A full-colour printed vinyl mural that goes straight onto the wall itself. No frame, no board, no stretcher bar: the artwork becomes the wall. Use it for a feature wall behind reception, a graphic backdrop in a gym or clinic, a themed wall in a retail fit-out, or a photographic scene that turns a blank corridor into something worth walking down.

What you receive is a single printed piece, made to the width and height you enter, on opaque white self-adhesive vinyl, ready to hang on the wall. If the wall is wider than we can print in one piece, the job belongs on Panelled Wall Murals instead — that product splits the image into overlapping drops designed to be hung side by side, which is a different job to install and a different thing to buy.

Two films, both opaque white print vinyls. 3M-IJ35 is the everyday interior choice. 3M-IJ175 is the heavier-duty cast film, worth the difference on a mural that has to stay flat and stay put for years, or one that will be cleaned regularly. Because both are opaque, the colour of the wall underneath does not show through and does not need to be light — but it does need to be smooth.

Lamination comes in gloss, matte, optically clear, dry erase or anti-graffiti. On a mural matte is usually the right answer: large flat areas of colour show every ceiling light and every window reflection, and matte also survives fingerprints and wiping better in a corridor. Contour cut is there for murals that are a shape rather than a rectangle — a logo, a map outline, a mountain range, a silhouette that ends where the artwork ends.

The honest limits are all about the wall. Smooth, sealed, fully cured paint only. Knockdown and orange-peel texture, brick, block, unsealed plaster and paint applied in the last few weeks will not hold an adhesive film reliably, and a large mural is less forgiving than a small decal because the film keeps a little tension on itself and finds every weak spot. Removal from sound paintwork is usually clean, but no adhesive vinyl is guaranteed paint-safe. Not for shower walls or anywhere with standing condensation.

Order by entering the finished width and height of the mural. Installation is not included, and anything above about a metre wide is far easier with two people and a felt squeegee than with one person and good intentions.