Rochelle, As far as the adhesive ? goes. I've spent some time trying to find the best dbl sided tape. Been in touch with 3M's adhesive dept. and have tried many samples. By far the best dbl. sided tape I have found to date comes from http://www.unitedmfrs.com/ . (United Mfrs. Supplies Inc.) I highly recommend their #5665 Super Sticky (catchy name, huh.) double sided tape. George, We got a REALLY big printer about two years ago and we have switched to foam board also. The panels usually run 3 to 4 feet in one direction and we also had the problem of them bowing. I don't know what kind of walls you have. Our exhibit space has Sisal covered plywood. We tried gluing wood cleats on the backs with some success. It works on the smaller ones but the big boys still curled on the corners. What we tried last time was producing small wooden clips, two per corner, that we screw to the wall. It works but I still don't like hanging hardware showing. Some thing you might want to look into are the 3M Command line of fasteners. http://www.3m.com/us/home_leisure/command/products/interlocking.jhtml They have these picture hanging strips that, they say, will hold up to 3 lbs. And they can be removed from the wall with no residue or damage. I've installed some large panels using these on campus (where there is some wild temp. fluctuations) last month and they are doing pretty good. Used them on drywall, wood panel and brick. Unfortunately they wont work on the fabric we have in our gallery. Hope some of this helps. Oh yah, for you conservators out there. I only use this stuff on the display panels. Non of it touches accessioned work or any of the collections. Now, where did I put that bag of cotton gloves I was going to wash................................. Jerry Fahey Reitinger, Rochelle wrote: > I actually have a related question to George's. > > > > We use 4ply mat board for our wall signs and labels. These are > installed by stapling a small mat board tab to the wall and then > affixing the desired label or sign to the tab(s) with double-sided > adhesive. This allows some space for air circulation but more > importantly when removed we only have to deal with 4 or so little > staple holes and no adhesive residue. Sometimes our signs over 11 x > 17 will begin to curl (The humidity in the Gallery is 50% which is > standard for paintings and works on paper), but the majority of our > things don't curl. > > > > However, my problem is that the adhesive I'm using randomly gives out > and things just pop off the wall. I have used scotch double-sided > tape and 2 different brands of carpeting tape. I am thinking about > trying that double-sided foam tape hoping it will breathe better but I > don't know. Does anyone have any suggestions on other adhesives? > > > > Thank you very much, > > > > Rochelle L. R. Oakley > > Collections Manager/Registrar > > Saint Joseph College Art Gallery > > West Hartford, Connecticut > > 860.231.5743 phone > > 860.231.5754 fax > > [log in to unmask] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Anne Lane > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:17 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] The stick blues... > > > > George, is there any way you can install spacers between the foam core > and the wall? Just having some air circulating there might help > alleviate the curling. Is this an outside wall you're installing on? > And for goodness sakes, install a dehumidifier. They aren't very > expensive, and if you have artifacts enduring the same humidity that's > curling your foam core, they're probably not happy either. You can use > some of the money you saved by switching from Gatorfoam, which is, I > know, extremely expensive. > > > > Hope this is helpful - > > Anne > > > > Anne T. 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Unfortunately, our temperature and humidity controls in the > building are less than ideal, and the foamcore started curling away > from the walls within days after installing. Reinforcing with stronger > double-sided adhesive tape helped, but makes prep time between shows > more difficult. The cost saving from foamcoare is huge, but I can't > have my graphics curl and fall off days after a show opening. > > This is the first museum I've had to do this much graphics prep in > house. My other museums outsourced, so I'm sure there's a bit of a > learning curve. 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