Marvel Heroes Comic - Avengers - The Incredible Hulk Giant Wall Decal

I bought three of these type wall sickers for my son's Marvel themed room. Spiderman and Ironman were both fine and look amazing. Hulk on the other hand is in the bin. Right from the start, it seemed to have problems sticking to the wall. As it is very large and comes in several pieces, it is quite an ordeal to get it all positioned and joined up correctly so you can't see any gaps between the pieces and everything aligned properly. No sooner did I have 3 or 4 of the 6 pieces up then some of them would start peeling off again. This was OK at first as only some of it started lifting and I could just push it back down onto the wall, but the more you pushed it back on the more it started to lift. I eventually found a way to get it all on the wall and then used a large board to hold it all flat against the wall, then prompt it there pushing it against the wall and left it for 24 hours. When I removed the board, it stayed up for the whole day and I thought I had it, but the next morning it was in a crumped heap on the floor. Once it folds over and sticks to itself, it is impossible to fix, so now it is in the bin. Spiderman and Ironman both went up without an issue, each piece stuck perfectly one at a time and they are still up several months later without any signs that they might lift off. Hulk on the other hand was a waste of money. This was a perfectly clean freshly painted wall. Spiderman was put on the same wall alongside Hulk and that is still there perfectly fine.

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I've considered using wall stickers like this in the past but always chickened out as I have zero arts and crafts type talent or skills. But as a Grandpa I'll go way out of my comfort zone to put a smile on the little ones' faces. Hulk arrived in a well protected tube in just a few days but I was having second thoughts driven mostly by the fact that he was in FIVE different pieces that had to be built like a puzzle on the wall! The grandkids are coming in a few days so after watching a handful of youtube vids on how to apply these things I summed up the courage last night and BAM! It took me about an hour but most of that time was spent measuring and leveling and marking the wall with painter's tape where I wanted him to go. I think he looks GREAT, and I can't wait to see the look on my grandson's face when he walks in the door. You can't see any seams and this guy will not be peeling off the wall accidentally, I promise you that! They say you can remove him and put him somewhere else - I have to believe them but it's hard to imagine, he is FIRMLY on the wall! I also bought a Moana sticker about the same size (shoulders are a little more narrow :) ) from another vendor and had no issues putting her up. If you are at all concerned that this may be beyond your skills, dismiss them, if I can do this YOU can do this.

My wife and I used this and a few others from the same company on a pretty heavily textured (orange peel) wall, that we recently painted for my son's "Big boy room" walls. They are sticking very well and look fantastic. This one comes rolled up in a tube, not in a flat square box (at least it did for me) which makes it much smoother on the wall i.e. no creases or wrinkles before you even start. They are big with very bright colors, great details and look freaking awesome. I lobbied to have hulk placed in my adult bedroom, but was promptly vetoed ;) As for re-stick-ability (new word), I cannot really comment reliably because I got all but one of them right the first time. Having pulled one panel off, I imagine you'd likely get 3-4 retries before things started to get less sticky.Some brief application tips:* The panels are cut very well, but there is no overlap. In some cases I found there were tiny gaps and with a blue wall, the blue would show through the gap. I overlapped about a 1/32" of pieces onto the main piece and they still look very smooth and continuous.* To help with handling things, I would advise having a second set of hands nearby to hold them folding in on themselves and getting stuck to itself. I did all but one completely alone but the last one I needed some help due to the size and width of the chest piece. Just take your time putting them on and use the order they advise you (big chest piece first).* To get everything lined up the way you want, I used some reference on the sticker (Spiderman's chest spider and/or web lines work great, imaginary line between iron man's eyes etc) to get them relatively straight, and you'll get it just right. I couldn't be happier with the quality of these.* When peeling them off their backings, be conscious of places where the sticker makes sharp corners, because as I found out on some of the little fingers, and bent legs, they will tear and rather easily too. It's a little hard to explain in text, but if there's a sharp corner that makes a "V" shape, peel in a direction such that the point to the "V" comes off first followed by the legs of the "V" and last the tips. If you come in sideways it'll tear.All in all, my son loves his room :)

Hulk stuck for about a day and then he peeled off of the wall. I don’t think it’s necessarily the quality of the product so much as the textured surface I stuck it to. My only real complaint it doesn’t seem too adherent off the bat. If you have a textured wall, my tip is put your blow dryer on low and go over each section for about 10 seconds, that seemed to reactivate the adhesive.