painting walls

[Mike Flynn]

I have a 1998 double wide, I would like to paint the walls.....kind of update it a bit.
Any tips on how to prepare walls, what type paint, etc?....these are traditional Mobile home walls, not tape/textured.

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[Jenn Cardenas]

Mike,

I have actually completed this throughout my 1997 Manufactured Home. With great success. I have enjoyed my textured and painted walls and have received many compliments.

For the steps:
After washing the walls, I prepared them with KILZ primer. This allowes texture or paint to adhere to the surface. I then taped and sanded the space between sheets of drywall. Once done with that, I textured the walls (I had fun experimenting with different textures throughout the house) and then primed once again. I know that's a pain, but it is worth it! THEN comes the paint.

Good luck!

Note: I also added in real trim wood around doors/windows/and floor boards.

[Mike Urrutia]

Mike,
Kilz is a good solution as well as any paint primer. If your looking at only painting.Once it's primed let it dry and primer it again.Then paint the color of choice. Once it dries paint it again.Yes 2 coats for each process. That's the mininum. Altough I would suggest Tape and Texure your home. It's easy, not expensive and makes the home really stand out.

[Mary]

I'm a little confused (okay, very confused) about what "tape and texture" means on walls.

We have those brown paneled walls which someone painted white, but the panels can still be seen.

Please clarify what taping means. Taping with what? Texturing with what?

Many thanks.

[Anne]

Mary-
Tape and texture refers to drywall. When drywall is installed, the seams and screw holes are filled with drywall mud and then taped, sanded and texture is blown onto the walls. With your paneled walls, you could fill the grooves with drywall mud and sand it smooth, tape and mud the seams and sand it smooth, prime the walls and then paint or wallpaper over it. I've seen it where a wallpaper underlayment is put up to further smooth out the walls before the final wallpaper.

[shauna robertson]

We are buying a home with the grooved vinyl covered walls. Can we prime and paint over them? Could I tape between the panels and eliminate those pieces that now stick out between the panels? We don't want to put too much into this but want to make it look modern and match our furniture color schemes.

~Thanks

[Dennis]

We have textured walls in our mobile home, is there any special way of painting these. I had considered trying to learn how to make this smooth and then painting but dunno. Is there any special ways of painting these textured walls?? I'm EXTREMELY new to painting textured walls please describe well for me. Much thanks in advance.