Stripping interior vinyl covered walls

[Reganzo]

My wife and I are looking to update our recently purchased 1988 Limited. My son wants us to change the original wall covering to something a bit more modern. My question is can we strip the wall covering and paper it again?

Regards

Franny & Reganzo

[Blu_Hwy_Lady]

I've gotten real evangelistic about painting over the vinyl. It is much less work than stripping. I've posted this before and I'm glad to provide more info. First wipe down the walls with detergent and water to get any grime off. The most difficult (and time-consuming) part is the taping of trim, etc. After you've taped off the trim, paint over the vinyl with Sherwin-Williams Bonding Primer. This stuff is amazing. You create a new surface that you can paint over. I even painted over the dark, ugly the fake walnut paneling. Here's what the inside of my trailer looks like. I faux painted it with a sponge, but if you don't feel comfortable faux painting you can just paint with a roller or brush.

[tslanier]

How can I save this post? We have an 87 and have redone the upholstery, new curtains, bedspreads etc. We want to put hardwards throughout and redo the walls. Faux painting like you did looks fabulous. How long ago was it done and does it hold up well?
Stewart

[Happycampers]

Hello .. Wondering if anyone has paint failure with cold weather.... washed all the walls with tsp and applied BIN and than CIL interior latex paint... it was holding up well until today when we went to check on the trailer.... paint peeling from the ceiling..... was not that way 1 week ago.... .... The Argosy has been here in the frozen north with us... anyone else with this problem... ??

[vswingfield]

Originally Posted by Blu_Hwy_Lady

I've gotten real evangelistic about painting over the vinyl. It is much less work than stripping. I've posted this before and I'm glad to provide more info. First wipe down the walls with detergent and water to get any grime off. The most difficult (and time-consuming) part is the taping of trim, etc. After you've taped off the trim, paint over the vinyl with Sherwin-Williams Bonding Primer. This stuff is amazing. You create a new surface that you can paint over. I even painted over the dark, ugly the fake walnut paneling. Here's what the inside of my trailer looks like. I faux painted it with a sponge, but if you don't feel comfortable faux painting you can just paint with a roller or brush.

Thanks for the tip. I was just talking about painting the dark ugly fake walnut on my bulkheads yesterday afternoon. Nice to see someone who has really done it. I will have to strip the one by the refrigerator, though, it is peeling from the top.