We've been using thumb tacks duct-taped to the backs of the panels with
the points sticking out.  You simply press the panel into the wall; the
points of the tacks penetrate and hold.

There is fabric wall paper on many of our temporary exhibit walls, so no
holes show.  On painted drywall, you only have the small holes made by the
tacks to fix when changing exhibits.  

Curtis Morris
Shiloh Museum
-----Original Message-----
From: Sylvia Bruner [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 12:28 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] another adhesive question

Hi Meg,

have you considered using something other than adhesives?  I'm sure this
depends on what kind of wall surface you have and how much repair you
can/will do after a show, but here's what we do:

Take small scrap squares of foamboard and staple them to the wall in each
approximate corner of your label, then hot glue the label to those squares
(the hot glue is handy in that it takes a few seconds to set up because
this gives you time to level the label).  When you remove the labels, you
will have eight tiny holes in the wall to fill in with paint (unless you
have a cloth covered wall, then you're set with no repair).  The hot glue
is very durable as far as the labels not falling off, and we have found
the holes to be an easier fix than a chunk of paint being stripped off by
glue.  

Sylvia

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