[SML] Gluing printed vinyl onto scenery....

[Maia Robbins-Zust]

I've used double stick tape quite successfully for this. Not the stuff at
your local hardware store, you need to source a really good tape. I've
found several online vendor's that cater to the sign making trade, that had
what was needed.

The tape allows one or two retry's before it loses it's stickiness, and if
it goes real bad, you can rip up the tape and do over easily.

With designs that have wiggly edges, you put the tape down and then trim
away the parts not needed.

Probably wouldn't hold up for a touring production, but worked great for a
couple week run.  And if edges started peeling up a bit, it was easy to add
a bit more tape under the vinyl.


Maia Robbins-Zust



On Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 8:15 PM Jon Ares via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Howdy....
>
> Many times I've done printed vinyl (a la banner material, or billboard
> material or mesh) and have glued it to hard scenery using contact
> cement.  That works well, but since some pieces are freakishly large,
> it's tough, even impossible, to put it down without a wrinkle, bubble,
> or crooked.....
>
> Is there another adhesive method that would hold the vinyl to wood,
> but have some 'open time' (unlike contact cement) so the stuff can be
> smoothed, or manipulated?
>
> I've tried a mixture of Elmer's white glue (and water) when gluing
> down some vinyl mesh, and it worked some, but the edges notoriously
> came loose. Haven't tried the white glue with solid vinyl (banner
> material) - because I'm sure that won't hold well at all.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>  - Jon
>
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