Glueing fabric to back of fretwork

[woodcutter]

I made a BB fretwork 1/4" and Im wondering about useing box tape to seal the back of the project to keep out the BLO . Soak it, let it dry,  then microwave to remove the tape, clear spray it,  and glue fabric to the back of the fretwork on the bare wood.
any suggestions?

Jim 

[GrayBeard]

I don't go thru all that!

Dip in BLO mix, dry thoroughly, apply satin lacquer to the face (several coats), hit the back with a spray of Alene's Tacky spray adhesive (Brown can not the purple) and spread on the felt. I have not had a piece fall off the felt yet!

I did have one piece that I decided to redo and tried to strip the felt off the back and it was a bit@# to scrape it off!

Go For It!

~~~GB~~~

[mrsn]

I use hot glue to stick felt to the project.
Gluing over the oil might be structurally less strong, but there aren't a lot of forces trying to seperate them once you hang it on the wall.

[Russ C]

Like GB said, "Alene's Tacky spray adhesive (Brown can not the purple)" will hold it and you won't have to go through all the extra steps. 

[edward]

 I use 3M77, to glue my fabric to the back of a portrait.  Edward

[Keefie]

When you spray the back, don't you get a lot of overspray on the sides and cut outs?

[GrayBeard]

Just 'spry' it don't PAINT it....
I hold the can about 8 - 9 inches away and spray with a 'sweeping motion' but STRAIGHT on.
A little will hold the fabric and if you add a chip board backer it is fine.


~~~GB~~~

[Keefie]

Thanks GB, not done it yet, but will need to when mum's portrait is finished, it's half done, but waiting for the FD 2/0 spiral blades from Mike to arrive to do the finer cuts.

[woodcutter]

Thanks for the info. I guess I could just use the same spray glue as I use to put patterns on?

Jim