Installation: Mural Luxury

Before applying wallpaper, your wall needs to be smooth and clean. Remove old loose wallpaper, cracking and peeling paint, nails, and screws. Make sure to sand down surfaces and fill holes and cracks on your wall. Absorbent surfaces should be primed with an appropriate wallpaper primer

Each panel will arrive labelled and numbered. You should unroll all panels and check them before installing anything. Wet a sponge in a bucket of water and then ring it out and rub the sponge evenly across the back of your first panel. Then, fold the paper back on itself, allowing it to rest without air drying.

After you have left your first panel to rest for 5 minutes, use a roller to apply the adhesive to the wall and a brush for cutting-in edges & around fixings. Once the wall is pasted begin hanging your wallpaper from the top downwards. Be careful when cleaning away excess paste so inks aren't rubbed off the paper. Avoid getting adhesive on the face of the wallpaper.

Your mural has been printed slightly larger than your dimensions to create excess. When installing your first panel, ensure to use the vertical excess (typically 50mm / 2 inches). This will help with uneven walls. The use of a spirit level can be helpful in ensuring you've hung the drop as straight as possible.

Wet the back of each panel and let it rest for 5 minutes before hanging. As you hang the wallpaper, smooth away all the ripples or bubbles using a soft, dry cloth or smoothing tool. When hanging other strips, make sure to avoid overlapping them. Match the images or patterns, and paste the wallpaper edge to edge. If you press the strips firmly, the seams will not be visible. While wallpapering, be careful with the paste, and if it gets on your wallpaper’s surface, dab it gently with a clean cloth. 

Once installed ensure the wallpaper dries at room temperature for at least 24 hours and doesn't suffer any major changes in temperature or humidity.