WALLPAPERPRO - Gallery

Installing three custom printed digital Wallscapes at American Intercontinental University in Beaverton, OR.

Be sure to check out the next & previous Gallery pages to see all the murals.

The first step is to sand/scrap the peaks off this semi-smooth wall. The previously damaged areas are then skim coated.

Since these custom printed digital murals by Wallscapes will be overlapped & double-cut, GARDZ primer/sealer is used. It's a drywall repair primer/sealer that dries hard. A hard non oil-based primer/sealer is desirable when double-cutting. And GARDZ is an excellent wallcovering under coater.

GARDZ goes on translucent milky white & dries clear with a slick/glossy sheen. Normally wallcoverings won't stick to this type of surface but this is a welcome exception to the rule.

Each panel is pulled through the mighty Ramco Paste Master 62" commercial pasting machine.

The first panel is up. The completed mural will be 9' 7" tall X 27' wide.

A 4' level is placed against the panel to give some perspective. Keeping everything running plumb & level is paramount. There's not a lot of color at the base. Less than 1" overlap . We don't want any white stripe suddenly appearing above the base. And we don't want his shoe cut off by the base.

Three panels are already up. They're overlapped about 2" at the seams. You can't see the overlapped areas from this angle.

Look at the back of his notebook. That's the right edge of the second panel overlapping the left edge of the first panel.

Look in the shadow of his right arm. Look at the first "e" in the word every. These are the next two overlapped edges.

After double-cutting, removing the selvedges, rolling the butted seams & cleaning, a professional finished look will be achieved.

This photo & the next show how the mural is to lay out. The installed mural must fit between two doors.

You can see my measurements detailing how wide each panel is & how much each panel edge overlaps.

For a few intense moments I was trying to figure out how to achieve this engineering nightmare:

"How on earth will it be possible to start at one door frame, traverse 27' keeping everything plumb/level & ensure the end of the mural will line up exactly with the second door frame without coming up short, slightly off kilter, or overshooting the door frame?"

Then after much deliberation, one of the most overlooked "duh" moments in American Wallcovering history was realized:

The second half of the mural could be started at the second door frame heading toward the first half. There would be enough room between the slogan & yellow edge to double cut the right edge of the second half into the first half.

I was giving myself more gray hair for no reason at all. :o)

Just before installing the last panel.

A view from inside a cubicle. Many people commented on the realistic look of the subjects in the murals. During the installation, some individuals were getting up from their desks to leave the cubicles. These team members were having micro heart attacks & nearly jumping out of their skins. They nerveously asked, "Where did this giant person come from?!?"

The view from another cubicle.

Here's the professional finished look after double-cutting the seams. Another awesome installation! All three murals are getting rave reviews.

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