The paper reviews some of the work carried out at the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam on the cold lining of paintings since 1972. The cold lining techniques were developed to replace the starch-glue and wax-resin methods, which were considered dangerous and of limited life, and the vacuum hot table. The use of a screen to reduce the amounts of adhesive used and ensure its even distribution is described together with the three-stretcher system. Details of work carried out since the 1978 Zagreb conference on dry-film cold lining, a method which allows lining of paintings which may be damaged by even the smallest amount of moisture, are given. The adhesive used is an acrylic -- methacrylate copolymer emulsion Plextol B-500 thickened by the addition of 1-15% hydroxy ethyl cellulose. Lining materials used have been polypropylene, polyamide and polyester fabrics.