DIY INSTALL

Before you start

If your wall is freshly painted, please wait around 4 weeks before applying your wall mural. Most importantly though, please ensure your wall paint does not contain Polymers such as Teflon or a silicon. An easy way to find out if your wall does contain these elements is to lightly spray the wall with water. If it beads, not runs, the paint contains silicon or Teflon. This can cause adhesion failure and additional preparation, such as a barrier coat i.e. a gloss water based varnish, needs to be applied before wall mural application. Teflon or silicon based paints are designed to stop foreign materials sticking to it, so although the wall fabric we use is a very high quality product, it has not been designed to stick to these surfaces without a barrier coat applied first. We recommend using an Isopropyl Alcohol (available from Bunnings) or for best results, Viponds Isopropanol Prep Vinyl (available from PrintNCut Solutions) before installation. It is not recommended to apply murals during excessively hot or humid times. As our wall murals are sold as a DIY product, Designmywalls holds no responsibility for the application of the item or how it performs once hung. Please trial with a test sample first. Need some extra stick? Try a Spray Adhesive (i.e Shelleys Kwik Grip Spray Contact Adhesive, available at Bunnings) to the top 10cm or the required areas to gain extra adhesion & tack. Best for harsher environments.