How To Mount And Body A HUGE Print (My 52″ x 78″ Panorama Design Print), Half 2

On the finish of the final put up, I had completed constructing the massive cradled wooden panel on the wall. And since it’s so huge, and required two items of plywood to cowl it, I used drywall tape and dirt to cowl over the joint the place the 2 items of plywood meet.

I ended up having to do three coats of drywall mud in all, sanding every coat easy after it dried.

Then I rolled on two coats of white paint, sanding with 150-grit sandpaper between coats and after the second coat.

With the plywood panel prepped, I used to be prepared to begin on the body. I used 1″ x 4″ lumber ripped all the way down to 2.5 inches extensive on my desk noticed. I lower these items 1/4 inch longer than the size of the plywood panel simply to offer some wiggle room, and I mitered the corners on my miter noticed. After which I assembled the body items by gluing after which nailing the corners along with 1.5-inch 16-guage nails in my nail gun. I began with the highest piece and the piece on the suitable facet.

I didn’t nail these items to the plywood panel at this level. The body items had been simply glued nailed to one another on the mitered corners.

Subsequent I added the body piece on the left facet. Once more, at this level, it was simply nailed to the highest body piece on the mitered corners.

And eventually, I added the underside piece. Once more, at this level, I solely glued and nailed it to the facet body items on the mitered corners.

As soon as the body was assembled, I went again and nailed it to the sides of the cradled wooden panel, however I took my time with this. In case you scroll again up and take a look at the image of the body earlier than I connected the underside piece, you’ll discover that the suitable facet body piece bows out. That’s simply the character of some items of lumber. In order I nailed the body items to the panel, I took my time, used my bubble stage, and likewise used a tiny 6-inch prybar as a brief spacer between the panel and the body earlier than capturing every nail into the body. I needed to ensure I’d find yourself with a straight body as an alternative of a bowed body. I took my time and used that course of on either side. And simply as I had deliberate, I had about 1/8-inch area on either side between the panel and the body.

With the fundamental body on, I used to be prepared to connect the precise panorama design print. I began by getting it into simply the suitable place utilizing these big thumbtacks that I simply occurred to have readily available.

It took some endurance to get such an enormous print squared up excellent contained in the body, however I lastly acquired it the place I needed it.

I weighed a number of totally different choices for adhering the print to the panel, however ultimately, I made a decision that wallpaper paste would the the quickest, best, and fewer messy choice. That is my favourite wallpaper paste. I buy it at Sherwin Williams.

I began on the high and labored my method down. I eliminated the tacks alongside the highest and uncovered the panel about 1/3 of the best way down, simply letting the print gently roll ahead and ensuring it didn’t crease on the best way down.

Then utilizing a 6-inch curler, I rolled wallpaper paste onto the panel, after which pressed the print onto the pasted panel. I began by urgent immediately up proper via the center of the print.

After which I pressed the edges out in the direction of the sides/high ranging from the identical place as proven beneath.

After which lastly, I did the underside 1/3 by lifting up the print (there wasn’t sufficient to roll with out creasing it this time), rolling the paste onto the underside 1/3 of the panel, after which smoothing the remainder of the print down onto the paste.

As I smoothed out every 1/3 of the print with my fingers, and earlier than shifting on to the subsequent part, I used a plastic drywall knife to easy the print to ensure I wasn’t leaving any bubbles. However as a result of I used to be working with a print on shiny paper, and never wallpaper with a viny coating, I wrapped the sting of the drywall knife with a really tender fabric earlier than pushing it throughout the print in order that I wouldn’t scratch it.

Any time I take advantage of wallpaper paste, I inevitably have a minimum of one bubble that I simply can’t push to the sting. So as a way to eliminate that bubble (or bubbles), I take advantage of a straight pin (the type that you simply use when stitching) like this one…

And I push the pin into the center of the bubble, ensuring it goes all through the wallpaper (or print, on this state of affairs)…

After which I push the entire air within the bubble out via the pinhole. It really works each time, and nobody will ever see that pinhole.

So that’s the place the mission stands as of this morning. Now I want to complete the body by including the ornamental trim that may make it fairly and canopy up these gaps, wooden filling, caulking, priming, and portray.

This factor is big, and I like the way it look on the wall! And only for reference, I’m 5 ft tall, and I come up thus far on the print. 😀