Painted the inside of a 1985 minnie winnie

[Weblamer]

I just did not dig the wood and flower wall paper look. Wanted to share.

[cosmic]

nice work. in the end your the one that spends all the time inside your rig. So might as well make it look the way you like it.

[Stripe]

Wow! Bloody good choices!!

[Weblamer]

Actually my choices came from the 'oops' paint section of Home Depot. So I spent about $12 on paint. 

[Stripe]

Icing on the cake man... Icing on the cake..

[DaveVA78Chieftain]

Looking real good!  Making me more determined to do mine over (again!).  10 years sort of wore it down.

Dave

[Oz]

Very nice.  In order to make all your good work helpful to others,.. What kind of paint did you use?  What were you painting over?  Did you use a primer?  What prep work did you do?

[Weblamer]

The paint I was using was a 'paint and primer' in one. Took two, sometimes three coats. I only did a little light sanding on the surface.

The paint and primer in one works OK, however it takes a full week for it to really cure. Otherwise it is very easy to scratch off. (At least in a humid florida enviroment)

I did not strip the wallpaper, just painted right on it. In some cases, particulary the bathroom, the wallpaper was a little wrinkled. However I really did not feel like stripping it all down. So, its not a professional paint job, but I am just happy with a different color scheme.

[moonlitcoyote]

So after a week of curing, does it still scratch off the wallpaper easily? I would love to paint mine but same as you I dont really want to strip all the wallpaper. And I fear that painting on top of wallpaper will just be a temp fix as I have always heard that paint will not stay on wallpaper for long.

[Weblamer]

It does not strip, however if you put the paint on thick it can cause the wallpaper to wrinkle. better to use a small roller for several thin coats instead of a paintbrush for thick ones.

[TripleJ]

Wow, that looks great!  I gotta admit, I wouldnt have thought somebody could put those colors together and have something looking so nice 

[Froggy1936]

As far as chipping easily Latex paint will come off very easily if something hit/rubs against it Even after afew years Better to use an Enamel As far as sanding, at least wash all the surfaces with a grease remover Inside of a R/V gets pretty crumby after 10+ yrs Frank

[UK-Winnie]

That was a brave move but it I agree it looks like it turned out alright.

We've just got ours stripped of a layer of light wood-effect Fablon and the original stuff doesn't look too bad to my eyes but my wife says it's too dark (no doubt why someone Fabloned it) so we are going to try painting it.  I have some spray gear so I can do all the doors and drawers out in the yard and probably I'll roller what's left.

Does anyone know what the surface was in '73?  It looks like formica or something.  It's pretty hard.

I have some 2-pack stuff that I've used for painting onto plastic car interiors and the results have been virtually unscratchable unless you actually scratch part of the plastic away, so I was wondering about trying something like that.

[Stripe]

"Does anyone know what the surface was in '73?  It looks like formica or something.  It's pretty hard."[/size]


Wood Panelling was the choice of that era for most motorhomes..


Here is an example

Is this what you have?  Maybe darker??

[Oz]

From the 1973 Minnie-Winnie brochure:
http://www.winnebagoind.com/products/previous-models/1973/pdfs/73-MinnieWinnie-bro.pdf.

"... wormy pecan vinylface paneling..."

[UK-Winnie]

Yeah that's the one - vinyl eh? 

I don't think it's vinyl as we know it today.

[Oz]

I think you're right about that.  It's an overlay, described then as a facing.  It's not the best stuff to paint over without good preparation.  Without that, it does scratch off pretty easily.

Here's a couple topics on interior options:  good info and things to consider

http://www.classicwinnebagos.com/forum/index.php?topic=4359.msg33002#msg33002

http://www.classicwinnebagos.com/forum/index.php/topic,3460.msg8417.html#msg8417

http://www.classicwinnebagos.com/forum/index.php/topic,1494.msg1703.html#msg1703

[UK-Winnie]

Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread a bit.

I think I might try some of this stuff:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OWatrol-567-Owatrol-Easy-Surface/dp/B007C1QGIK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395685268&sr=8-1&keywords=owatrol+esp

I'm suspicious of "mechanic in a can" type products but the reviews on this look good and it seems to be designed for exactly this sort of surface.

Then I'd like to use a 2-pack paint over the top but I don't want it too shiny so I'll have to see what's out there.

[Weblamer]

From the 1973 Minnie-Winnie brochure:
http://www.winnebagoind.com/products/previous-models/1973/pdfs/73-MinnieWinnie-bro.pdf.

"... wormy pecan vinylface paneling..."

Hahah. Oh, such great choices.

[Oz]

I know, right?  They really had some "groovy" names for the colors...

Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread a bit.

No, it's not at all.  Whatever can be gained by adding relevant info to a topic is right on the money!

The biggest problem painting the interior surfaces always seems to be the ability of the paint to adhere properly to the surface.  I lighlty sanded mine.  A laborious pain the rear, to be sure.  Aside from having a clean surface, I think the surface needs some sort of good etching.  Possibly a self-etching base or paint, as I believe may have been suggested in another topic.

[Stripe]

BUGGER! 25 Quid for a Litre?!?!  Where's the jelly? Here comes the VAT...

[UK-Winnie]

I found out my groovy interior option was "Tangerine" (I found some original carpet under the cabinets), but it seems the wormy pecan fittings were standard across all the colour schemes.

I must say personally I don't mind the wormy pecan, but it's not only my opinion which counts.

So anyway - I know what you mean about "etching" which is eating away slightly into the surface which can be done with stuff like metals and glass but with polymers I think it all depends on the type whether you can do anything like that.  I know a bit about it because my brother had a business printing onto plastic things like shampoo bottles.  With some types of plastic they even had to run a gas flame over it first to loosen up the polymer bonds in the surface.

I think the melamine/formica type stuff (AKA Wormy Pecan vinyl) is thermo-hardening and not readily "etchable" as such so what's needed (if it's not going to be sanded) is something that can make a bond to the original unchanged surface which is what that product seems to be claiming to do.

£25 for a litre is quite a lot but apparently it goes a long way - I think I'm going to give it a try.

[Mental72]

That looks really nice! I'm planning on painting my rig soon. The ex painted the original wood paneling white, and even though she didn't do that great of a job, it really made the inside of the RV seem bigger,  so I'm thinking lighter walls as well. Can't figure out a color scheme so I'm going with shades of grey. Anyway, looks good and thanks for the inspiration.

[Oz]

Maybe browse the interior pics of the photo albums.  If anyone has some posted, a link here to quickly find them would be great!

Here's mine, with descriptions:
http://www.classicwinnebagos.com/forum/index.php?action=mgallery;sa=item;id=819

Basically, I wanted to keep the lower half the paneling, but make the upper half lighter.  I was going to re-do the ceiling but everyone liked the wood paneling style and the coach was much brighter anyway, so I decided to leave it as it was.

[burt6666]

Looks good Mark....BTW,who is that strange photographer in the mirror ?