Redecorating the units

[Selena]

Hi everyone, I have recently purchased my motorhome and find that it is quite dark. I want to lighten my units and not sure what paint would be best to use. Has anyone repainted their units and if so what type of paint did you use. Thank you for any suggestions.

 

[David and Sally]

 

[pappajohn]

Try proper kitchen cupboard paint.
You can put it on with minimal prep.....usually just sugar soap is enough and can be put on with a mini roller.

 

[stevewagner]

Maybe try vinyl wrapping the inner panels

 

[Southdowners]

Hi, I’d use something with a satin finish like those in the link below. I don’t know if you like Farrow and Ball colours - if you do and don’t want to pay their prices you can get the same colours mixed in B&Q using their Valspar paint.

Interior Wood and Metal | Paint Applications

Bring new life to faded furniture and kitchen cabinets with a choice of three Farrow & Ball finishes Estate Eggshellt Modern Eggshell and Full Gloss

www.farrow-ball.com

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[Selena]

I will take a look at the link. Thank you

 

[Minxy]

If you decide to do vinyl instead these threads might help:

How to Wrap the Cupboard Doors

So those of us out there in the older vans like to update and upgrade things where we can, So here is a small job for the weekend. First of all decide what color wrap you want, then have a look at the different thickness's you can get. I used a company known as Wrap Direct, l ordered some...

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Modernising A 2008 Apache

We love our 2008 Apache but inside it's very, well, 2008. Has anyone given a similar vehicle a more modern feel (pics would be nice). I've requested a quote from Regal for the upholstery but was thinking more about scaling back the amount of fake wood finish for something brighter. d

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How to Wrap that Perspex Drinks Cabinet

I have already explained how l wrapped the cupboard doors using 3M-94 but when it come to Perspex its a whole new ball game. So as before l will do an image by image account of how l do it. First of all, we do not use our drinks cabinet, l prefer to drink from glasses made of glass so we store...

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Anyone ever painted their internal coachwork cabinets?

Trouble with painting the cabinets it’s a one-way trip, I would wrap unless they’re really unsaveable!

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[Selena]

Thank you for this, I had not thought about wrapping. Looking at some of those links, it's looks like it could be a better finish.

 

[Robert Clark]

Vinyl wrapping isn’t suitable for doors with a profile like yours

Instead I’d opt for an eggshell paint, having first given the doors a good clean to remove any surface grease

 

[Selena]

Thank you.

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[Mousy]

Al Fresco Inside / Outside Range

Perfect for interior and exterior furniture and more, our Al Fresco range is durable, weatherproof and UV-resistant. Choose from a variety of stunning colours.

frenchicpaint.co.uk

this paint is good. Minimal prep work required and great finish.

 

[davidbaldam]

Hi and welcome to FUN.

 

[bigwood]

Management has been wanting to paint the varnished wood fire surround in our sitting room. She found some furniture paint in B&Q. It’s called Rustolium . I thought it was for metal like Hamerite.
It went on really well and has transformed the fire surround .
Not sure about motorhome cabinets but it might be worth a look.

 

[Winger]

How you can call that dark is beyond my thinking

 

[SpeedyDux]

How you can call that dark is beyond my thinking

Good point. My suggestion to Selena would be to install brighter interior lighting, with more LEDs.

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[SteveJ]

I did ours a little while ago https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/foru...-a-couple-of-little-jobs.228200/#post-4115382 From experience use a really good undercoat, ideally a shellac one, I used https://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/...ET_EDGE_BLOCK_AND_BOND_PRIMER_SEALER_ZAPS_ST/ which I found has a longer working time then other shellac primers/undercoats I've used. Paint choice doesn't really matter if you are going to put a sealer on top. I used Valspar V700 paint from B&Q, so huge range of colours then applied a few coats of a satin polyurethane sealer on top. I used this one, not exactly cheap but is probably one of the best sealers I have ever used. https://www.goldleafsupplies.co.uk/high-performance-top-coat-satin-946ml-3035/

 

[Manic]

I would make sure you really want to paint them before you start and think about if you would want change your van, would somebody want to buy one with painted cabinet work, I wouldn’t.

 

[daveclare]

How you can call that dark is beyond my thinking

Well it's pretty much darker than the white vent in the photo.

 

[gus-lopez]

we used Annie Sloan chalk pain for the wood surrounds & the inserts done with patterned tissue paper using diluted wood glue. (PVA) Craft glue is similar being a pva but not as strong but perfect for the paper

Management has been wanting to paint the varnished wood fire surround in our sitting room. She found some furniture paint in B&Q. It’s called Rustolium . I thought it was for metal like Hamerite.
It went on really well and has transformed the fire surround .
Not sure about motorhome cabinets but it might be worth a look.

This is rustolems version of "chalk paint" & a bit cheaper

 

[Nanniemate]

they can be sprayed my neighbour had a domestic kitchen guy do their looks great (same kind of thing as spraying old PVC windows) depends if you want to DIY or pay an expert ?