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KFS
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May 29, 2013

Wallpaper/ceiling/vinyl repair tips?

We had a leak overwinter around the shower skylight in our '95 Wilderness 21' Fifth Wheel.

We have the skylight replace/repair scheduled.

We love the camper but its a 1995 we paid $2500 for and use maybe 3 weeks out of the year. I can't justify asking my very handy DH to reinstall ceiling because it looks bad. He already works tirelessly on a 100 yo house. Structural repairs he does but the vinyl is all on me.

We have almost moved through the five stages of grief over my once pristine bathroom ceiling now having vinyl bubbling. (No we haven't)

Vinyl is dry but bubbled. Plywood under appears smooth and solid. Is there any hope of smoothing/readhering the vinyl?

I've thought either of hypo glue and roller or actually pulling it back from skylight edge when opened and regluing/smoothing entire section.

Or just quit looking up and live with it?

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  • Thanks for the reply. I'm sure what this is is vinyl bonded to plywood to create the ceiling panels. When wet the vinyl immediately releases and bubbles up.

    I'm thinking of trying as suggested to just gently peel from edge and re-smooth it with adhesive. My fear, of course, is making a bigger mess and turning an "I can live with it" to "what were you THINKING?" ;)
  • We have a carpet like stuff on our ceiling, so don't know what the vinyl stuff is like. Maybe you have to smooth it out like you do wallpaper when it is hung and work the air bubbles out from underneath as you put it up??