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<div>Have you asked the folks who create the printed mesh for you? Or contact the manufacturer of the mesh that the sign shop buys it from. They have to solve the same problems. </div><div><br></div><div>Dale</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:88%;color:#364f67" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Jon Ares via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> <br>Date: 10/5/16 13:51 (GMT-05:00) <br>To: Stagecraft Mailing List <stagecraft@theatrical.net> <br>Cc: Jon Ares <jonares@arescreative.com> <br>Subject: [SML] Gluing down vinyl mesh to scenery <br><br>Hello all....<br><br>Many times, I've had large bits of scenery printed on vinyl mesh<br>(billboard type stuff - sort of like scrim, but made of vinyl, and is<br>cheap).... and it comes out looking pretty good, if the artwork starts<br>off looking good. Anyway, I've hung/stapled it... easy enough... but<br>when I've needed it adhered to hard scenery, sort of like wallpaper,<br>I've had less-than-stellar results. Does anyone have recommendations<br>for adhesive? Here's what's been done before:<br><br>Wallpaper paste: doesn't seem to hold it well. Maybe because this is<br>a mesh/scrim-type material... not enough surface area...? The edges<br>curl up a lot, too...<br><br>Super 77 or other airborne spray: hate it. Gets everywhere, AND the<br>open time is too brief, considering these vinyl sheets are so large.<br>The spray-on glues want adhesion in 15-30 seconds. Not do-able with a<br>piece that's 8 or 9 feet large.<br><br>Since this is a mesh, something like contact cement probably isn't<br>going to go well, either, since we don't want the glue to ooze out<br>through the mesh and ruin the artwork... so something that dries clear<br>would be needed.<br><br>Any suggestions for adhesives? (These large panels are almost always<br>applied vertically - like walls that can't be laid flat on the floor.)<br><br>-- <br>Jon Ares<br>www.arescreative.com<br>http://backstagethreads.com<br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/><br>Stagecraft mailing list<br>Stagecraft@theatrical.net<br>http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net<br></body></html>