<div dir="auto"><div>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.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">With designs that have wiggly edges, you put the tape down and then trim away the parts not needed.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maia Robbins-Zust </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 8:15 PM Jon Ares via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Howdy....<br>
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Many times I've done printed vinyl (a la banner material, or billboard<br>
material or mesh) and have glued it to hard scenery using contact<br>
cement. That works well, but since some pieces are freakishly large,<br>
it's tough, even impossible, to put it down without a wrinkle, bubble,<br>
or crooked.....<br>
<br>
Is there another adhesive method that would hold the vinyl to wood,<br>
but have some 'open time' (unlike contact cement) so the stuff can be<br>
smoothed, or manipulated?<br>
<br>
I've tried a mixture of Elmer's white glue (and water) when gluing<br>
down some vinyl mesh, and it worked some, but the edges notoriously<br>
came loose. Haven't tried the white glue with solid vinyl (banner<br>
material) - because I'm sure that won't hold well at all.<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
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- Jon<br>
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Jon Ares<br>
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