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

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