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dpgllg's avatar
dpgllg
Explorer
May 28, 2017

Painting inside of 5th Wheel good or bad idea?

Hello,

I am in the process of refreshing the interior of my 5th wheel. I will be replacing all vinyl and most of the carpet with new vinyl plank interlocking flooring. Wife just has to decide on what color.

The border that ran around the walls at half height was faded and loose in several places. I took it down and now I can't seem to get rid of the adhesive left behind. I have tried the following:

wallpaper adhesive remover
Goo Gone
Alcohol
mineral spirits

Nothing has worked. My wife thought that maybe we should just paint over it with BIN Primer and then the color of her choice. I searched the forums and I did not see any posts discussing painting the inside of an RV.

Has anyone ever done this and how did it turn out? Did you just do the walls or walls and ceiling? What type of paint did you / should I use (latex oil interior exterior?

Anything that I need to know before attempting this?

Thanks in advance for your help

Dave
  • Bumpyroad's avatar
    Bumpyroad
    Explorer
    May 28, 2017
    midnightsadie wrote:
    a nice paneling would look better than paint.


    yep, do the wainscot thingy
    bumpy
  • dpgllg's avatar
    dpgllg
    Explorer
    May 28, 2017
    MrWizard wrote:
    Why not put up a new wall paper border


    Well if I had just taken down the old border and not have tried removing the adhesive that would probably have worked. In my attempts to remove the adhesive the stickiness has spread beyond any reasonable width border. I don't know what adhesive they used but it just won't budge
  • dpgllg's avatar
    dpgllg
    Explorer
    May 28, 2017
    midnightsadie wrote:
    a nice paneling would look better than paint.


    How would you attach the paneling? There are not many nailers in the wall. Would construction adhesive be a good solution?
  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
    Explorer II
    May 28, 2017
    There are quite a few proplr who have painted their interiors. I did the bathroom a few years ago. Wash with TSP, prime with Kilz and paint with your favorite latex. Just be sure not to go too dark.
  • MudChucker's avatar
    MudChucker
    Explorer
    May 28, 2017
    Im a fan of using new materials over painting the old materials.

    having said that, I have seen many units where folks have done as donn0128 mentions, clean, quality primer and paint...
  • Gdetrailer's avatar
    Gdetrailer
    Explorer III
    May 28, 2017
    MudChucker wrote:
    Im a fan of using new materials over painting the old materials.

    having said that, I have seen many units where folks have done as donn0128 mentions, clean, quality primer and paint...


    Since the OP is not able to get rid of the adhesive residue, new paneling over top is most likely the better way.

    Trying to paint over the leftover adhesive most likely will show and not to mention cause the paint to fail to stick..
  • midnightsadie's avatar
    midnightsadie
    Explorer II
    May 28, 2017
    theres plenty of paneling glues out there ,that will hold better than a nail. and easy to use . about twenty dabs on a sheet put in place and move on. nails come loose.
  • Bumpyroad's avatar
    Bumpyroad
    Explorer
    May 28, 2017
    midnightsadie wrote:
    theres plenty of paneling glues out there ,that will hold better than a nail. and easy to use . about twenty dabs on a sheet put in place and move on. nails come loose.


    think liquid nails
    bumpy

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