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HELP!  Got an old ABI 1986 caravan, hubby has rebuilt it with all the tips I have found here on this fantastic web site, I have lurked and clicked away and we are now nearing the end of many weekends digging out damp and repairing the wall and replacing the floor at the back.

My question is, we will be replacing the boards at the back of the van but the rest of the van has covered wallboards throughout - CAN I JUST PAPER OVER THE LOT OF THE CARAVAN USING A VINLY PAPER??  Read somewhere that nothing will stick to it - REALLY DON'T WANT TO TELL HUBBY WE HAVE TO STRIP THE LOT!!   Can anyone advise.

Many thanks

there is a PVA premixed addiesive for use on vinyl covered coatings.sorry have not got the makers or the name, I am retired now from decorating,if it comes to mind I will post.

Many thanks to you all for your replies, knew I could rely on someone to have gone through this!  Hubby will be delighted he doesn't have to peel it all off.  Will let you know how we get on. Hoping to have a first trip in the caravan 1st week in September, when hopefully it will be dry and safe.  Thanks again for all your helpful posts, could not have done this project without the help of this site. Wizard and Alan Parker amazing help with all their posts over the years.

May the sun shine on all your trips.

Best wishes

Jools the Merrycat

 hi  have you thought of "paste the wall" wallpaper it is excellent stuff very strong and as it says you paste the wall not the paper with ready mixed paste. you can cut the paper almost to the correct size before you stick it on then trim it with a sharp knife. there are some really nice random patterns that don't need matching .vinyl paper is ok but it needs to dry into the wall  that's because the vinyl layer tends to seal the water  in and it can take quite a while to dry if you are papering over water resistant wall boards

Quote: Originally posted by LawrenceR on 15/8/2009

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I have done a bathroom makeover Click Here to see. I used wallpaper (not vinyl).
The preparation of the walls; sand down to provide a key and get rid of the gloss. I then used diluted PVA to seal the walls. To hang the wallpaper, waterproof wallpaper paste.
It has been up there 2 years now and it has not come off!!

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This reminds me of a night many years ago involving a little drink,

A good friend of mine was living in a static caravan and his wife was due to present their first born, after the happy event and before she was back home we decided to paint and paper their home to give her a pleasant surprise.

We started well but decided to do a little celebrating as we worked, all went well until we came to a window, now after a few drinks we couldn't figure out how to get around it and just papered over it "well cut it out later" was the answer to our problem well as you can imagine there were more windows and the same answer was applied to each, after a while it got pretty dark squint inside and we ran out of refreshments so stopped for the night.

In the morning we were as surprised as my wife with to outcome which required a team of 5 to sort out the mess in time for the homecoming, almost 30 years later we still laugh about it, so beware if you start, only have soft drinks in the van :-}

just want to say lawrence what a great sight having just got a bailey pageant has giving me alot of incite into the jobs that can be done keep up the great work .  lee