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galtgirl
Explorer
Aug 02, 2014

Patching holes in RV walls

We are doing some major updating in our 13 year old 5th wheel and one of the projects is replacing the old day night shades with roller shades. The old shades had holders screwed into the walls at the bottom of the blinds. Once removed, there is a noticeable hole left in the wall, which is covered with some kind of vinyl that looks like wallpaper. Any ideas for patching the holes so they are not so obvious? Of course spackle and paint aren't an option...darn!

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  • galtgirl wrote:
    We are doing some major updating in our 13 year old 5th wheel and one of the projects is replacing the old day night shades with roller shades. The old shades had holders screwed into the walls at the bottom of the blinds. Once removed, there is a noticeable hole left in the wall, which is covered with some kind of vinyl that looks like wallpaper. Any ideas for patching the holes so they are not so obvious? Of course spackle and paint aren't an option...darn!


    Don't rule out spackle and paint.

    Before we traded in our last RV, we removed a large mirror on the wall. There were 4-screw holes and some tears in the wallpaper. DH took spackle and we found a couple of different paint colors to blend. It took us a few tries getting the right paints and paint techniques. It wasn't even noticeable.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    sometimes just adding screw to fill the hole works. paint the head of the screw to match you paint decor.

    Most of the camper walls are the thin 1/4 wall boards.

    Roy Ken