Post by Sassy Sabrina SWZ on May 26, 2015 1:36:32 GMT
I'm usually on the NSBR board, but I have a question that you folks here might be able to help me with.
I've been preparing materials for my organization's booth at an upcoming outdoor festival. I designed two posters, and I picked them up at Staples this afternoon. They look great, but I didn't realize that the posters would be unmounted (I guess I just assumed ...). They are printed on poster paper that is so thin and pliant that it could be curled up to carry home from the store. I need the posters to be flat and rigid, so they can be displayed on easels. (Right now, I'm trying to "correct" the curl by rubber banding them curled the opposite way.)
To save the cost of getting them mounted and/or laminated at the store, I bought colored foamboard at half the price. I plan to glue the posters so that the foamboard serves as both a rigid support and a colorful "frame."
I don't want to buy a new product for gluing, as I'm already over budget. I thought I could use a "permanent" tape runner, which is what I've used for scrapbooks, but I'm not sure it will hold. If not, I guess I could use the tube of Scotch "scrapbooker's glue" with 2-way applicator that I bought several years ago but have never tried. I also have Gorilla glue and Elmer's glue for household repairs.
From these choices, what would you recommend?
I've been preparing materials for my organization's booth at an upcoming outdoor festival. I designed two posters, and I picked them up at Staples this afternoon. They look great, but I didn't realize that the posters would be unmounted (I guess I just assumed ...). They are printed on poster paper that is so thin and pliant that it could be curled up to carry home from the store. I need the posters to be flat and rigid, so they can be displayed on easels. (Right now, I'm trying to "correct" the curl by rubber banding them curled the opposite way.)
To save the cost of getting them mounted and/or laminated at the store, I bought colored foamboard at half the price. I plan to glue the posters so that the foamboard serves as both a rigid support and a colorful "frame."
I don't want to buy a new product for gluing, as I'm already over budget. I thought I could use a "permanent" tape runner, which is what I've used for scrapbooks, but I'm not sure it will hold. If not, I guess I could use the tube of Scotch "scrapbooker's glue" with 2-way applicator that I bought several years ago but have never tried. I also have Gorilla glue and Elmer's glue for household repairs.
From these choices, what would you recommend?
