Why not use a cleat to hold the foam core panels to the wall? One or two long foam core or light weight wooden strips can be hot glued to the pack of the panel and corresponding cleats are screwed to the wall. The panel slides right in place and stays there until it is removed. The wall mounts can be taken down and stored for future use. Cindi Verser *From:* Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Wade Lawrence *Sent:* Monday, February 06, 2012 1:28 PM *To:* [log in to unmask] *Subject:* Re: [MUSEUM-L] another adhesive question We have had success using aggressive adhesives and an intermediary. First, using small brads or nails, we attach small squares of mat board to the wall where we want to apply the adhesive. Then we use REALLY strong adhesive velcro or foam tape to attach the foamcore or gatorboard item to the mat board. The small nail holes are easily repaired later, and there is no visible fastener. Wade Lawrence Museum director, curator, bottle washer On Feb 6, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Meg Justus wrote: Speaking of adhesives, I have a completely different kind of adhesive question to ask of the exhibit folks here. What do you use to hold foam core panels to a painted wooden surface (wall)? These are temporary exhibits, if being put up for a year and then taken down to be re-used again at some point in the future can be considered temporary. Mostly what I've tried are the various 3M products (including the dots and strips of foam doublesided tape and the blue play-doh-like stuff sold for mounting posters), and none of them stay up reliably. Whatever we use needs to be inexpensive. Does anyone have any better ideas? Meg Justus independent curator ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).