How To Remove And Refinish Mobile Home Batten Strips
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- Phil shows you how to quickly remove the batten strips on your mobile home. Then he shows you how to put drywall finish to get your mobile home more homelike.
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00:00 Follow along with a handyman
00:25 Batten strips in mobile home
00:55 If it has paint want to cut either side then pull off with a pry bar
01:10 Run your hammer and when hit nail, pound it down.
01:22 How to take off batten strips and hammer down nails
01:31 Take your drywall mud and put it on
02:07 Lay your tape right on top of the crack
02:57 There's your first coat of drywall mud
03:24 Bust out one side, then your other
04:00 He puts on with one size knife and then pulls off with bigger knife
04:30 It's a learned skill don't feel bad if takes you longer.
04:52 Be an American not an American't
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Thank you for this video! I’m a 20 year old woman with absolutely no experience with home improvement or being handy, but I want to make my trailer look nicer. It was my great grandmother’s, so I’d like to do the job right in respect. This video is extremely helpful!
Very glad to help
My husband and I have done a lot of renovation work, and we've found that a damp sponge helps smooth out the drywall mud.
You are right. I have used them often. They make sanding sponge for drywall mud. I have seen on larger drywall jobs use sponge mops. Thanks for the tip.
Thank you sir! I was kind of scared to do this but this gave me the courage to try it in my small laundry room FIRST 😂. If all goes well, I’ll tackle my bedroom next. I figured if I mess up at least it’s the laundry room 😂. I’m going to plan it first so I won’t have to make trips back to the store.
Way to go . You can also practice in closets. Then smaller bathrooms.then smaller bedrooms before moving to larger rooms.
I'm doing this now in the bathroom before taking on the rest of the house 1 room at a time and then painting, etc. Thank you for the demonstration and encouragement. I'm a 75-year-old woman and I would encourage others to go ahead and make the effort. I'm learning how to "undo" mistakes, be patient and redo what needs to be done in the right way.
I'm just glad to be any part of her future. Impressive
Is it possible to replace the batons with modular home tape instead of mudding? We’re on blocks and the modular shifts every few years and I’m worried about cracks so through maybe the tape may be a better option
Or perhaps a non crack caulking?
Thanks
I prefer drywall mud, but there always is another option to do something.
have you ever taped the strips/seams on the ceiling? not all mobile homes have seams on their ceiling but mine does and I have thought about removing them like the wall but then how would I get that popcorn look where I taped the ceiling? so for now I have just painted over it.
Most definitely have and then instead of matching the texture there I put a heavy knock down texture over all of it to blend it . Have done it many many times . By the way there is video on putting up hand texture . It can be done
Great video...another gentleman on TH-cam recommended all of the things that you do, but he also recommended putting new drywall screws every 8 inches or so down the seam, on either side of the drywall. He said that it would greatly help restrict movement. He also recommended the heavier mud for the first coat because it contains more glue and is stronger, and will resist cracking more as the home tends to move with the frost, since it's not on a foundation. He then recommends that you can finish the last 2 coats with all purpose lite drywall compound. Do you agree with these suggestions? Interested to know your feedback. Thanks, so much! 🙂
They good ideas if you have loose drywall to add screws although quite often then drywall is glued in addition to stapled. Regards drywall mud it will really make a noticeable difference his suggestions are accurate and well intentioned . Perhaps too much to worry about for marginal differences. I like to follow the kiss principle keep it simple stupid. Still his suggestions are accurate.
I had to razor blade both sides of strip to remove it. When i pryed the strip away and most of the vinyl covering came off with the strip leaving the layer of brown paper underneath the removed strip. How do I treat this brown paper before attempting to paper and mud the seam? Thank you.
Been there .quite often have to use a razor blade on both sides. Have to do the same in conventional houses around trim . You will need to run a thin coat or two of drywall mud over it
What kind of dry wall compound is this plz? Trying to remove batten strip in a small half bath in my mobile home.
Thanks so much!
God Bless!
Any brand will work. If you can primer seems to help it bind to slicker surfaces. Not really needed but still it can help. Glad to help in any way
2 questions. They slam double wides together and some have been seamed together on the lots previously. Chasing down micro cracks at the seams, I ended up finding a loose sheet and had their previous mud chip out. I'm building up in thin layers to repair it. How thick can you apply the mud at one time and do you have to wait for it to completely dry before you go back over it? I'm going to be encountering the same problem where the tape & texture wall meets the non-tape and texture in my kitchen do to the difference in thickness.
Cracks generally are caused by failure of the drywall tape to hold to one side or the other or the lack of tape being installed. Thickness of the mud can cause the mud not to dry as quickly. Which where quick mud can be used . Any where from 45 minutes to give. It's in powder form you mix with water. If you mix with hot water it will dry twice as fast. I have a video using quick mud . Hope this info helps . Kudos to you for having the fortitude to do the work
@@StraightArrowRepair thank you for taking the time to respond.
What type of paint would you use to go over this ?
I have found no one coat paint. Quite often 3 coats are needed. Primer by itself first coat then maybe one coat of any type maybe a second. Have been using Behr lately. It seems paint is not as good as it was just 10 years ago no matter the brand. Any way primer being very inexpensive is the way to start. Hope that helps and I wish you well on your project.
How can you make sure the dry wall won't crack after a while when you get done taping and mudding it? I did it successfully in one of the rooms of my house except one seam that was below the window. And it keeps cracking every time I have tried to fix it. I tried paper tape, fiberglass tape and mesh tape. I've have the best luck with the mesh tape personally. But that one spot keeps cracking.
My suggestion is that panel is loose. To fix it fasten both sides of where it's cracking with screws then finish with tape and mud.
If you paint over this won't there be a noticeable difference in the texture between the dry mud and the vinyl texture of the rest of the walls?
My response to your question will be guarded.let me explain why. Quite often if your looking for closer to perfection you can find imperfection. What can be done to attain higher and higher quality looks in this situation? Well you would be red to remove the 3/8 drywall and straighten wall framing to get straighter wall then hang with thicker drywall 1/2 or 5/8 spend as much time finishing finishing as you would in commercial situations. I suggest that would be to much expense to fit most budgets. What hope to offer in this situation is to get your home to look better than with batten strips without breaking the bank. Fitting answer closer to your question is spend more time blending the drywall mud edges making it all look better. Hope I am helping. I want to make your life better and cut down on your fear and discouragement.
@@StraightArrowRepair thank you SO much for your time with this response. Very helpful 👍
I am so happy to share . We all as individuals have learned so much. Wouldn't be special if we could all share what we have learned.
I don't know what kind of texture on walls your dealing with. If it's minor texture I don't think you will notice. It could be you could place trim there to separate from the textures difference. That is if you can't match the texture. You can by orange peel in a can just don't spray near an open flame. It has a flammable gas in the can. Hope helping
I will translate homeowner to pro for you. Paint and rollers might make for a good next video. Older wall panels had a vinyl coating with a wallpaper texture. Todays has a printed paper that appears to have a vinyl texture but actually doesn't. Homeowners experience is now with 2 in 1, paint plus primer. Regardless of what coating is on the walls, they should be treated like new construction, prime first, then paint. Even if the paint is sprayed for a smooth finish, most, if not all texture will automatically go away. You prime first so you are not encountering the problem. The answer is, if you see anything after your prime, rather than the cheap package of disposable rollers, buy the fluffier single or double pack that fits in your budget. The deeper the nap, the greater the texture of paint. I am repairing tape and texture. There is 2-3 textures, you must match what you have to the spray can you buy. For anything other than repair, it is cheaper to hire a pro or use a different texture method than it is to buy enough cans to cover an entire room.
Do you have to sand the wall down before you paint it? Can you paint over the walls in a mobile home? Thank you in advance
You certainly can . Just try not to sand the drywall paper much because the paper will stand up when you paint. I personally like to use a sanding sponge.with no dust. Wish you well on your project.
How long does it have to dry before you can paint over it?
Usually a good idea to give 24 hours. Still you can paint much earlier. Also you can speed up the process with fans and heat and also using fast mud which comes in powder form you mix with water. This fast mud comes 45 minute 20 minute and 5 minute something like that. I believe we have multiple videos on the use of fast mud. And guess what you use hot water to mix and the drying time is cut in half. Lot of answers to your question. Hope this helps as that is my fullest intention to help others.
I don't see the video where you said you would show how to apply the texture after taping and mudding. I only see this same video 3 different times.
My wife arranged videos . Looking at it it would be part of a large video. I usually do a hand texture with a texture brush a drywall mud . I have also many times sprayed texture on the walls using a hopper and compressor with drywall mud . I hope that helps.
How likely is this to crack as the foundation shifts? I heard somewhere that batten strips allow the seams to shift together and apart as the foundation changes. Thanks for the video.
Like a brick house or any other conventional home if the foundation moves it will crack.
If you're wanting your home to look like a house you will remove the batten strips and you will have cracks like a house does when the foundation shifts.
Hope that helps.
@@StraightArrowRepair // certainly helps and makes sense to me.
I used a tape like that before and you had to wet the roll before you put it up, do you wet this stuff?
No although there is moisture in the drywall mud. Hope that helps
@@StraightArrowRepair thanks so much for the fast response and great video!
Hey, I was wondering if you can take of the ceiling strips and the popcorn ceiling on a mobile home. If you know please comment back 🙏.
You can the strips you might need to add screws to hold the drywall up. Regards the popcorn you should be able to remove it . If not consider a heavy knockdown texture to try to hide it. I wish the best on your project.
Thanks 👍
why do people only do one side and then come back I’ve heard of doing the corners that way?
Usually habits used on large jobs that get carried over to the smaller jobs.
I am removing the strips but found out that the walls were painted already. They did not prime and the paint is peeling off. How do I fix this?
Remove the peeling areas prime then paint. You got it. By the way I am very proud to have you in the group who work on houses. Small group.
Some wet the tape 1st, some don’t.?..?..?
Pro’s and con’s ???
The drywall tape gets moisture through the drywall mud.
now lets see someone anyone remove them from the ceiling. Their almost impossible
I believe I have a video for that
Planning on getting my kitchen, laundry room and bathrooms done in 2024. I can't stand those strips!
Stand out like swallowing a horse pill
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Paper tape ? This is 2023 , fiber glass tape or nothing , ten times stronger for 2 cents a foot more.
There is a reason why they still sell paper tape. The disadvantages are numerous when using web tape. I could make a video on that alone. Perhaps I will. One being when you run your knife in the corner it hits the web causing the knife to hop leaving a very rough finish. Still web tape is great for some patches. Perhaps a few other places. Maybe I should say to each his own.
Fiber tape has its place in certain applications. Paper tape is best for the other 90%. You need more skill to be good with paper, hence more people seem to complain about it.