I'm sure I'm not the first person to have done this, but I've never seen it mentioned anywhere else so I thought I would note it here. I recently needed to attach a paper template to a piece of aluminum plate - I've read about using double sided tape or spray adhesive, but I thought I would try something different:
I brushed rubber cement on both the aluminum plate and the back of the template, let the cement dry for about a minute, and then stuck the two together. It worked wonderfully! The template was held on very firmly, and any excess cement rubbed off easily. When it came time to remove the template it peeled off readily leaving little residue, and what little residue there was I simply rubbed off with my thumb.
Has anyone else used rubber cement for this purpose? What other methods have you used?
I brushed rubber cement on both the aluminum plate and the back of the template, let the cement dry for about a minute, and then stuck the two together. It worked wonderfully! The template was held on very firmly, and any excess cement rubbed off easily. When it came time to remove the template it peeled off readily leaving little residue, and what little residue there was I simply rubbed off with my thumb.
Has anyone else used rubber cement for this purpose? What other methods have you used?