[ProWallGuy]

The wall to be covered:

The goods:

 

[timhag]

You have a habit of posting unavailable videos.....whats up with that?

 

[ProWallGuy]

You have a habit of posting unavaulable videos.....whats up with that?

I have no idea what

unavaulable

is, or what that has to do with this thread. At last check, all my vides in that thread are up and running. :yes: If one does drop out, let me know and I'll delete it.

 

[ProWallGuy]

Back on topic, the wall is primed, and the laser is set. Lets get to makin money!

Setting the first panel:

 

[timhag]

Think I had too many beers tonight PWG.

 

[ProWallGuy]

Putting the sweep to panel 2. This stuff was fairly thick, but delicate because they didn't coat it with any sealer. It would scratch real easy; could only use a soft bristle sweep, or a plastic smoother wrapped in a damp mifty.

Pasting the wall for the next panel:

 

[ProWallGuy]

Think I had too many beers tonight PWG.

You're gonna get a little of that ma'am! :laughing:

 

[vermontpainter]

I especially like seeing the clean doubled over drop padding the wood shelf you are working over.

And you are using a paint tool...you may stay on this forum!

 

[ProWallGuy]

Because the inks were delicate, I didn't want any paste on the facing so when I overlapped each panel, I'd cut out a small triangle to help make sure the graphics were dead on.

When it came time to bust the seams, I'd bend a #9 blade to make it easier to hold on to and make a cut perfectly perpendicular to the wall.

I used a 4' straight edge to bust with:

 

[ProWallGuy]

The finished product:

This job was the toughest 3 hours of my life. :laughing: But that's why I get paid the big bucks. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

 

[timhag]

Looks good bro, whrer was that job?

 

[ProWallGuy]

St. John's Mercy Medical Hosp. here in StL. I assume its the new pediatric wing.

 

[NEPS.US]

PWG, We painted this one last winter. The Builder let the HO bring in her own paper guy. What an ass. He would paint a strip behind every seam the same color as the paper to help hide the seam. Looked aful ...every seam spread a 1/4 inch ...big money too. Is this normal practice.... Wish had better pics of the paper.

 

[ProWallGuy]

From the pictures, the job looks good. But I always think "hack" when I see someone stripe the wall with color. That is like planning for a failure. And yes, 1/4" split seams are a definite failure.

I only stripe the wall for grasses because the natural weave will tend to show tiny gaps at the seam.