Painting over modular home vinyl wallpaper

[TLOF]

I need to remodel my modular - but I'm worried about painting over that nasty vinyl wall paper attached to the sheetrock! I can't strip it, don't want to wallpaper over it, so I guess I'll PAINT it...but will it start peeling?:eek:

[mike stachnik]

I would wash the walls down with TSP, apply a coat of Bullseye 123 or Cover Stain by Zinnser (avail. at all Big Box stores) then paint. But remember, this is coming from a paperhanger!

Mike

[Chris Nelson]

Being both,I woud say the same,except if you find a real oil nased primer,that would be best.

[Bill Archibald]

Wouldn't this be a situation for which Roman's "Multi-task" was developed?
http://www.romandecoratingproducts.com/pro.html

Personally I would do all I could to strip it, as you never know when it will let loose from the sheetrock.

Can I assume you have tried to strip and have determined it is hung on the RAW sheetrock with absolutely no primer or other prep coat before? That is the ONLY time I would seriously consider painting or papering over existing wallcovering, and only after trying EVERYTHING to strip.

-Bill

[Tim Bodine]

Originally posted by Bill Archibald
Personally I would do all I could to strip it, as you never know when it will let loose from the sheetrock.
-Bill
Bill, I do believe this type wall decor described is NOT strippable at all. It is shipped fresh from the factory with the graphic printed directly on the substrate. This is definitely a case of prime over and paint.

[NCMama]

I have successfully hung paper over vinyl wallcovering-on-raw drywall in a modular. Drywall was connected by matching molding strips; joints had not been butted and taped. The paper was intact and adhered well to the wall. All attempts to remove resulted in complete removal of drywall face, too.

I filled large gaps, sanded the wall surface to knock down gloss on vinyl, primed with BIN, and hung a bridging liner. Then I primed the BL and hung the paper. Looks great, end of wall flaws, you'd never know the room hadn't been drywalled flat to begin with.

Cheryl

[TLOF]

Thank you all so much! Now I can go on and clean my little heart out!