Thursday, February 17, 2011

Painting a wall mural

 The process of painting a wall mural used to be done directly on the wall. But for several reasons we have begun to paint them in house.  The first is that a customer looking over your shoulder and watching all day is annoying. The second by doing in house allows customer to remove it if selling or for other reasons. The new process involves measuring the area of mural. Cutting raw canvas to size. Wetting the canvas for shrinkage. After drying a coat of gesso is applied as a base. The next step is to paint the mural. Allow 1 - 2 weeks to dry. Roll it up and deliver to the house. We then rough it into the area and make all nec. cuts. We then use wallpaper adheasive rolled on the wall and back of the canvas. the canvas is slid into place and rolled to smooth and remove air pockets. We then trim off the access on all sides, replace trim, outlets and caulk where needed. The painting can then be removed carefully at a later date or left.
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17 comments:

  1. The GovernorFebruary 17, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    very nice, i wouldn't mind having that on my wall

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  2. JamesFebruary 17, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    I've never really been a great artist.

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  3. FrostyFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    That's awesome. I can definitely see wall murals complementing some house designs really well

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  4. OLearrisFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    beautiful =]

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  5. cooperlifeFebruary 18, 2011 at 12:03 AM

    you don't like customers watching you work?

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  6. JoshFebruary 18, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    That's looking sharp. Tons of work

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  7. ScottDFebruary 18, 2011 at 3:09 AM

    @cooperlife noit takes forever with someone interupting you every 5 seconds, and even worse telling you how to do it because they did a fingerpaint once. Much easier without anyone there. Plus then we can swear and shit yo!

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  8. BlowingInTheWindFebruary 18, 2011 at 3:17 AM

    the interrupting from the house owner must get annoying. They have paid you to do a job, let you bloody well do it

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  9. Chocolatecoins14February 18, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    Pretty cool. The house my parents bought when I was 16 had a huge mural of a lighthouse in the kitchen. We all hated lighthouses, but it was there until they moved out 3 years later. I guess it was just too big and impressive to paint over.

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  10. Mr. MachineFebruary 18, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    Nice work! Might try something like this in the future :)

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  11. RondarielFebruary 18, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Nice. I would have that in my house.

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  12. JimFebruary 18, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Very cool. how much would getting a mural cost?

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  13. GADAFINYFebruary 18, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    wow bro
    $upported return favor bro!

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  14. HaliChapFebruary 18, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    Stunning job.

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  15. DKFebruary 18, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    the option for removal is key i think

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  16. WeirdwhirlFebruary 19, 2011 at 1:35 PM

    That is looking gorgeous!!!
    Would not mind that on my wall ;)

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  17. IanFromLastNightFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:06 AM

    It's annoying when ANYONE watches me do artwork. Can't imagine having it happen when doing a mural.

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