What are the "best" adhesives to attach paper backdrop graphics to "Masonite" (with a blue latex "sky" top coat)? I tried rubber (contact) cement several years ago, but the materials are coming off the hard board.
RicZ
I'd get a can of the 3M spray adhesive or something similar. Only issue is it doesn't allow you to peel it off and reposition it if you mess up.
Contact cement, especially the solvent will generally hold indefinatly. The only problem is that if one of the surfaces are too pourous sealing of of the surface (slight gloss) or additional coat of the product is nec. Worked in plastic laminates cab and countertops for quite a few years. The substrate usually need a 1st coat, to seal and once dried both surface , base and laminate coated.
The bond could have failed if placed on a painted surface where the paint was matt or flat or it lost any hold the the masonite causing the paint to pull away w/ the contact cement.
3M spray adhesive will do a better job to attach the backdrops these days. No need to fully "wet" coat as w/ rolling on contact cement.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Be careful with the spray adhesive. As your photo paper will get wet and wrinkled from it. I had this happen to mine.
Now i use double sided tape. Since the photo paper I use is fairly thick, I don't even notice the tape underneath.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Any one ever tried wallpaper paste? I've wallpapered and its pretty easy to use. I have not put up a back drop with it yet.. might be worth a try?
If you use tape make VERY sure that it is not acid based adhesive. Most tapes are. If you look through your parents old photo albums you may see brown squares or brown stripes in the prints. That is caused by the tape used to hold them in. It will eat through the print from the back.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Hello, I would consider using GLUE STICKS like Pritt, easy application they don't saturate paper and are used in most craftwork school projects.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Serge
I'd go with the 3M spray adhesive myself. I've applied lots of paper-type materials to both thin cardboard (cereal boxes), basswood strips, and hardboard (Masonite), and it works like a charm. I suppose you should be a little careful not to over-apply, but it's expensive enough to discourage that anyway.
Connecticut Valley Railroad A Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." -- Henry Ford
I used Elmer's Rubber Cement.
It did a wonderful job, and when I had to readjust a couple of the backdrops at a later date, I was able to to do it without a lot of difficultly.
Greatly recommended.
havent used any but "I would go with the poster above and atleast try the wall paper paste ,it should be latex and water base ,it would be thick and tacky but movible ,I would look into it myself..Jerry