What kind of primer will cover vinyl wallpaper?
Question:I live in a mobile home and would like to paint my daughter's room to match her bedding. The wallpaper is actually part of the drywall so removing the paper isn't an option. The paper is white in color with red and green marbling on it. We're on a budget so I can't really afford to test different primers. I already have some purple latex paint that I'd like to use. I should also mention that my daughter is turning 2 soon so it needs to be durable. I hoped maybe someone had already done this before and knows what will work. Thanks in advance for any answers or suggestions.
Answers:
This is one I can relate to. We moved into an older mobile home, and will live here until we build out new one behind it. But the walls, em eww, so I washed some dowm with spick and span, rinsed and then let them dry. I then painted with KILZ or you could use another white pigmented shellac.
That stuff is great, after it dried, I painted with a paint from Lowes. Looks nice and clean.
get a primer that will work on vinyl and then coat it. as many times as necessary. i really don't think it will matter. ask someone at home depot or lowes about it though
HI,Raven-
What you want to do is to prime your walls with KILZ-the original KILZ-its cheap,like 12 bucks a gallon but it is a sloppy paint,meaning thin and oil based and stinks to holly hell as does white shellac or bulls-eye but that's more expensive.Prime with Kilz,the original,and you wont have any probs
there are water based adhesion primers that dont stink but they run a lot more-Kilz will do the job but even the orderless Kilz will loop ya if ya dont open all the windows
you can paint over the primer in about half a day with your paint which will take 2 coats-it will hold up.
you sound like a good mother-keep up the good work and good luck
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