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14 years ago

Okay you know our 5th wheel is a older one a 91 I think......well remember the colors that wer in back then yep lite blue and mauve....so not me.......forgoing the carpert right now.....It of course is wallpapperd....would this be anydifferent taking down the paper from here then in a home? I am going to do it I have done a search found one site where the lady did it but didn't explain that was all I found out any ideas??? Stacy

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Marilyn Sue McClintock
14 years ago
Are you sure it is wall paper and not a printed board like paneling? I know in some campers they use that, not wallpaper. Check and see. I have no idea about removing it.

Sue
susanjf_gw
14 years ago
we wall-papered over the exisitng stuff in this tiny trailer we had eons ago...painted the wood panels we could. the carpeting is a pita to replace.

they redid a trailer on christopher lowell years ago, and he had to have it done by a pro, because of it going up the "walls" and the stairs. an alternative might be to remove and replace with some sort of vinyl tiles?(easier to keep clean imho, but then?? pulling out in weird places) they can be warmed and sort of cut/bent into small spaces...
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the day after Valentines might be a good day to find an inexpensive Large teddy bear to put a bib on, pin a burp towel on its shoulder and add a clear handbag or celophane bag over his arm, filled with a couple more bibs and burp clothes. Find a basket to stuff with batting, throw on some pretty papper, put your bear and other baby things in it. Hmmm, still thinking.
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lydia1959
14 years ago
Are you sure it is wall paper and not a printed board like paneling? I know in some campers they use that, not wallpaper. I agree with Marilyn Sue.

I'd paint right over it. I wouldn't attempt to wallpaper just because I'm sure in a small camper you have to do a lot of cutting and it'd be a PITA.
Terri_PacNW
14 years ago
I agree paint right over it..
grinch_gut
Original Author
14 years ago
It is wallpaper but if I choose to paint over it....then i would have to at least take the border down ight? ANd when we get ready to do the carpeting it will be pro. done LOL! STacy
nodakgal
14 years ago
Prime and paint gets my vote! Yes take the border down if possible.
iowagirl2006
14 years ago
Use a good primer like Kilz. It is expensive, but you shouldn't need a lot of it.

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