Asked on Aug 14, 2015
Modular home walls makeover
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Our modular home has vinyl wall panels with lathes covering the 1/4" gaps between. I was wanting to cover these gaps and make these walls look somewhat seamless. Removing these panels is not an option due to the construction limitations.
7 answers
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Could you glue or use 2-sided tape on some light wood trim? Or maybe you could faux finish them to look like wood trim?
B. Enne
on Aug 14, 2015
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The only way I can think of is remove the lathes, use plaster or spakling to fill in the seams, sand smooth and paint or paper the walls.
Lori
on Aug 14, 2015
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I have the same problem. Want to redo batroom. Can you just paint over the vinyl walls? Thanks
Nan1549267
on Aug 15, 2015
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we took ours down.use paintable calking fill gap.sand smooth paint.u can allso use dry wall compound.sand in paint.ours came out great looks like sheetroc. now.would post picture but its our weekend get away n not there.but its a easy fix..i hated the strips allso.
Sandra Dyer
on Aug 15, 2015
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We use to have mobile home that had the same type of problem. My husband removed the lathes, he applied a tape that is used between dry wall panels - no clue what it's called - it looks like some sort of mesh. On top of that he applied some plaster (think the dry wall kind) waited 24 hours for it to dry well, sanded, vacuumed, and applied a good primer to everything, then we painted. Walls looked seamless. Lot of work but worth it! Note primer we used was a mold killer - just a preventive measure because of the type of construction.
Judy
on Aug 15, 2015
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We did paintable caulking on ours long time ago and painted the room and looked so much better. I have also seen people paint the wood pieces as well just like the whole wall and it looked good. Less noticeable.
Linda Lemiere-Zile
on Aug 15, 2015
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GO TO MOBILEHOMEREPAIR .COM IT WILL TELL YOU
Sally Stokes
on Aug 15, 2015
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