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[prosigner]

Hey guys,

With the 0.5" margins on each side of each panel that is to be printed, we are wondering with our XR-640 how to do wallpaper. With the 0.5" of white border, are you guys getting rid of the border manually with a straight edge, overlapping both on the wall, then cutting between?

Thanks fellas!

 

[HDvinyl]

I'm not an installer, but from reading other threads here, most overlap then cut.

 

[Typestries]

The proper way to do it it to print your job with a 1/2" overlap, then trim off the white margin on your table, (trim a 1/16 or so into the print so you have no white at all remaining, it makes perfect alignment easier on the installer). Put the wallpaper up, using your overlap for alignment. Then, trim down the middle of the overlap, pull off the outer trim strip, and the inner trim strip, and you will have a perfect butt seam.

We print a ton of this stuff for other shops, and have guided many of them in the proper install of this amazing media. Typical wrap thinking with a few tweaks and its a relatively easy install. It's dimensionally stable which makes for great alignment and prints beautifully.

 

[GB2]

Rick, what material are you using to print wallpaper on?

 

[MikePro]

Overlap and cut, once through both layers, here with UltraFlex wallscapes material.
been through miles of the stuff over the past 4 years.

prints great on solvent/latex and installs great with "off the shelf" wallpaper pastes/primers.

 

[prosigner]

Thanks for the replies guys, really appreciate it!

How are you guys making straights cuts on the white margins on each side down tall images that are 54-60" wide (each panel). Because they are being overlapped do you not worry about being perfectly straight because it is being cut off anyways?

Thanks

 

[J Hill Designs]

a ruler or other straight edge like apparatus perhaps?

 

[Bly]

do you not worry about being perfectly straight because it is being cut off anyways?

Yep

 

[MikePro]

i cut off the white margins prior to install.
Then I use the overlapped image to align, and make one single cut through the two layers, remove the excess material, and re-"flop" the mural back down, and your cut lines should align perfectly.

 

[P Wagner]

i cut off the white margins prior to install.
Then I use the overlapped image to align, and make one single cut through the two layers, remove the excess material, and re-"flop" the mural back down, and your cut lines should align perfectly.

How do you avoid accidentally cutting into the wall surface (drywall or similar) when performing the cut through both layers?

 

[MikePro]

this isn't vehicle wrapping.
you... cut the wall

just don't go crazy by cutting THROUGH the wall.
You'll get a feel for the pressure needed to cut through two layers of wallpaper, so that you'll usually just end up scoring the paint job that is being covered-up by your wallpaper anyways.

 

[P Wagner]

The reason I ask is that there are scenarios where the wallpaper may not be permanent, and slicing the wall could prove to be a problem in those cases.

It sounds like testing to get the pressure correct is the preferred course of action.

 

[MikePro]

oh yeah, most definitely.
if the wallpaper is not permanent, then there are other things you can do to not cut-through the 2nd layer into the wall.

painter's fine line tape is nice to pre-apply to the wall, to use as a "cutting mat". same trick people use on vehicle wraps.
I have yet to come across a non-permenant wallpaper install, so I phased this out of my process a while ago.

 

[prosigner]

What are some tools you guys usually use to get the straightest lines? We're thinking of ordering a 5ft safetyruler but don't know if there is a easier method or better tool? The longest job we'd have to cut is 9ft. Or is a 5ft ruler even too long??

 

[MikePro]

What are some tools you guys usually use to get the straightest lines? We're thinking of ordering a 5ft safetyruler but don't know if there is a easier method or better tool? The longest job we'd have to cut is 9ft.

snap-line and a 3ft metal ruler is all I use.
I also modify my ruler, wrapping the ends with masking tape that I reverse-on itself (sticky side out) so that my guide doesn't slip while I'm traveling with the blade.

 

[signage]

If the wall paper isn't perminant, when removed the wall will have to be painted and paint should fill in the cut line!

 

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[Mosh]

I don't do wallpaper, but on big prints 60"x 96" long wide I trim them down with our 100" ruler from speed press, I never thought it was worth the $ until I had it. the less the overlap the better, but on big stuff 1/2" is good for me. Most of the time I am .2" though or less.

 

[Bly]

Keencut Javelin when things have to be straight but for these all you need to do is cut the white away so the installer can line the pattern up.
The edge gets trimmed away anyway.