Question about how to glue felt to board

[Ken Lotts]

I have been commissioned to build a felt backed jigsaw puzzle table similar to this one on Amazon.  
I just purchased a couple yards of green felt and it occurred to me that I have no idea what the best way is to glue it down to the board.
Does anyone have any input on this?

[barb.j.enders]

Just use your spray glue on the felt and on the wood. I expect it would be the same as gluing headliner (fabric in a boat) to the fiberglass.  Read the directions on the spray can.

[Jim Finn]

May be easier to flock it.

 

[Ken Lotts]

4 hours ago, Jim Finn said:

May be easier to flock it.

 

What is flock ?

[preprius]

We use the spray glue when we glue felt to bottom of cat trees.   The cat trees scratch hardwood floors unless we use felt.

 

[kywoodmaster]

3 hours ago, Ken Lotts said:

What is flock ?

https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/supplies/project-materials/44669-flocking-kit?item=98K1008&utm_source=free_google_shopping&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shopping_feed&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl9C_jeyu7gIVwb3ACh3yDgdfEAQYASABEgJ14fD_BwE

 

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[Dan]

Flocking is an option, but, depending on how large the table is, felt may be easier. I love flocking small boxes but it can be messy and for a large piece, well there's clean-up. Also, you are with flocking there is a time constraint to get the flock down before the glue starts setting up. 

For gluing the felt, I use 3M 77 spray. Lay the felt on the table, fold it over in half, spray the table and half the felt, then roll it onto the table from the center. Then to the other side the same way. It's best to make sure the felt is a few inches larger than the table on all sides then trim off the excess. 

Aleene's Tacky Spray is another adhesive but it is less forgiving than 3M 77.

[munzieb]

Regular felt has a tendency to stretch when laying down to glue. Depending on how you built the table, you may want to give yourself room to trim off the pulled excess after gluing. If the edges are not mounted yet, you can trim first and then mount them, otherwise push felt to edges and trim with a razor. Coincidence: the shop has been too cold to work lately so my wife and I have been doing puzzles on our dining room table. We just finished a 1,000 piece puzzle. I order my 1/8" stock in 30x24" sheets and use one as a base. 1,000 piece puzzles are typically 700mm x 500mm or 27.5 x 20". I ripped 1/4" strips and double sided taped them to the edges to hold in the puzzle in place. I buy cheap 1/4,3/16th" luan from Lowes and cut to the exact dimension of the puzzle and fits within the edges of the backer board. I flip it over and bluetape the back of the puzzle. I put spray adhesive on the blue tape back of the puzzle and attach to the luan backer board. Bought some trim moulding from Lowes and built the frame and painted with gold acrylic paint. You can get metal backer tabs from most art supply stores along with the paint. My wife uses eyelets and wire to hang the puzzle.

[Ken Lotts]

16 minutes ago, munzieb said:

Regular felt has a tendency to stretch when laying down to glue. Depending on how you built the table, you may want to give yourself room to trim off the pulled excess after gluing. If the edges are not mounted yet, you can trim first and then mount them, otherwise push felt to edges and trim with a razor. Coincidence: the shop has been too cold to work lately so my wife and I have been doing puzzles on our dining room table. We just finished a 1,000 piece puzzle. I order my 1/8" stock in 30x24" sheets and use one as a base. 1,000 piece puzzles are typically 700mm x 500mm or 27.5 x 20". I ripped 1/4" strips and double sided taped them to the edges to hold in the puzzle in place. I buy cheap 1/4,3/16th" luan from Lowes and cut to the exact dimension of the puzzle and fits within the edges of the backer board. I flip it over and bluetape the back of the puzzle. I put spray adhesive on the blue tape back of the puzzle and attach to the luan backer board. Bought some trim moulding from Lowes and built the frame and painted with gold acrylic paint. You can get metal backer tabs from most art supply stores along with the paint. My wife uses eyelets and wire to hang the puzzle.

Thanks for the info!  That is awesome!

[Ken Lotts]

3 hours ago, Dan said:

For gluing the felt, I use 3M 77 spray. Lay the felt on the table, fold it over in half, spray the table and half the felt, then roll it onto the table from the center. Then to the other side the same way. It's best to make sure the felt is a few inches larger than the table on all sides then trim off the excess. 

Aleene's Tacky Spray is another adhesive but it is less forgiving than 3M 77.

Great advise!  That helps as I envision working this through in my head.

[Jim Finn]

13 hours ago, Ken Lotts said:

What is flock ?

Flock is a rayon powder that is sprayed onto wet paint.  I have used it to line small boxes.  It is also used on duck decoys and on golf club handles, I understand.

[Ken Lotts]

1 minute ago, Jim Finn said:

Flock is a rayon powder that is sprayed onto wet paint.  I have used it to line small boxes.  It is also used on duck decoys and on golf club handles, I understand.

Thanks Jim,
Its strange that I never heard the term before.  It looks like it would be a great solution for a lot of things..  One thing that comes to mind is perhaps the bottom of a trophy or desk plaque.  

[Roberta Moreton]

I’m not sure that flocking would be durable enough for this.