Water-based contact adhisives

[Texas1985]

Any paperhangers have experince with installing a product
called Lock-fast, its a fabric wallcovering 62" wide.Their
instructions suggest using a water-based contact adhisive.
This wallcovering has no backing.Pre-mixed adhisives would
likely soak through.If you know of a water-based contact
adhisive,please help point me in the right direction.

[Eunice, PRS Reporter]

3M makes a water based contact - it's green - but I would imagine your material could be hung with a clay or HD clear if you paste the wall and let it tack up. With a contact you will have a tough time with your seams. You wouldn't be able to reposition or doublecut. Where is the material going - on a wall requiring multiple drops? And how heavy is the material? What is it exactly?

[Texas1985]

This wallcovering is going to be installed on drywall in an office
multipule drops,around 36 yds. Can't really describe this product
without actually you having it in hands.Found manufacture on-line
at Lockfast.com, same info about installing that I already have.
There are pictures of their products.Guess I'll call their tech-line.

[Eunice, PRS Reporter]

I looked at the site and it looks much like regular acoustic fabric. Which pattern do you have, do you know? I still think you could probably use Dynamite 111, rolled on the wall heavily and tacked up a bit, but if you want to use heavier, some of the waterbased carpet adhesives aren't bad. Mapei Eco is a common brand here. Dont get it on the face, and if you have a ribbed product you can use a carpet laying tool called a row cutter to trim between ribs ahead of time and butt on the wall.

A couple years back in Las Vegas at the annual convention I think Walter Green did a demo on wall carpet and used a Durabond brand adhesive and a 3M citrus spray product for clean up. Maybe check with him.