Covering office walls in Digital Prints?

[Graeme Harrold]

Why not mount them on boards and add framing moulding……that way you can change them round when you are bored, plus you wont damage the walls beneath………..

[Stuart Whitehouse]

yeah I did think of that but one of the walls has a raised section and a few switches, fuse boxes etc… so i decided it’d be better just sticking straight to the walls.

i was hoping there might be some kind of paint that leaves a smooth, easy to stick surface

[Paul Franklin]

fill any old screw holes and make it reasonably smooth, cover with a smooth textured anaglypta wallpaper and then put your digital prints over that.

[Robert Lambie]

don’t print it on vinyl, print it on banner material.

take a strip of facing/skirting wood and screw it tight along the top of the wall.

if you don’t already have it along the bottom of the wall run a length along the bottom.

hold the banner up at the top of the wall and run a row of staples along it.

now at the bottom, tugging gently down on the banner staple along the bottom.

fitting takes 5 minutes at most. you now have a perfectly flat looking digital printed wall.

i know you may say "but my wall is 20ft wide."
in that case before you hang the banner, down each side, run a strip of double sided tape. as you hang each banner like wall paper just peel back the d/sided tape, overlap and join… giving a perfect finish.

i did this a about 6 months back in our work. works a treat and is easier, cheaper to produce and gives a much better finish.

[Paul Franklin]

I like the sound of that Rob, kinda like a flex faced banner on your walls.

Got any pictures?

[Robert Lambie]

hi paul
yeh that’s exactly it mate… that is actually what i did in our showroom im putting together (if i ever get round to finishing it) :lol1:
the picture below isnt the best as its taken from inside the reception office. but you can see the back illuminated wall?
what i did was i used two x two wood batons and screwed to the ceiling with one and the same on the floor. i made it about 8inches from the wall.
the reason for this was to allow me to screw some OLD fluorescent lights to the wall. 6 in total along the wall. i then printed onto back lit banner material and rigged the fluorescent lights to the lighting so when you turn the lights on in the work the wall illuminates also… its pretty effective and hides an old rough stone painted wall behind it…
its actually going to be changed as it was thrown together to hide the bad look of the wall when we began changing the offices around…

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[David-Foster-]

10 out of 10 for that one Rob. Great idea, I can see me suggesting something like that to the Mrs when it comes to decorating 😀

[Martin Cole]

I must say that is very effective Rob, very nice.

Is that pile of letters on the desk the daily arrival of cheques 😀 😮

[Karl Williams]

You shouldn’t show me things like that Rob. You’ve just upset my plans for this place. Love it mate! 😉

[Ben Shaw]

That’s brilliant! I especially like the backlighting idea. So many terrible walls need never be seen again.

Well done sir.

[Andrew Boyle]

Digimura or Dreamscape wallpaper ?

or PVA the wall and apply vinyl with a scuff resistant laminate…….

Cheers

Nice job Rob 😀

[Robert Lambie]

found a few more pictures but at different angles. these were taken a few months ago so much less done/content than there is now… ill get some good pictures once its finished. "if i ever get it finished…" 😳 :lol1: :lol1:

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[Karl Williams]

Nice place you’ve got there Rob. Any more pics of the place?

[Robert Lambie]

this is the last two mate… as i said, these arent recent so still rather bare in places. once im done with it and the other areas of the work too ill get some decent ones loaded. 😕 :lol1:

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[Karl Williams]

Showroom 3 didn’t come through Rob. (?)

[Robert Lambie]

thats them all now. :lol1:

as you can see, lots of the signs dont even have graphics on them yet 😕 :lol1:

[David Rowland]

i just been looking for some photos of our reception.. cant find em.. oh well

[Lee Ballard]

I hate you Rob 😀

Gotta do something now in our workshop, feel really inspired, especially like the backlit wall 😀

[Phil Acko]

some good ideas there rob whats your workspace like any pics please :lol1: (-)

[Marcella Ross]

bloody hell ………. didn’t recognise the place there Rob! 😀 It’s looking great! Good to see you’ve got it finished! 😉

[Shane Drew]

Dam Rob… Now I’m going to have to do something with my bare walls around here 😕 Looks good mate

Printed wallpaper is all the rage here tho…. but I hate wallpaper so it will not happen on my walls 😛 Might do something else tho