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MrT1964 · 10-23-2018, 03:49 PM

Although the headliner in my 89 RV is in great shape with thankfully zero water stains it is still looking aged and yellowing from cooking/time. Does anyone know if its possible to paint the overhead, if so with what paint/primer/stain? Technic would also be thankful.
Any help would be great. I did try to wash it with a mild detergent which did lighten it quite a bit, but I would love to get it back to bright white again.

DGBPokes · 10-23-2018, 07:06 PM

Don’t know your situation, my experience is that most ceilings are some kind of fabric. One coach we had, the fabric and backing were glued in place. Time and temp caused the glue to fail, and the fabric to fall.
If it is fabric....how much luck have you had painting fabric?

Waiter21 · 10-24-2018, 05:43 AM

Our ole Toyhouse (Toyota Dolphon) had a panel ceiling (solid, not fabric)

We had a few water leak spots that didn't clean up. so decided to paint it. We painted "Kilz-it" on the water spots first. after that dried, we painted the ceiling with regular ole ceiling paint. Turned out very nice.

MrT1964 · 10-24-2018, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DGBPokes

Don’t know your situation, my experience is that most ceilings are some kind of fabric. One coach we had, the fabric and backing were glued in place. Time and temp caused the glue to fail, and the fabric to fall.
If it is fabric....how much luck have you had painting fabric?

It appears to be some kind of fabric ceiling glued to wood. It is tight and not sagging anywhere, nor is it water stained, just yellowing, mostly from age.

I have never dyed or painted fabric and have no idea where to start. However to my own credit (not bragging) I am a fairly great painter of just about everything else.

I am looking for clues, help, products that will help me bring back a clean white ceiling without replacing that headliner. My biggest fear is that paint will cause the glue to separate the material and wood backing. Cleaning at the age its at (29 yrs) did ok, but still way off from what I was after.

grindstone01 · 10-24-2018, 08:42 AM

We used Awesome Spray cleaner from any Dollar store which worked great on our RV ceiling.

Isaac-1 · 10-24-2018, 07:42 PM

You might also want to google use of hydrogen peroxide and UV light to remove yellowing.

DGBPokes · 10-25-2018, 07:07 AM

Looks like a couple of other options. One more thought: before you take the plunge, why not try these options and your paint idea inside a closet or cabinet? Be sure and be asl thorough as you would be in a large area. Give it some time and see what happens. I promise you, if that glue fails your ceiling will be a lot worse than it is right now.