Whether it’s a scene from a favorite hunting meadow for your “man cave” or a sophisticated, subtle pattern for your commercial offices, digital printing now makes custom wallcoverings a reality!
The combination of large formating printing (much bigger than your desktop printer) and a wide variety of printable wall covering materials brings exciting new opportunities to interior decorators seeking to customize both residential and commercial areas.
Full color graphics can be designed and printed on wallcovering materials that offer either a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) or that are hung like traditional wall paper. PSA materials can be either fairly permanent or removable. Because of a small amount of shrinkage associated with the PSA products, panels are typically slightly overlapped during installation. Removable wall covering materials offer the benefit of little-to-no damage to underlying paint and allow the user to, for example, temporarily change the look of a room (possibly making that hotel ballroom look branded for the corporate or private event).
In contrast, custom designed wallcoverings that are installed like traditional wall paper are able to use double-cut seams that result in close butt joints.
One of the more exciting developments in custom wall coverings in recent years is the advent of a variety of unique textures that offer depth and dimension to the character of the wall covering. These textures include canvas, parchment, leather, and even glass bead.
Many of these custom digital wallcovering materials are Type II, certified commercial grade wall coverings. This type of classification has to do with the surface burning characteristics of building materials. With such a certification, these materials are appropriate for use in commercial spaces including hospitals, hotels, condos, commercial corridors, schools, shopping centers, airports and cruise ships.
12-Point SignWorks in Franklin TN has the expertise to provide custom graphic design and fabrication of digital wallcoverings.
