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Posted by enigma845 via HomeKB.com on November 5, 2007, 2:45 pm
Addendum: if you can't put screws into the plaques, then get a glue( check
Locktite or construction adhesive) for metal. allow it to 'cure' then you
can hang the plaques.
enigma845 wrote:
>I just hung a heavy bathroon cabinet. Lowe's has a neat 'method' to hang
>heavy items like large mirrors. If i remember, the one i used holds 75
>pounds. I will try to expalain it. Go to hardware section, look in fasteners
>section, like molly/hollow wall bolts section. you attach a metal bar
>slightly made at an angle with two screws to the wall. Then attach the other
>metal bar with screws to the item you are going to hang. Then the item hangs
>on the angle made by the unit you put on the wall. there are various sizes.
>the one i got is about 6-8 inches but there are longer ones. look for the
>number of pounds. Don't know how much they weigh? weigh yourself while
>holding the item and you will get the actual pound weight. It is hard to
>expalin and i did not keep the package it came in. If you describe it,
>hopefully they can locate it. if not the next time i go to lowe's i will try
>to find the product number.
>>I bought today six golden/grey plaques (likely made from plaster) for
>>ten cents each, and they look real expensive, like from a castle. I
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>>Leo
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>ten cents each, and they look real expensive, like from a castle. I
>want to put them in the house on a wooden painted wall. Problem is
>only that I don't want to mess up my wall with experiments and that
>Velcro is likely not strong enough to hold the plaques. Each weighs
>two pounds.
>Any idea how I can fix them to the wall without that I ruin my wall or
>without that they fall off?
>Leo