Paint or paper interior - smart or not?

[kev54]

I’m We have a 2013 Bessacarr E412 - the interior cupboards are brown. It’s not as bad as the 2001 brown of our previous motorhome, but it’s a bit glum. We really don’t like the ‘modern’ glossy finishes, nor do we like the ‘superyacht’ cream and greys - so purchasing a new(er) vehicle is not tor us. We like the van, just getting bored with the brown.

We could paint, or wallpaper. Our taste is not wild, just a nicer colour would be preferred.

I’d love to hear experiences and/or advice from fellow Funsters who have considered or tried this route.

Should we try to have something that’s reversible for when the time comes to sell? Does it matter?

 

[Landy Andy]

Have you considered getting them wrapped. I thought about getting mine done.

 

[kev54]

Have you considered getting them wrapped. I thought about getting mine done.

Thanks for the suggestion Landy Andy We’re going to have to find out what that might entail! I know what outside wrapping is, but had not considered it for inside. The biggest questions are choice of colour and choice of finish (plasticky would not be nice). It’s not just the doors but all surfaces need doing if we do anything

 

[Landy Andy]

A few on here have just done doors. Mostly with high gloss and simple single colour. I know not your taste, but it looked great, more modern, lightened the interior and made a huge difference.

 

[68c]

Sticky backed plastic.

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[meanders]

I would go with Fablon or the equivalent as long as you are patient when applying it to get rid of all air bubbles that is not as easy as most people think. (You need a good squeegee). They come in several matte finishes. When it comes to sell, you carefully peel them and then use contact adhesive remover to get rid of the residue.

 

[royandsharont]

I have wrapped some of my ‘superyacht’ van in clear to protect it from usage ware whilst keeping the grey colour and it was pretty easy to apply to one surface and the edges, but the panel door was removed. When I overlapped to the reverse for about 1” just to finish I felt had I wanted to do it all I would have ended up with ripples. It was a fold gown door into the garage area and I stand items on it when folded down inside the garage so it’s like a deep shelf. It would get scuffed eventually, hence the wrapping.

I imagine trying to do a full interior, exterior, edges etc would be a nightmare and possibly impossible to achieve a good finish due to the many surfaces and corners.

I think if it were me I would paint all the interiors, edges with doors removed and then wrap just the door fronts and edges. I think that would be achievable with a good finish giving it the time and effort.

 

[Nanniemate]

I’m We have a 2013 Bessacarr E412 - the interior cupboards are brown. It’s not as bad as the 2001 brown of our previous motorhome, but it’s a bit glum. We really don’t like the ‘modern’ glossy finishes, nor do we like the ‘superyacht’ cream and greys - so purchasing a new(er) vehicle is not tor us. We like the van, just getting bored with the brown.

We could paint, or wallpaper. Our taste is not wild, just a nicer colour would be preferred.

I’d love to hear experiences and/or advice from fellow Funsters who have considered or tried this route.

Should we try to have something that’s reversible for when the time comes to sell? Does it matter?

You could get them sprayed. My neighbour had his vw done as the dark interior was depressing
Looks great

 

[Mikey RV]

The wrap would be in vinyl so easy to wipe over. Any colour you like, gloss or satin. And you can take it off when re selling if you wanted to.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

My granddaughter has wrapped a few pieces of furniture in vinyl and has done one with scalloped edges but there are no wrinkles . It looks like a deep gloss . It's really good but at the rear there has to be an overlapped edge which is only visible when the doors are open or you run your fingers under the horizontal edges.
I don't know how easy it is to remove though.

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[Nanniemate]

My granddaughter has wrapped a few pieces of furniture in vinyl and has done one with scalloped edges but there are no wrinkles . It looks like a deep gloss . It's really good but at the rear there has to be an overlapped edge which is only visible when the doors are open or you run your fingers under the horizontal edges.
I don't know how easy it is to remove though.

Good old fablon or sticky black plastic as Blue Peter would say
I could never not wrinkle it

 

[Beltie]

Check out a company called Vinyl Warehouse. All sorts of colours/patterns/grades.

 

[kev54]

Thanks Beltie I did find the one you mentioned, but got very distracted by this on the way

 

[bigwood]

I remember a caravan that was bought by a friend of ours. It was decorated with emulsion painted wood chip wallpaper.
If that wasn’t bad enough it was previously used as a tea room at a fishing lake. As you can imagine it was a bit smelly inside.

 

[Beltie]

Thanks Beltie I did find the one you mentioned, but got very distracted by this on the way



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