I am not shure that this is the right place to post, but in another thread here I mentioned that I would be painting a backdrop for my 4 piece cover band, this weekend.
The band is sick of seeing photos of us with tvs, dartboards, menu boards and general bar wall detritus in the back ground.
A few people mentioned that they would be interested in seeing the process. So here it is.
This took me the best part of a day starting at about 9am. Having bought the paint and made the template before hand. The time being mainly taken up with drying time between coats.
The cloth is a decent quality polycotton pocket lining (that's what its called here). Its very light, very cheap, dosnt hold a crease, comes in black and it is used for.. you guessed it making pockets. The cloth comes in 1.5m ( about 5) width, so I had two stitched together to make a 3m (10) drop.
The paint is hardware store rattle can, don't worry about gloss, I sort any gloss out at the end with a coat of matt clear.
My back drop is very long, about 40, this is specifically for one venue we play regularly and is meant to cover the sides of the stage as well as the back. I will see if this is practical, I may end up cutting it into three.
First I found the center of the cloth then layed it out on my garage floor. A smooth CLEAN floor will help you tremendously.
Then I positioned the template, made from 3mm masonite, where I wanted it on the cloth.
It is important that you get the cloth as smooth,( wrinkle free) as possible.
The template was made by tracing the logo onto the board, then cutting it out with a jig saw. The blades that I use are very fine, but even so you cant do a 90 deg turn without screwing up the corner. I use a Dremmel metal cutting disc to cut a slot where I want to put the jigsaw blade in just in front of the 90 deg turn.
Brush or vacuum any sawdust from the back of the template as you don't want this on the cloth. I didn't and it was a real pain to sort out.
The band is sick of seeing photos of us with tvs, dartboards, menu boards and general bar wall detritus in the back ground.
A few people mentioned that they would be interested in seeing the process. So here it is.
This took me the best part of a day starting at about 9am. Having bought the paint and made the template before hand. The time being mainly taken up with drying time between coats.
The cloth is a decent quality polycotton pocket lining (that's what its called here). Its very light, very cheap, dosnt hold a crease, comes in black and it is used for.. you guessed it making pockets. The cloth comes in 1.5m ( about 5) width, so I had two stitched together to make a 3m (10) drop.
The paint is hardware store rattle can, don't worry about gloss, I sort any gloss out at the end with a coat of matt clear.
My back drop is very long, about 40, this is specifically for one venue we play regularly and is meant to cover the sides of the stage as well as the back. I will see if this is practical, I may end up cutting it into three.
First I found the center of the cloth then layed it out on my garage floor. A smooth CLEAN floor will help you tremendously.
Then I positioned the template, made from 3mm masonite, where I wanted it on the cloth.
It is important that you get the cloth as smooth,( wrinkle free) as possible.
The template was made by tracing the logo onto the board, then cutting it out with a jig saw. The blades that I use are very fine, but even so you cant do a 90 deg turn without screwing up the corner. I use a Dremmel metal cutting disc to cut a slot where I want to put the jigsaw blade in just in front of the 90 deg turn.
Brush or vacuum any sawdust from the back of the template as you don't want this on the cloth. I didn't and it was a real pain to sort out.
