Another option would be to use Velcro. Stick the soft side to the panel in all four corners and staple gun the rough side to the wall in the appropriate locations. Don't use the adhesive on the wall since the adhesive usually sticks too well and damages the walls.
Stacie
On Monday, February 6, 2012, Candace Perry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We use artists’ tape, which generally sticks very well, and for the longer term, but sometimes needs to be replaced now and then.
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> Speaking of adhesives, I have a completely different kind of adhesive question to ask of the exhibit folks here.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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