| Wallpaper Question
The situation:
I recently purchased a 1967 Tradewind which had "after-market" (not the original Airstream vinyl) wallpaper applied. From the pattern/style of wallpaper I would speculate it was done in the 1980's. The wallpaper was peeling off, was in very poor condition and was really dated looking. I ended up stripping the wallpaper but unfortunately hard patches of wallpaper glue remained (I'm guessing someone actually used some other type of glue to repaste sections that were coming down). I was unsuccessful in removing the patches of glue. I ended up washing down the walls with a clorox/water mixture and then I painted the walls. They are at least clean and the appearance is greatly improved; however, I'm still not satisfied with the appearance - especially the "glue patches."
My question is:
I would like to put new wallpaper on the walls; however, I don't want to end up with a repeat of the same mess that I spent days removing from the prior owner's wallpaper efforts. Has anyone applied wallpaper with successful results such that the paper did not start coming off? I'm wondering if the fact that the interior of the trailer will get very hot while sitting idle (I'm in Austin, TX where 8 - 9 months out of the year we have pretty warm temperatures) and thus the paper would start to peel again.
Thank you in advance for any input and guidance you can provide.
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