How to paint the walls of your rv.
Best paint for painting rv walls.
In many cases a high quality paint will have no trouble adhering to a clean dry wall without the use of an extra chemical.
Our camper is pretty small 18 ft but it has a lot of small wall spaces especially in the bathroom.
Before painting the interior walls of your rv the prep work is just as important.
Painting the walls wasn t nearly as time consuming as painting the cabinets but they did require some extra prep.
This step is super important.
Second option paint all the walls.
Like i mentioned in the previous step rv walls aren t made of sheetrock like in a normal house so you need to use a specific type of primer to prep the walls for paint.
How to paint the exterior of an rv.
For months we debated about painting all the vinyl walls in our rv.
Clean the walls my recommendation for this would be tsp.
It is a cleaner and degreaser.
How to paint rv walls.
In fact i would say painting the rv walls ceiling vents and cabinets gave us the biggest bang for our buck being that it completely changed the overall feel of the space.
Sand the walls you don t have to go crazy but scuffing up the walls a bit will help the primer to adhere.
With proper care and cleaning a quality paint brush can be used for multiple painting projects.
Some paints are advertised as only requiring a single coat but i never allow myself to get my hopes up that this will actually be the case.
Depending on the size of your rv you can paint anywhere from 1 6 accent walls.
Here s a good article that talks about accent walls.
Although this isn t specifically labeled as rv paint it s perfect for the job.
Make sure your walls are clean free from dust and grease.
The next day i started painting the walls with sherwin williams interior paint which took me maybe 2 3 hours.
Eventually we decided to paint a few accent walls and go from there.
Rv paint use the right primer.
So here are the steps you should follow to properly paint the walls in your camper.