STEP 1: CLEAN your wall

Enhanced Adhesion Cleaning Method:

Clean the surface with a warm mix of alcohol and water (1 ratio of water/3 ratios of alcohol) using as many cloth as needed. Discard the cloth once it’s been through a portion of your wall, you do not want to spread the chemicals, the idea is to remove them. Allow the walls to dry for at least 15 minutes after this cleaning process.

If the wall is freshly painted, it’s important to make sure that the paint has been cured & outgassed completely, this can take at least 6 weeks depending on the type of paint.

The day before installation

• Take the wallpaper out of the package, unroll the wallpaper panels. (do not discard the documents, please read everything before starting your installation)
• Identify each panel by the number at the back top and lay them flat on a clean space on your floor. Place them in order and make sure they match. If you see anything that doesn’t look correct, contact us ASAP. Then you’ll have them in the right hanging order the next day. 
• Store the panels like this – flat (not rolled up) for at least 24 hours in the room where you intend to hang them. This will allow the wallpaper panels to straighten out and acclimatize to the humidity, which will make them adhere better to the wall. The acclimatization is also important to counteract shrinking which can lead to visible seams after installation.
• Make sure you have the tools needed before you start.
• You might need 4 hands for the installation, so unless you are some kind of Hindu God, please remember to con a friend or loved one into helping.

STEP 2: PLAN & SET UP

Plan your design first. Or don’t. Each panel of wallpaper would have a number in the back, however, if we processed your wallpaper on “Margarita-Fridays” then the numbers might be wrong, so please double check and make sure the panels are in the correct order before applying to the wall. The total WIDTH of the wallpaper you received, when adding up all the panels, should be more than you need to cover your wall. We recommend starting the first panel with an overhang to the ceiling by a 1/2” to 1” in case your ceiling/walls are not squared, then trim the excess at the end of installation.

STEP 3: INSTALL the first PANEL
You may need four hands for the installation of your mural, so unless you are a Hindu God, please remember to con a friend into helping. Lay down each panel on the floor. Make sure the upper part is the one that goes on to the top of the wall.

START AT THE LEFT EDGE OF YOUR WALL. In the back of your panels, you will find the order of each panel by numbers. Start with the upper left corner of the room, hang them from LEFT to RIGHT to ensure a smooth repeat of the design across the wall.
START INSTALLATION: WATCH VIDEO BEFORE STARTING.
SPRAY EZ HANG HELPER ON YOUR WALL. Start with a small area enough to cover where the first panel will be installed. Pick up Panel 1 and remove a few feet of backing paper and start sticking the panel to the wall. Overhang the wallpaper on the ceiling by at least ½” making sure there is enough at the bottom to cover the entire height of the wall. Once you have the first part positioned, make your helper hold on to that part while you peel down the rest of the backing paper off the panel. Smooth down the panel on the wall using a sponge, rag, or your hands, making sure to remove excess liquid and air pockets. You could slide the wallpaper panel into position if the upper part got moved. Once you are done with the first panel, repeat this process. Spray the wall first, then apply the next panel, slide it into position making sure you overlap the new panel into the previous one until the pattern matches perfectly.

*Do not trim the overlap before applying the wallpaper, as it guarantees that the wallpaper will repeat seamlessly without any gaps between panels. Do not “butt seam” the mural: do not place both edges of the mural so that they are directly next to one another. This would cause the mural to align incorrectly.