Wall Mounting A Puzzle

You now have a hanger on the back of your puzzle.

Wall mounting a puzzle.

Your local craft store can help you with dry mounting your puzzle which uses a special 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. Pull and tear off two or three pieces of wax. Place a few heavy objects to ensure total flat coverage between the puzzle and the board.

Let this dry completely it s best to give it 24 hours. This rigid board will ensure your puzzle does not warp or fall apart. 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. Select poster board foam board or sturdy cardboard approximately 1 4 inch 6 mm thick and cut a rectangle that can be inserted into your frame this material will provide a backing for the puzzle keeping it flat and in the frame.

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. 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. Cut a backing material to fit the frame. Pour a light amount of puzzle glue across the short end of the puzzle covering about a 6 inches.

We prefer liquid glue as an adhesive. Once the puzzle and mounting material are fully sealed and dry place them in your frame. Twist the ends of the wire to make hooks. Start with a completed jigsaw puzzle on a flat surface.

After your puzzle is nice and flat it s time to glue it down and some formulas work better than others. To hang your puzzle on the wall we recommend mounting it to a backer board. Hook the ends of the wire into each of the holes in the back of the foam board. But then i came across this awesome youtube jigsaw tutorial by karen of karen puzzles on how to temporarily hang a jigsaw puzzle.

Line up your puzzle and place it down gently pressing while making sure you don t alter the alignment.