How To Mount A Puzzle On The Wall

Apply glue to the surface of the foam board or cardboard you cut earlier.

How to mount a puzzle on the wall.

You can use a regular brush but a small piece of stiff cardboard or old credit card can also work well to prevent pooling and excess she explains. When you re ready to begin gluing start on one edge and work glue onto the puzzle covering the top and making sure it gets into all of the cracks. A somewhat rigid backer board will help prevent your puzzle from warping you have two choices for mounting. Place the puzzle at an appropriate height and mark the corners with a pencil.

Pour a light amount of puzzle glue across the short end of the puzzle covering about a 6 inches. Put the puzzle on the wall. Hammer a nail into the wall where you want to hang your puzzle. Carefully transfer your glued puzzle over the foam board aligning it with the edges.

Put a thumb tack in each of the four corners. Method 1 we generally recommend you find a locally hobby lobby or a similar craft store and ask them to do a dry mounting basically they use a special piece of backer board that has heat sensitive adhesive that will glue your puzzle to the board instantly. Use the wire to hang the puzzle on the wall. Start with a completed jigsaw puzzle on a flat surface.

Since i had only a little mod podge left and no picture frame or anything to mount the jigsaw puzzle to i wasn t sure how i was going to preserve and hang the jigsaw puzzle. Tack the puzzle to the wall with thumb tacks. Pull and tear off two or three pieces of wax. You now have a hanger on the back of your puzzle.

How to glue and mount a puzzle for display step 1. Twist the ends of the wire to make hooks. Press the puzzle down onto the foam board then scrape off any excess glue that was squeezed out from between the two objects.