Mobile home walls with wallpaper covered drywall.
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02-08-14, 08:22 PM
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Mobile home walls with wallpaper covered drywall.
I live in a manufactured home that has wallpaper covered drywall in every room. I would like to paint the walls but there are wooden strips covered with wallpaper in between each 4 foot sheet of drywall. If I remove the strips and mud the seams, they would not match the texture of the wall paper and would be visible thru the paint. I dont want to paint over them because I dont like the look of the trim every 4 foot on the walls. Anyone have some wall finishing techniques that I could try? I like the paperbag floor idea, I might give that a try on one room. That just leaves 10 more rooms to figure out finishes for. Help me please.
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02-08-14, 09:12 PM
I've just completed the same job that you are talking of.
On the first four rooms I had the same thoughts that have you concerned, so I put a light texture them and have had no problems with it.
I figured that I would gamble on a bathroom and not do the texture ----- it worked without any difference in the mud lines and the paper,just use good paint.
Needless to say ---- the rest of the house was done without texture.
Hope this helps,
-J.C.-
On the first four rooms I had the same thoughts that have you concerned, so I put a light texture them and have had no problems with it.
I figured that I would gamble on a bathroom and not do the texture ----- it worked without any difference in the mud lines and the paper,just use good paint.
Needless to say ---- the rest of the house was done without texture.
Hope this helps,
-J.C.-
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02-09-14, 04:01 AM
Welcome to the forums Staci!
To insure that your paint [or texture] adheres long term to the vinyl paper face you need to use a good primer! The wood strips take the place of drywall tape used in conventionally built homes. Drywall tape isn't a good idea in a MH unless there are footers under the piers and the MH is not expected to be moved in the future. Any movement will cause the joint compound over the tape to crack and possibly fall off. IMO you are best off leaving the wood strips.
To insure that your paint [or texture] adheres long term to the vinyl paper face you need to use a good primer! The wood strips take the place of drywall tape used in conventionally built homes. Drywall tape isn't a good idea in a MH unless there are footers under the piers and the MH is not expected to be moved in the future. Any movement will cause the joint compound over the tape to crack and possibly fall off. IMO you are best off leaving the wood strips.
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02-09-14, 01:11 PM
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Thanks for the advice. My home is sitting on a block foundation and it will not be moved so mudding between the seams should be ok. Although Im sure there is always the chance that it could crack if the home settles at all. I think I will start in the laundry room and see how it works out before doing the main rooms in the house. Now that I am looking around, I might have a problem with the corners because they have 2 pieces of trim on them, I would probably have to put drywall corners and mud them. This is a job that I am not looking forward to doing.
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02-10-14, 03:34 AM
Just to be clear, you need to use drywall tape along with the j/c on all the joints. Outside corners get corner bead while the you fold the tape for the inside corners.
All MHs are set on block piers but are apt to settle [or frost heave in colder climates] A poured concrete footer under the piers reduces the odds that the foundation will move.
All MHs are set on block piers but are apt to settle [or frost heave in colder climates] A poured concrete footer under the piers reduces the odds that the foundation will move.
