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3M Packing tape over masonite backdrop panels....anyone?
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<P mce_keep="true">Thanks for all the further replies and tips. I think I have my panels down very securely with the drywall screws, but I never thought about some floor joist glue behind them on the studs. Too late now, but I think I may just go along and run a bead of this down the back of every stud where it meets the panel...maybe enough will get in to make a bit more of a bond.</P> <P mce_keep="true">I tested the panels and screws on a scrap piece and it takes a mightly pull to get the panel to rip off. Even though countersunk with small head drywall screws, the screwing action creates a dimple of masonite driven into the stud rather than cutting through it. This seems stronger than I would have thought.</P> <P mce_keep="true">I was able to make a big cove corner around inside a six-foot end way. It worked out very smoothly. </P> <P mce_keep="true">I'll put up some inprogress pictures when I have a minute. Family is away shopping for the weekend so I haven't a minute to loose in the layout room.....you know how it is.[:D]</P>
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