How To Mount And Frame A HUGE Print (My 52″ x 78″ Landscape Design Print), Part 2

On the finish of the final submit, I had completed constructing the large cradled wooden panel on the wall. And since it’s so massive, and required two items of plywood to cowl it, I used drywall tape and dust 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 start out on the body. I used 1″ x 4″ lumber ripped right down to 2.5 inches vast on my desk noticed. I reduce these items 1/4 inch longer than the size of the plywood panel simply to provide 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 appropriate 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 perimeters of the cradled wooden panel, however I took my time with this. In the event 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 appropriate 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 in addition 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 wished 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 each side. And simply as I had deliberate, I had about 1/8-inch house on all sides between the panel and the body.

With the essential body on, I used to be prepared to connect the precise panorama design print. I began by getting it into simply the appropriate 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 wished it.

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

I began on the prime and labored my approach down. I eliminated the tacks alongside the highest and uncovered the panel about 1/3 of the way in which down, simply letting the print gently roll ahead and ensuring it didn’t crease on the way in which 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 by way of the center of the print.

After which I pressed the edges out in the direction of the perimeters/prime 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 transferring on to the following 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 delicate material 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 no less than one bubble that I simply can’t push to the sting. So with a view to do away with that bubble (or bubbles), I take advantage of a straight pin (the sort 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 by way of the pinhole. It really works each time, and nobody will ever see that pinhole.

So that’s the place the challenge stands as of this morning. Now I would like 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 large, and I really like the way it look on the wall! And only for reference, I’m 5 ft tall, and I come up so far on the print. 😀