Thread: hanging wall murals temporarily on masonite wall

Those devices with the stretchy-sticky substance seem to work very well. I don't understand how but they work.
I don't know if you have them down-under, we have in the U.S. My wife just bought some and says they are made by Scotch, the tape people.

My initial thoughts are make up a double sided masonite panel and attach a mural to each side.to control warping

16' x 9' will be more than a handfull to handle and it may pay to add a frame of some sort -- if you do you can hang the murals by screwing through the frame

A "standard" sheet of Masonite (1/8" x 4' x 8') weighs about 19 lbs. Each face 16' x 9' requires 4.5 sheets, for a weight each face of 85.5 lbs. Two faces thus weigh 171 lbs. To this you must add the weight of internal framing, which is needed to "marry" the sheets if nothing else; say 10 lbs. Then add the weight of the wallpaper itself, both faces of course.

Some questions now arise.
Can the existing Masonite wall support this weight? Engaging the wall's studs would be more reliable.
Whose wall is it?
How frequently will the murals be changed?
Where will you store the unused murals?
And how will you move them to and fro? Truck transport may need a special permit, because of their size.

A lighter weight substrate might be "Coroplast" ("Corflute" in Australia, and apparently dealers in Melbourne). This is an extruded cellular plastic, mostly used in the sign industry. With judicious planning, standard sheet sizes can be employed. It generally resists adhesive, but the dealer may be able to advise otherwise. (I've just now learned (via Google) that Sikaflex-11FC may be usable). And in spite of adhesive resistance, double-faced carpet tape might overwhelm the resistance by force of a large surface area.

As to the murals being unwieldy, I would consider breaking them into segments, if the joint lines would be acceptable.

Cheers,
Joe

Thanks Joe for the numbers,
some annotations for those you are a little unclear about lbs

Originally Posted by joe greiner

A "standard" sheet of Masonite (1/8" x 4' x 8') weighs about 19 lbs, (say 9kgs). Each face 16' x 9' requires 4.5 sheets, for a weight each face of 85.5 lbs (say 38kgs). Two faces thus weigh 171 lbs (say 72kgs -- definitely a 2 (strong) person lift). To this you must add the weight of internal framing, which is needed to "marry" the sheets if nothing else; say 10 lbs. Then add the weight of the wallpaper itself, both faces of course. (say a total approaching 90 to 100 kgs -- definitely requires 2 very strong people to lift)

Some questions now arise.
Can the existing Masonite wall support this weight? Engaging the wall's studs would be more reliable.
Whose wall is it?
How frequently will the murals be changed?
Where will you store the unused murals?
And how will you move them to and fro? Truck transport may need a special permit, because of their size. (16' x 9' even in a transport case will fit in a "standard" covered truck)

A lighter weight substrate might be "Coroplast" ("Corflute" in Australia, and apparently dealers in Melbourne). This is an extruded cellular plastic, mostly used in the sign industry. With judicious planning, standard sheet sizes can be employed. It generally resists adhesive, but the dealer may be able to advise otherwise. (I've just now learned (via Google) that Sikaflex-11FC may be usable). And in spite of adhesive resistance, double-faced carpet tape might overwhelm the resistance by force of a large surface area.

As to the murals being unwieldy, I would consider breaking them into segments, if the joint lines would be acceptable.

Cheers,
Joe

Well, they started with feet, so I guessed the "foreign" language would be OK.

You're right about fitting inside a truck, Ian, but it has to be on the diagonal. In one of my previous lives, we shipped oversize precast concrete panels on sloping frames on a lowboy or flatbed, to fit within allowable dimensions.

Cheers,
Joe

Hi Joe
here what I consider a "standard" covered truck has a similar internal height to a 10 ft high container.
and it's pretty easy to find a truck that has an approx 11ft internal clearance
either truck should fit a 9' mural, including it's transpoprt box.