The exhibit is DONE
Apr. 3rd, 2013 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmegaeraSpent most of Monday spray-adhering panels to foam core.
Spent most of Tuesday with an exacto knife and a metal ruler, cutting the panels out. Then putting painter's tape on the backs of the panels.
Spent most of today filling exhibit cases and mounting panels on the walls. I swear I'm going to see little white double-sided tape dots in my sleep tonight. Also blue painter's tape. The painter's tape is to a) protect the panels from tearing when they're taken back down, b) protect the walls ditto (double-sided tape is fully capable of ripping holes in drywall if it's taken down after being left up for a year), and c) to give the doublesided tape something with 'tooth' to grip to. Oh, and d) to keep some panels from falling off randomly and other panels from melding with the wall. Even using the exact same tape on the exact same wall surface. You have no idea how frustrating that was when I built my first exhibit for that museum. I've never had that problem anywhere else.
But the exhibit is DONE, DONE, DONE.
And I'm going to go collapse in a corner now. With a sinus headache [sigh] (yes, I was wearing a protective mask while using the spray adhesive).
Oh, if you happen to be in the Tacoma, Washington, area on Saturday, you're more than welcome to the grand opening at 1 pm at the Lakewood History Museum.
Spent most of Tuesday with an exacto knife and a metal ruler, cutting the panels out. Then putting painter's tape on the backs of the panels.
Spent most of today filling exhibit cases and mounting panels on the walls. I swear I'm going to see little white double-sided tape dots in my sleep tonight. Also blue painter's tape. The painter's tape is to a) protect the panels from tearing when they're taken back down, b) protect the walls ditto (double-sided tape is fully capable of ripping holes in drywall if it's taken down after being left up for a year), and c) to give the doublesided tape something with 'tooth' to grip to. Oh, and d) to keep some panels from falling off randomly and other panels from melding with the wall. Even using the exact same tape on the exact same wall surface. You have no idea how frustrating that was when I built my first exhibit for that museum. I've never had that problem anywhere else.
But the exhibit is DONE, DONE, DONE.
And I'm going to go collapse in a corner now. With a sinus headache [sigh] (yes, I was wearing a protective mask while using the spray adhesive).
Oh, if you happen to be in the Tacoma, Washington, area on Saturday, you're more than welcome to the grand opening at 1 pm at the Lakewood History Museum.
