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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / August 2006Failing Rv Wallpaper
The wallpaper in our 1982 jamboree class C is brittle, failing and pulling off the walls in places. In other places such as the kitchen and bath the wallpaper seams to be a vinyl type and is staying in place, but is just plain ugly. So the question is this. What would you do, or have you done in this situation? I see that there are RV/Marine type wall covering manufactures out there. Is there a retail source for this type of material, or could one use regular residential home type wall covering? Thanks for your info. Rich > The wallpaper in our 1982 jamboree class C is brittle, failing and pulling > off the walls in places. In other places such as the kitchen and bath the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Rich Rich, If you decide to re-wallpaper, and you happen to be married, take my advice and hire somebody to do it. There is no greater test of a happy marriage than a wallpapering job. I can only imagine a husband/wife wallpaper job in the confines of an RV. OM > Rich, > If you decide to re-wallpaper, and you happen to be married, take my > advice and hire somebody to do it. There is no greater test of a happy > marriage than a wallpapering job. I can only imagine a husband/wife > wallpaper job in the confines of an RV. Hitler tried wall-papering for a while and look what happened after that! Regards, Barry > The wallpaper in our 1982 jamboree class C is brittle, failing and pulling > off the walls in places. In other places such as the kitchen and bath the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Rich There's no magic wall paper for RVs. When the wall paper in our first MH started to look bad, we replaced it with vinyl wall paper. Lon > The wallpaper in our 1982 jamboree class C is brittle, failing and pulling > off the walls in places. In other places such as the kitchen and bath the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Rich Buy a steamer at Lowes or Home Depot. Makes the job a lot easier. And cheaper than renting one. I see where "Calif Bill" <bmckeespam@ix.netcom.com> contributed: >Buy a steamer at Lowes or Home Depot. Makes the job a lot easier. And >cheaper than renting one. I've been buying stuff instead of renting for years, but in recent times I've discovered the folly of that approach: you not only collect stuff you seldom if ever need again, but have trouble remembering where you stashed it, can't remember how it works, can't get it to work because something is rusted or plugged, and of course run out of places to store stuff. A recent inventory reveals I have multiples of certain items that were cheaper to buy than to rent. Will Sill The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill > I see where "Calif Bill" <bmckeespam@ix.netcom.com> contributed: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Will Sill > The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill Will, you missed the obvious. Sell it when you are done with it. You know; Only used once; Like new; Works great! approach. My secret for doing wallpaper (I hate that task and have ripped out half done work before. My wife cried...) is to use push pins to hold it in place while the glue sets. This is especially good for those little thin strips next to cabinets. When done, pull out the pins. Next week pull out those you missed. Next year, same. John Andrews, Knoxville, Tennessee >I see where "Calif Bill" <bmckeespam@ix.netcom.com> contributed: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Will Sill > The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill When it is $20+ a day to rent and you can buy one at HD for about $40, is the way to go. If you are a full timer, maybe not, but we have had at least 4 friends borrow ours over the years. > I see where "Calif Bill" <bmckeespam@ix.netcom.com> contributed: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Will Sill > The Curmudgeon of Sill Hil The answer is Ebay. My son just got done installing 1600 sgft of hardwood flooring. He purchased the flooring nailer for about $300, used it and resold on Ebay for more than he paid!! I've done that serveral times... just purchase name brand good stuff, use it, don't break it, and resell for same price or more!! Cheaper than renting anytime. BG >The wallpaper in our 1982 jamboree class C is brittle, failing and pulling >off the walls in places. In other places such as the kitchen and bath the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Rich I hang wallpaper for a living and I have an Rv which I redid with vinyl wall covering. Look great much better than any new Rv. The wallcoverings in those are very thin, bonded to 1/8" plywood. Go to a good paint store like Sherwin Williams and ask to see the vinyl wall paper books. Not the Vinyl coated paper, if you can tear it in your hands keep looking. (Try and tear the sample pages) Some is available in 27" & 54" you would most likely get the 27 ( it comes in smaller bolts, a bolt of 54" will have about 400 sq ft on it. ) Some will be in the commercial vinyl books. Steaming will do no good removing your old stuff a heat gun will work best, get as much off and then use Vinyl over Vinyl Adhesive. I got rid of those ugly strips that covered the seams really classes up the joint. If your in the upper midwest I'm looking for work....... Thanks & good luck tom >I hang wallpaper for a living and I have an Rv which I redid with >vinyl wall covering. Look great much better than any new Rv. The [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >tom Tom, Any advice for securing those thin strips which cover the seams? It looks to be the same vinyl material as the rest of the wall. Mine seem to be curling along the long edges. They are sticky on the rear and will sort of stay down if I press them in place, but a while later I find them curled up gain. :-( It seems to be worse in this hot and sticky weather we are having. Elmers? Superglue? Duct tape? Flame thrower? ......gary >Any advice for securing those thin strips which cover the seams? It >looks to be the same vinyl material as the rest of the wall. Mine [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > ......gary I got rid of mine strips, which were nailed on with brads from a nail gun. The vinyl I used was heavy enough to bridge the gap and stay put. I guess depends upon how well you want them to stick on what to use. I'd use a small dab of consturction adhesive under the loose part and then tape it in place, remove the tape after a day or so. Also the proper use of construction adhesive is to put it on , push the pieces together, then pull it back apart for a minute, now put it back down for a final fit. Tom >>Any advice for securing those thin strips which cover the seams? It >>looks to be the same vinyl material as the rest of the wall. Mine [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Tom Thanks for the tips Tom! Now I just need for this heat & humidity to break. I got a whole list of to-do's. :-| .......gary Try contact cement! Worked for me. > >>Any advice for securing those thin strips which cover the seams? It > >>looks to be the same vinyl material as the rest of the wall. Mine [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > .......gary I want to thank everyone for their input. I think I may use Hunter's paint idea in one place, and follow Trekking Tom's advice to replace the paper in others. Thanks again, this has been helpful. Rich > The wallpaper in our 1982 jamboree class C is brittle, failing and pulling > off the walls in places. In other places such as the kitchen and bath the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Rich |
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