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nbking
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Dec 16, 2016

Painting motor home cupboards

I have been watching Youtube pieces on painting our motor home cupboards and I am still not sure if painting the cupboards is a good idea because of the paper covered particle board used to make the cupboards.

Has anyone painted their cupboards and if so, could you provide me with some directions as to how to do it.
  • All the truck and camper mechanical stuff is my department. I told my wife - an ex pro painter - she could do whatever with the interior she wanted.
    First thing she wanted to do was paint the whole thing. I was very skeptical but hey it's just an old camper. It was very labor intensive because a truck camper is pretty much all corners and edges inside.
    It looks eleventy zillion times better! It was all typical old camper brown wood, now it's aqua colors, a lighter base with a slightly metallic darker trim, looks great and feels "bigger".
    It's been done a few years now and has held up great. Plus it's easy to fix if you do damage the surface.
    She just thoroughly cleaned it then primed & painted, didn't sand.
    The whole inside is "glamper"-ed out, no one expects it to be so nice inside when it's just an average old camper outside. And I only paid $1500 for it, about 7 years ago!
    It's amazing what well-done paint and fabric and contact paper can do for a cheap old rig.

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