Wall mural on tile - wall of pain?

[aerial]

Need to quote installation of a wall mural on this tiled wall - 10' high by 24' wide, lots of windows, doors, indents etc. We have done quite a few textured block walls, but never on tile. How much extra pain am I in for? I think the smooth surface will show every bubble and wrinkle, while the grout lines will tend to pop loose. Need to charge accordingly, or even pass on this one.

 

[JBurton]

I'd think this would be easier than a textured wall, at least as far as post heating every inch. Take a drop of a printed wrap, roll over there and see how it goes down? I'd think tile would be ideal for wrapping, easy to clean and great adhesion, plus built in air channels...

 

[Precision]

Use a cast vinyl with a cast matte lam. I prefer 3MIj180cv3/8520.

Take a "scrap" panel and go give it a try. This gives you a chance to see what you might need to do on the printed one. Give it a go. All jobs feel a bit scary sometimes. All you can do is mess it up. Then apologize and do it again or give them their money back, and learn from it. Good luck.

 

[bteifeld]

Mural artists use a material known as Polytab, which is a nonwoven polyester cloth, to do outdoor murals on
brick walls. Here are some sources of information:

Polytab material: https://www.qst.com/contact
acrylic gel medium for adhering the cloth to a wall: https://novacolorpaint.com/collections/gels-texture-pastes/products/209-super-gel

This material should be printable with solvent inkjet, and can be printed with aqueous inkjet with an appropriate receptor coating
from a company like inkaid1.com

information on the process for working with Polytab in mural applications:

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

I used ij180 for a tiled wall at a highschool. Went on well and held up.

 

[ikarasu]

We did a bathroom with Dinoc - We were surprised that it stuck to the grout, but after a year it still stayed down and looked perfect.

 

[MarkSnelling]

I'd recommend a thick product like Walk&Wall which you could 'bridge' the grout lines and make the wall look pretty flat/smooth again. It would reduce your installation time by a ton. Low glare surface looks really good as well. If you provide a UPS or FedEx number I can get you a small test roll 24"x10' where you could try it on a section of the wall to see if you like the approach. Just let me know.

 

[UberDapr]

I'd recommend a thick product like Walk&Wall which you could 'bridge' the grout lines and make the wall look pretty flat/smooth again. It would reduce your installation time by a ton. Low glare surface looks really good as well. If you provide a UPS or FedEx number I can get you a small test roll 24"x10' where you could try it on a section of the wall to see if you like the approach. Just let me know.

How stiff is this walk&wall? And is it meant to be left on longer than 6 months?

 

[Modern Ink Signs]

IJ180 or 480 or similar products from Avery/Oracal/etc

I’d figure $2000-$2800 installed (depending on your mark ups and labor rate)

 

[Modern Ink Signs]

with lamination…..

 

[Mr.Signboy]

I’ve wrapped lots of tile walls that all were fairly easy. As mentioned above, use IJ180 or something similar and bring a rollepro. Post heat after install.

 

[MarkSnelling]

How stiff is this walk&wall? And is it meant to be left on longer than 6 months?

It is essentially a 20oz fabric-backed wall covering with a thick coat of adhesive on it. It will last for as long as you leave it on the wall (assuming it is indoors).

 

[citysignshop]

Sometimes these kind of jobs make me ask 'why?' .....first.
Is a wrap really the best way of getting an image on there?
How long before they are tired of it, and want to change?
Sometimes I think that mounting a half-dozen sheets of 4'x10' ACM that you've imaged in the shop, would be a pretty fast, simple, and easily updated graphic package.

 

[Kbrecken]

3M8624 might be worth looking at, be sure to pair it with the proper lam and install requirements,

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b00026373/