -smooth as glass.

Thank you so much for your help! I've got some of the oil primer now and after a preliminary check it looks like it's working! Thank you so much!!! Other than the fumes (pew!) I'm happy as a clam :)

I have been doing research into painting over paneling and there are many ways to do it. After doing some footwork research I have decided that I am going to try the product called Liquid Sander first. It is supposed to de-gloss the paneling and then you paint over that. If I do not like how that works My father gave me the idea of using drywall mud and sealing up the cracks and thinning and using a roller to give a small texture too. I may use a combination of the two. I looked at Home Depot and Lowes and prices were just slightly lower at Lowes, but not enough that you are going to lose anything if you don't have a Lowes close by. If you decided to use the drywall mud buy the 5 gal. bucket. It is cheaper then the 1 gal. THe other option is sanding, but why give yourself more work then needed? I guarantee you that the elbow grease and mess you save here will be used elsewhere where you don't have a choice.