We went away a couple of weekends ago and I was getting into my usual flap when cooking too many things and trying to find space for pans, plates etc when i inadvertently piled a baking tray ontop of something and it slipped back to the wall of the caravan. I hadn't realised it at the time but later on I noticed the hot surface of the metal had melted the wallpaper and I'm left with a horrible brown burn mark!! Any ideas on how I can cover it up?
You will probably have vinyl faced plywood where the offending brown mark is. Most manufacturers use this material as it is light and strong. There are many vinyl designs out there so its going to be tough. However during my normal working day I come across this material as we use it regular. Now we purchase it from a company called Yorkshire Plywood they are around the hull area I think. If you could get them to tell you where they get the vinyl from you could take off the offending vinyl and replace, like wall paper and would look like new. The 2 textures we use are white linen and swirl I cannot give any more info as I am off for a few days and wont get back until wed. good luck I will catch up when I get back.
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It would seem that no matter how many times it gets posted people either do not understand or refuse to believe the concept of caravan wall boards.
They do not have vinyl stuck on them like wall paper, the process is the same as melamine or 'Formica' type work tops.
A sheet of ply is taken and has the paper patten applied to it and then it is resin coated to seal it to the board, the thickness of the resin application determines whether the board is standard or waterproof - this is done with a very large machine.
So bearing this in mind, it is not really possibly to remove the offending "vinyl" (which it isn't) and replace it with matching unless you are prepared to cut the board as well and then put a new piece of wall board in.
Alternately you could cover the offending mark with a suitable 'Formica' type laminate (yes it is still available in sheets) and at the same time make a nice splash back for your kitchen area that will look professional.
Oh yes... if you do use laminate stick it with a contact adhesive not wood glue or super glue
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Quote: Originally posted by Rune Caster on 01/10/2011
It would seem that no matter how many times it gets posted people either do not understand or refuse to believe the concept of caravan wall boards.
They do not have vinyl stuck on them like wall paper, the process is the same as melamine or 'Formica' type work tops.
A sheet of ply is taken and has the paper patten applied to it and then it is resin coated to seal it to the board, the thickness of the resin application determines whether the board is standard or waterproof - this is done with a very large machine.
So bearing this in mind, it is not really possibly to remove the offending "vinyl" (which it isn't) and replace it with matching unless you are prepared to cut the board as well and then put a new piece of wall board in.
Alternately you could cover the offending mark with a suitable 'Formica' type laminate (yes it is still available in sheets) and at the same time make a nice splash back for your kitchen area that will look professional.
Oh yes... if you do use laminate stick it with a contact adhesive not wood glue or super glue
and managed to peel a large sheet of 'vinyl paper' from a scrap piece of 3mm wallboard.
It came away very easily and has the finish of wallpaper on the inside. This would easily paste.
I now wouldn't hesitate in trying to do so, if I needed to. The wood effect wallboards may be manufactured more like furniture though. But the standard 3mm wallboards aren't.
The fact that you managed to remove the pattern from a wallboard does not mean that I am wrong, only that you have found a piece of wallboard that is either damp enough to allow the coating to peel off or has been badly applied in the first place!
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You could use a strip of Fablon from a DIY store. It is unlikely you will match the original pattern, but a strip could be used as a splash back. I am sure I have seen it in a textured stainless steel appearance but it is of course much lighter and easier to work with than stainless steel.
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Topic: melted the wallpaper!!
