Help with Walls
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NanaWells
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Hi I live in a manufactured home its a beautiful home I get lots of complements but of course since it is a 1997 it has paper on the walls in the bathrooms that does not remove I want to paint over them but do not want it to look like painted paper but I am semi disabled so I can't really get in there and do major work painting I can do does anyone have any suggestions for the kind of paint I can use so it doesn't look like painted paper ? Thanks so much for your help
this paper is flat so not to hard to cover I think
this paper is a little tiny bit shiny and textured harder to cover
13 answers
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I used the valspar primer and paint in one from Lowes in my old house it worked really well. And if there is texture on the paper it still looks pretty nice
Lisa J Box
on Feb 10, 2014
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I recently painted my mom's manufactured home. Her walls had the same texture as your walls. After trying an "affordable" primer and paint. The paint peeled off the walls within a few days. I had to scrape all the paint and primer off and sand where it as impossible to get some of it off. Lesson learned, I went to Sherwin Williams and bought their primer and paint, It went on much easier and didn't need extra coats.
Jacqueline Elaine
on Feb 10, 2014
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Decoupage maps,sheet music or newspapers ie.from a foreign country,I'm thinking Italy,France etc..then apply a stain to age it.
Funnygirl
on Feb 11, 2014
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Laurie, my manufactured home is a 1986. Mine also had the plastic strips between the wallboard sheets. In 1991 my family was going to grow by 1. We needed more room so I went all out and put an addition on.....full length, full width and an upstairs. Now I just had to do something with those manufactured walls in the original part! I just pulled off the strips, taped, puttied and sanded ( I actually had someone help me with this as it was time consuming and I am an amateur). Then I VERY, VERY LIGHTLY sanded the walls, primed and painted. People who come into my house that don't know, don't believe me that it was (is) a manufactured home. The walls have been repainted since and I have had no problems with any peeling for lifting. I see alot of ideas posted. Good luck!
Ellen
on Feb 11, 2014
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I know it sounds like lots of work, but prime first with a high grade OIL Based primer, so that it seals off the paper, then come back with a quality paint, in mine I still used the paint and primer( for the glue not the seal) then you do not have the peeling problems.
Teresa Sparger
on Feb 11, 2014
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Paint with Kilz from lowes first and then paint it smooth or use a texture paint...I've done this many times and it works very well...if you want to remove those strips, go over with a dry wall compound and after it drys, sand smooth...and paint as usual...FYI...its much easier and probably covers better to use a textured paint if you remove the strips...
Pam Breen
on Feb 11, 2014
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I had a manufactured home with the same walls, so I was sick of the outdated wallpaper so I took off the strips between the cracks, primed it with Kilz primer, then took already mixed joint compound and not only put it in the cracks, but thinned it down a bit and slathered all over the walls with a trowel. Made fun patterns then painted it, the uneven wall really gave it character. Make sure they fully dry before painting. This sounds like a lot of work, but I did one wall at a time and I was really happy with the results.
Carol G
on Feb 11, 2014
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My only suggestions would be IF the wallpaper feels like it has a plastic coating on it...I would lightly sand it to scruff up the "plastic coating" before putting on the primer and paint. I would also use an oil based primer even if you go over it with a latex paint. Zissur is my go to oil base primer, can be found at Lowes in the gold can.
Cyndi Moore Tippett
on Feb 12, 2014
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Thanks everyone for the help I now have some ideas on how to start but it sounds like I will need help :)
NanaWells
on Feb 13, 2014
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i used kilz on my walls, didn't peel or anything. good luck.
Teri
on Feb 15, 2014
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I worked in a lumber yard where we sold that type of wall-covering - it's actually very thin sheetrock with the paper laminated to it. Very hard for it to peel like wall paper does! I painted some walls that had this wall-covering and 20+ years and several different paint colors later, no peeling and the paint stuck very well!! I also removed the strips that cover the seam between the sheets and used putty (like you use when taping sheetrock). My walls look like regular walls where I had this wall-covering! But since they now sell paint with primer added, I would use that to be certain it will cover old walls.
Cherie
on Jan 29, 2015
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We had a papered bathroom and wanted to paint it also. The man used a good oil based primer and two coats of a good vinyl and I challenge anyone to figure out it is over paper. Of course, the paper has to be tight and in good condition before you start. There was a small scuff and he sanded it.....added a little drywall compound and sanded it down. You can't find it. So feel free to paint.
Bill Croley
on Jul 02, 2015
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These pictures might help you to visualize what I said about painting the papered bathroom.
Bill Croley
on Jul 02, 2015
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