>There is a very clear hot glue that is as rubbery as silicone.  I haven't
>used it for lables yet but I will try it ASAP.  Does anyone know this type
>of hot glue?  I have seen it at hobby supply stores I haven't bought it
>yet. but I bet it will be really effective.  ....Ok this all Ill say on the
>matter.

I think you're talking about the low-temperature hot glue. It works pretty
well; don't forget to locate all the "spiderwebs" that float around
it--they're hard to see until later sometimes.  I once made the mistake of
putting together a set model with hot glue and then leaving it in the car
for a few minutes. This may not have seemed like a mistake except for the
fact that it was summer--in Las Vegas. The result was, to say the least,
very interesting. (Hmm, maybe I should have finalized the serendipity
design; it was prob'ly better than the original!) It wouldn't have mattered
if I had used "high-temperature" glue instead, though....It's over 200=B0
inside the car in a Mojave desert parking lot.

Speaking of foam tape (were we still doing that?), I have a lot of success
with the closed-cell black 3M kind. I used to use the white or yellow
stuff, which sticks too well, and I tried the cheaper black generic foam
tape. But the closed-cell kind pretty well sticks to itself when you remove
it.

Also, we usually mount our laser-printed labels on foam-core and then take
short cutoff pieces for a backing. The backing is then screwed to the
drywall and two short pieces of black foam tape are put on it. The label
sticks right to the backing and, because there's only one screw in the
center, it is easily leveled. When it needs to be removed, we pull it off
the wall (it helps to put clear packing tape on the back of the label if
you plan to re-use that label), remove the screw, toss the used scrap
backing piece, and patch the hole with drywall mud and paint. The patching
works better on the rougher stucco walls than the on smooth ones, but the
holes are easily covered.

Happy sticking!

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