How To Best Mount Cork On The Wall

Position board on wall and fit bracket over nailed marker piece.

How to best mount cork on the wall.

Pick up the cork board and align it with the line you drew in pencil. Order the cork sheet. Situate the cork board on the wall and hold it for 30 seconds. Get and mount the plywood board to the wall.

Cork roll installation instructions from jelinek cork group. Glue is troweled on with plenty of open time and you may need to roll the edges if there is a seam. Fill the bottom once inch of the paint tray with liquid adhesive for cork. Load it up with inspiration.

Most mounting tape comes in pre sized strips but if you are able to determine your own strip size cut them to be 3 inches long. Adjust level of board and press right side into wall to mark. It may require more than one pass. We recommend henry brand 356 or 176 applied with a v notched trowel.

Carefully line up your cork roll to its final resting spot on the wall and press onto adhesive. Place two strips of heavy duty foam mounting tape on the clean wall one for each top corner of the cork board using the measurements you took earlier to determine their placement. 2 dip the adhesive roller in the liquid adhesive. Our cork supplier recommended using a linoleum adhesive with small finish nails along the edge to help hold the sheet up while the glue sets we did an entire wall.

Roll cork onto board. Press the cork tile into position and hold for about 30 seconds before moving on to your next tile. Adhesive must be wet for cork installation. Be sure wall is clean dry and that the existing surface is secure.

Plywood sheet screws roughly 10 a power drill furring strips optional. Apply 100 adhesive coverage to the wall surface. Decide on the size of your cork wall area. Hold up your cut cork roll to the wall along the marked vertical line.

Attach bubble level to top edge of frame with double sided tape. Step 4 repeat step 2 with 2nd marker piece and nail into mark on wall. Outline the remaining edges. Cover the roller with a liberal amount of adhesive.

Remove the paper covering each strip of mounting tape. The cork can be trimmed with a utility knife carpet or linoleum blade. If adhesive dries to wall prior to installation scrape off and reapply. Apply cork adhesive to wall one area at a time.

Grab a cork tile and spray the back side paper side with spray adhesive then immediately spray the section of the underlayment it will attach to. Press the cork board against the wall and hold it there for 30 seconds giving the adhesive time to work and become stable.