Reddit reviews 3M 568 Positionable Mounting Adhesive, 16 Inches x 50 Feet

First, lets ditch the word glue and stick with adhesive! You will be "mounting" that photo to the aluminum! I would suggest PMA which stands for positionable mounting adhesive. This will allow you to get it nice and perfect before permanently sealing it on there. It comes in a roll, so you would roll it out onto your aluminum and seal it on there, then you would put your photograph on that and seal it up. It is pressure activated so you will need some sort of "squeegee" to run over the PMA and the photograph. Wax paper would be good to put over the photo so you aren't scraping across the photo.

Here is the PMA on amazon

There are also spray adhesives but it is hard to get photographs or other paper pieces to stay flat and not curl. The curling makes it especially difficult to mount it flat without any bubbles. Glue is messy, rubber cement is bullshit, and tape is just silly. PMA! PMA! PMA!

I'm pretty sure you can go into Plaza and get a list of everything included, but I'll tell you what I remember being in there:

• A cutting mat. Pretty sure it's 24x36 (tbh, you don't need this unless you plan on working from home. The labs all have cutting mats)
  
• Xacto precision knife with #11 blades
  
• The big xacto utility knife with the blades that go with it
  
• A set of black sharpies, regular and fine (meh, I've never used mine)
  
• Bestine
  
• Putty eraser, white mars eraser, pink pearl eraser
  
• Metal t-square
  
• Metal 18" ruler
  
• Metal 45-45-90 triangle
  
• Mars Lumograph pencils, set of 12 (variety pack)
  
• Rubber cement (but I'm pretty sure you don't need this after freshman year. I'm a junior, and didn't use it at all last year)
  
• Rubber cement pick-up (you definitely need this)
  
• The carry-all portfolio (don't know what it's called, but it's black with a shoulder strap and is about 24x36—pretty sure they only sell 1 size so get whichever size they sell)
  
• Smaller black bag for pencils and erasers and things that fits inside the larger portfolio. Again, don't know what this is called, sorry!
  
  I can tell you right now, you're also going to need micron pens and black gouache for Visual Communications 1, and you absolutely need 3M positionable adhesive. I think it's cheapest on Amazon but definitely check Plaza's price. It's not in the freshman kit because you only start using it sophomore year, but I swear you will use it for every project.
  
  Welcome to the program, it's pretty great. Take classes from Sandy and Bill; avoid Jack. Let me know if you have other questions.