I actually thought that I might get this venture performed in to posts, however I didn’t fairly get it completed final night time. I’ll want yet one more day to complete up, however I’ll present you the progress and what I’ve left to do to complete up mounting and framing my HUGE print of our panorama design.
On the finish of the final publish, I had completed constructing the large cradled wooden panel on the wall. And since it’s so large, and required two items of plywood to cowl it, I used drywall tape and dirt 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 clean 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 all the way down to 2.5 inches extensive on my desk noticed. I minimize 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 precise aspect.
I didn’t nail these items to the plywood panel at this level. The body items have been simply glued nailed to one another on the mitered corners.
Subsequent I added the body piece on the left aspect. Once more, at this level, it was simply nailed to the highest body piece on the mitered corners.
And at last, I added the underside piece. Once more, at this level, I solely glued and nailed it to the aspect 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. When 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 precise aspect 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 degree, and likewise used a tiny 6-inch prybar as a brief spacer between the panel and the body earlier than taking pictures every nail into the body. I needed to verify 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 area on either side 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 precise place utilizing these big thumbtacks that I simply occurred to have available.
It took some endurance to get such an enormous print squared up good contained in the body, however I lastly acquired it the place I needed it.
I weighed a number of totally different choices for adhering the print to the panel, however ultimately, 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 high and labored my means down. I eliminated the tacks alongside the highest and uncovered the panel about 1/3 of the best way down, simply letting the print gently roll ahead and ensuring it didn’t crease on the best way 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 straight up proper via the center of the print.
After which I pressed the perimeters out in direction of the perimeters/high ranging from the identical place as proven beneath.
As soon as the highest 1/third was performed, I positioned the large tacks again into the highest in order that the print wouldn’t shift as I labored on the underside 2/3 of the print. Subsequent, I did the center 1/3 of the print by eradicating the remainder of the tacks, rolling the print up from the underside, rolling paste onto the center 1/3 of the panel, and smoothing the print down in the identical means I did the highest 1/3, besides that I used to be smoothing the print down in the wrong way.
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 arms, and earlier than shifting on to the following part, I used a plastic drywall knife to clean the print to verify 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 smooth fabric earlier than pushing it throughout the print in order that I wouldn’t scratch it.
Any time I exploit 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 exploit 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 over the wallpaper (or print, on this scenario)…
After which I push all the air within the bubble out via the pinhole. It really works each time, and nobody will ever see that pinhole.
So that’s the place the venture stands as of this morning. Now I would like to complete the body by including the ornamental trim that can make it fairly and canopy up these gaps, wooden filling, caulking, priming, and portray.
This factor is big, and I like the way it look on the wall! And only for reference, I’m 5 toes tall, and I come up thus far on the print. 😀
I’m going to do my absolute best to get this completed at present. I’ll be including to totally different ornamental trims to finish the body. It gained’t be troublesome, however I fairly often overestimate how a lot I can get performed in a day. 😀 However hopefully, I’ll be again with the completed venture tomorrow.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You possibly can be taught extra about me right here.