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I was contacted by Andre's Imaging & Graphics, Inc. of Chicago, IL to replace the digital murals in the dressing rooms of the Levi's store @ Bridgeport Village.

These before photos speak volumes.

These digital murals are designed to be overlapped to match the pattern in what is called the "bleed" area. The paperhanger then "double cuts" through both layers and removes the excess material. The seam is then rolled and washed to remove any adhesive from the face of the wallcovering.

In paperhanging I see something new or amazing every week. I try hard not to be surprised, shocked or too judgmental about what others think is "good enough".

This material was not impossible to work with. The difference between the first install & the quality of my installation is like night & day. Just take a look at the after photos below.

After removing the old murals, there was a fair amount of wall damage. The old adhesive was removed and the walls washed & sanded. Two coats of hot mud were applied to the damaged areas. After completely drying, the walls were sanded again.

The repaired walls were primed & sealed with Roman Pro 977 wallcovering primer/sealer.

Unfortunately, each panel was too large to pull through my Pastemaster 62" pasting machine. This panel was 77" X 132". "Dry Hanging" was the technique used to apply the digital murals to the walls. This simply means pasting the walls instead of the wallcovering.

Here you see two panels overlapped before I made the double cut.

After the double cut, removing excess material, rolling the seam & washing off the adhesive.

Yes, I remembered to double cut the overlap below the bench & install the mural underneath the bench on the right wall. :o)

This photo shows I was able to make nice straight cuts on the inside corners.

Some manufacturers may be inclined to say, "OK, you got a bad installation from your contractor. Guess you know not to use them anymore?"

Andre's Imaging & Graphics, Inc. went the extra mile to reproduce all the digital murals & ship them across the country at their expense, plus pay for my labor to remove/repair/prep/re-hang. This is truly amazing in today's world.