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To dry mount your poster, you’ll need some contact cement, a utility knife, ruler, a large sheet of paper and a sheet of foam core or display board. Foam core is a made of two sheets of card stock with a thin piece of foam in between.
Lay the poster you want mounted onto the foam board and lightly draw an outline. Using the outline on the foam board, paint with contact cement. When painting, cross over the outline about two to three inches and allow to dry. Remove poster, turn it over and paint with contact cement. Allow to dry.
Contact cement will not bind until both sides are dry. Once they are dry and come in contact with each other, it will never come apart. Therefore, place the large sheet of paper over the area of the foam board with the contact cement.
Lay the poster, face up on top of the paper making sure that it does not make contact with the foam board. Align the top of the poster with the light pencil line on the foam board. Carefully slide the sheet of paper out, one to two inches at a time so that the poster makes contact with the foam board. Press the area down so that it is even with no air bubbles. Continue slowly until the entire poster has made contact with the foam board. Rub gently to smooth any creases.
Using the utility knife and ruler, cut the poster out of the foam board. For a clean edge, start your cut about one-eighth of an inch inside the edge of the poster. You can now hang the poster using two-sided carpet tape, fishing line or picture hanging wire.
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