My husband and I purchased a 1990 Fleetwood Yukon Wilderness 18' travel trailer with money we received from wedding gifts. We decided that removing the wallpaper and painting the raw plywood surface would be better than painting over the existing wallpaper and risking it peeling or warping. BIG MISTAKE. Other than damaging parts of the walls we stumbled across some previous water damage that needs to be repaired. We consulted a neighbor who specializes in contracting and he asked what our plan for the walls was. When he told us the plywood "wasn't a paintable surface" my heart sank. So I took my concerns to google searching without much luck and the added concern that I may have just removed the only moisture barrier those thin low grade old plywood walls had. I could follow instructions on how to paint plywood that the internet gives but that involves sanding, priming, re-sanding, re-priming, sanding again, painting, re-sanding, two more paint layers, and then id need to find a sealant of some sort to protect against water IF the old plywood could even stand up to the sanding to begin with!
Please help, my only other option is to gut the whole trailer and redo ALL THE WALLS
Please help, my only other option is to gut the whole trailer and redo ALL THE WALLS