Typically you will need around three coats of emulsion.
Emulsion paint on vinyl paper.
Vinyl wallpaper is far less porous than wallpapers made from paper or fabric.
Dark or heavily patterned vinyl wallpaper will need multiple coats of emulsion.
Matte emulsion hides imperfections well but soft sheen emulsion is more durable.
Vinyl matte vinyl soft sheen and vinyl silk.
Make sure that you leave ample amounts of time between each coat.
But like other wallpapers vinyl wallpaper can be difficult to remove.
When a paint is vinyl it means that there has been a certain resin added to the paint.
Depending on your surface you may need to use an undercoat.
Vinyl matt emulsion is a little different from non vinyl paints.
If you are painting over a strong colour crown basecoat will prevent it from showing through the finished job.
Emulsion paint comes in three different finishes.
This will allow the paint to dry properly and it prevents the paint from peeling.
If you want to paint your wall without removing the vinyl wallpaper you need to alter the integrity of its surface.
Because it s vinyl it s easier to install and cleans up with a damp cloth.
Vinyl paper cant be painted over succesfully as emulsion is water based and needs to penetrate into the surface to adhere and it cant on vinyl using pva as was suggested isnt advisable either as you leave an inpenetrable surface with this the only option open to you if you dont want problems is to strip the paper off thre is a product called zinseer bin which will give the paint a key but the.