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- STEP 061 > The shape in the yellow hilite is just your help guide, this is not a decal for your walls. Slice it off and examine it later. Like the other skins, you want to cut along the edges and not have any white edges if possible. These DARK stripes are ALSO FOLDING GUIDES. Don't cut along those at any cost.
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- STEP 062 > An easy way to get started is to cut along the horizontal top and bottom, the 3 pieces align perfectly and will give you the same shapes.
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- STEP 063 > The important thing is to just slice just shy on the inside of the skin so that NO WHITE LINE appears on the outer edges.
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- STEP 064 > Now you can cut along the vertical spines and separate them into 3 individual pieces.
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- STEP 065 > If you look at your cutting guide now, you will notice the red line passes into the bottom of the T shape stopping just where the dark rectangles are located.
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- STEP 066 > You want to take your scissors and make a cut along the sides but extend into the blue colour of the decal but STOP where the DARK folding guide ends.
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- STEP 067 > Having these little extended cuts will allow your fold to go around and not bend the opposite side.
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- STEP 068 > Here you can better see what I am trying to explain. On the left it stays straight and on the right, it bends exactly along the DARK guides.
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- STEP 069 > After a few minutes all of your ceiling decal skins will be cut and look like this.
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- STEP 070 > It's now time to fold all the pieces, let's start with the small end ones.
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- STEP 071 > You want to bend and fold over along any and all of the DARK rectangle shapes. Start with a slow bend to not crease the paper, keep pressing softly until it starts following the guide. Then you can PINCH hard and make a full bended line.
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- STEP 072 > Your folds should follow the dark outlines just like you see here.
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- STEP 073 > Continue folding on the other side.
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- STEP 074 > When done your decal will look like this. It will wrap perfectly around the thickness of the foamcore.
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- STEP 075 > When bending these long wide pieces it is a little bit trickier. I find that if I place my index fingers along the dark line and start rolling the decal it starts the memory without putting too many bends and creases into the skin.
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- STEP 076 > After a while the curve will allow you to start folding closer to the dark folding guide.
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- STEP 077 > Until it's right along the edge for you to pinch harder and get that crisp memory fold.
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- STEP 078 > This is what your decal will look like from the side.
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- STEP 079 > The end caps are a little trickier because of the fragile inner cuts. Start folding the bottom of the "T" shape first. When done it will look like the image on the right side.
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- STEP 080 > Then you can fold the sides over which will create a shape that looks like the letter "T"
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