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Hi everyone. At the moment I am working on the interior of my 'van. I have noticed a few other marks on the walls aswell. I have to replace the front panel, which I've been quoted £30 for an 8 x 4 sheet. But due to the other marks, I am considering wallpapering it all. Would this be a viable option???? I know everyone has their own ways but I'd like to hear both sides.

Cheers guys

Luke   

Hi luke_s

A warm welcome Luke_s to the UKCS  Tin Tent Brigade fraternity, 1st question is all your paneling a flat surface? if so you could cross line them with a Linning paper  this is very cheap per roll and is obtainable in various thicknesess depending on the type of surface you are applying it to? before applying you main wall paper to give a better surface to work on etc. if your paneling has the V grooves in? you can get Decorators caulke and fill the grooves with a  broad Spatular and then sand flat when dried with a fine sand paper, then apply the cross lined paper with a good quality anti fungisidal adhesive, then fit your Main wallpaper finishs etc. all the above can be obtained from a good quality Decorators merchants etc.

Regards

Woggle

WallPaper  does not sound right because of the reasons previously given ,[It would peel of during the winter]  However there is a product called Muraspec which profesional decorators use ,this is a vinyl material used on office partitions and is fixed using a very strong adhesive paste .It comes in many paterns and shades but the more popular are similar to the fabric used on caravan wall boards.  Its expensive

                                              Coljac

Luke S, where are you getting your wallboard from? I got mine from O'Leary Motorhomes (https://sslrelay.com/olearymotorhomeshop.co.uk/sess/utn;jsessionid=1544167fc46f5fe/shopdata/?main_url=product_overview.shopscript) plus a roll of Mastic Sealant, and a tube of Sealant next day delivery and it cost me £30.00 total (inc. delivery charge) - think my sheet was 7` x 4` though?

The best thing is when the board was delivered it had been packaged back-to-back with another wallboard to protect it  - not the same pattern, but enough to tidy up my toilet compartment FOC!

On the wallpaperin thing I'm pants... can even do my walls at home, so think I would opt for painting the walls with bathroom/kitchen paint

Quote: Originally posted by timtheenchanter on 11/3/2006

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wall paper may be a problem in winter, the paper has a tendancy to absorb any small amount of damp there is, so may get moud on it, and/or peel off, an external type paint/wall covering may be a better way to go

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I thought modern vinyl wallpapers and the paste included a fungicide, otherwise they'd have the same problems in a bathroom or kitchen surely?

Jenny

Hi Carl, I'm getting my wallboard locally from a company called Golden Castle Caravans, it's inly about 1/2 a mile away.

I think I will go with the wallboard for now then, and see how the rest goes. Cheers guys.

Hi luke-s

Dont forget the before and after photo's!!! and remember for your new paneling "measure twice and cut once" any awkward places make a cardboard/paper template first just to save the tears later

Best Regards

Woggle