WALLPAPERPRO - Gallery

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

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

The first step is to sand/scrap the peaks off this semi-smooth wall. This wall had a large "Wall of Fame" board attached with something like liquid nails. Removal of the board caused some torn areas to the sheet rock. The previously damaged areas were sanded, primed & 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 three panels are up. There is no pattern match at this overlap - just a white stripe. Here a level is used to ensure everything stays plumb.

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 ceiling line. Less than 1/2" overlap . We don't want any white stripe suddenly appearing below the ceiling line. And we don't want her ear cut off by the ceiling.

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

This photo & the next detail something interesting. When the "s" & "w" were perfectly matched, the man's head & face were way off match.

The letters above were deliberately mismatched so his forehead, nose, lips, teeth, chin & neck matched.

Luckily the double-cut will not intersect the "s" & "w".

The final panel.

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

A view from the right side.

The only way to get a head on shot of the entire mural was from outside the building looking in.

Another awesome installation! All three murals are getting rave reviews.

Be sure to check out the two previous Gallery pages.