Paint and texture in mobile home

I am wanting to paint the walls in my mobile home. The walls are vinyl over gypsum (VOG) wallboard with batten strips over the joints. I was wondering what the best way to texture and then paint would be.

Should I leave the battens in place or remove them and texture and paint them seperately? I initially thought I would leave the batten strips in place but I was worried that I would get a "crack" between the batten and the wallboard. Any thoughts on this?

Is it possible to do it by myself or I should go with any professional painter?

Your thoughts?

 

Suggestions will be highly appreciated.

 

I forget to add that I'm based in Calgary, Canada.

 

I've never seen VOG textured. I would assume it could be done. Try the ever magical YouTube. It's amazing what you find on it.

 

I just primed and painted mine. Did not remove the batten strips because I don't think I can get a good result filling in the gaps. It looks sooooo much better just with the paint job. Been about 5 years ago and it is still like the day I painted it.

 

Think the key will be a quality primer coat. Then the texture (would keep it light) would be able to stick to that. Then paint. Obviously don’t expect new construction fresh sheet rock results, but you can probably get it looking pretty good. Be sure to clean the vinyl wall covering well before primer application.