FatCat
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Took on a 12' x 20' wall mural to advertise the summer movie series for our local Parks and Rec. I did the design trying to keep things looking "period" with the photo, kept the colors simple and fonts easy to read. We had a lot of fun with this project, and had lots of rubber-neckers while we were out there working. I feel this did some good PR for my company as well. 
Eagles Pizza was the sponsor, so the ad was installed on their building which is in the center of town and has great exposure. We got a late start Friday morning (10:30) and had to quit by 1:00pm as the sun was direct on us and the 3rd panel was REALLY soft going down and had some stretch issues to deal with at the end. Finished hanging the last 2 panels Saturday morning and then spend another 2 hours re-heating all the joints, etc. to ensure good adhesion. We ended up using the 3M 8624 wall wrap material and a generic cast laminate. Only has to be up for 3 months, so this combo should be sufficient.
Thoughts; If you've done a box truck wrap then you can do this. However, I will stress that the brick we installed on was very irregular and had deep mortar joints and required a lot of heating and pushing to get it all into shape. We first tried rollers, but in the end we found a good thick towel worked best/easiest and we were able to push the vinyl into the nooks and crannies where the roller didn't want to go.
Finished product;
The photo in the mural is a shot of the town center back in 1891 - the masonic lodge is on the left and in the mural you can see it still stands today, but is a law office now.
Eagles Pizza was the sponsor, so the ad was installed on their building which is in the center of town and has great exposure. We got a late start Friday morning (10:30) and had to quit by 1:00pm as the sun was direct on us and the 3rd panel was REALLY soft going down and had some stretch issues to deal with at the end. Finished hanging the last 2 panels Saturday morning and then spend another 2 hours re-heating all the joints, etc. to ensure good adhesion. We ended up using the 3M 8624 wall wrap material and a generic cast laminate. Only has to be up for 3 months, so this combo should be sufficient.
Thoughts; If you've done a box truck wrap then you can do this. However, I will stress that the brick we installed on was very irregular and had deep mortar joints and required a lot of heating and pushing to get it all into shape. We first tried rollers, but in the end we found a good thick towel worked best/easiest and we were able to push the vinyl into the nooks and crannies where the roller didn't want to go.
Finished product;
The photo in the mural is a shot of the town center back in 1891 - the masonic lodge is on the left and in the mural you can see it still stands today, but is a law office now.
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