Welcome to Phase II of my backdrop construction. As you'll see in the 1st pic, covered the seams in the poster paper with 1 1/2" wide masking tape. http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/jeffrey-wimberly/bdb1.jpg I continued this all the way down the wall. http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/jeffrey-wimberly/bdb2.jpg As you'll see in this pic, I print my own scenic sheets on 8 1/2 x 11 paper, using an ordinary ink jet printer. Deleted due to copyright changes. 01/17/07 Then I carefully align the sheets and join them on back side with strips of masking tape. The next step is to fold the other sheet(s) back where it's held by the tape and put a very thin layer of white glue on the white area. Carefully bring the other sheet back over and gently press the edges together. The seam should be almost invisible. Next, I carefully trimmed along the tree line and discarded the sky background. Now for the paint for the backdrop. I use a flat latex paint called 'Nimble Blue' for this. It will dry to a very nice looking sky blue. http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/jeffrey-wimberly/bdb8.jpg The first coat is already on the first sheet of poster board. I'll do the entire length, then put a second coat on. This will fill in any areas the first coat missed and will insure uniformity. http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/jeffrey-wimberly/bdb9.jpg The entire length is now done in two coats. I left one little area unpainted so you can see the difference between what color the poster board was and what color it is now. Quite a difference, isn't it? http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/jeffrey-wimberly/bdb10.jpg
I like what I am seeing. Keep us up todate. Thanks for the site it's going to make my test area look cool. Let me know if you need some help with printing those back drops. I can run them on HP Color laser and then tube them down there for you. Mike
Nothing... You can send me the ones you want and the printing settings you used. The rest will be taken care of.
