Sticking wallpaper to ply

It depends on what the end use is going to be and if the decor will be changed over time. If changes are a possibility I'd use wallpaper paste

Either of those - a good soaking of the ply with it and then leave to dry properly.

wallpaper paste is fine.

NT

Yes. Seal the wood first with a dilute coat of the PVA. Otherwise you will find it is more like impact adhesive grabbing on too quickly.

Thanks for all the replies. Having some spare wallpaper paste to hand, I slapped that on three trial pieces yesterday, and will see how the paper attaches today. Remind me this time next year, to check the paper is still attached :-)

Bit late now, but if you seal the ply beforehand with a coat of dilute PVA and let it dry thoroughly first this might prevent the ply soaking up too much water . IMO in principle it would be a bad idea to use PVA directly to the ply, as it would be difficult to remove the paper later if this was thought necessary - at any point after the PVA has thoroughly dried out onwards into the future, for reasons presently unknown - when there is a less permanent but equally effective option available. (As applies to many of the permanent glueing solutions suggested on here ) Anyway if the paste works o.k. there's no need. If it doesn't then that's what I'd suggest.

michael adams

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Thanks Michael. Unlikely to want to change the paper later, but am going with wallpaper paste anyway, as it seems to do the job, and I have half a bucket full sitting here.