How To Hang A Square Plate On The Wall

Determine your placement for the plate to hang and add a small strip of hot glue along the inside rim of the back of the plate.

How to hang a square plate on the wall.

They clamp onto you plate and then you attach them to the wall. Untwist the paperclip so you have a large hanging hook and the bottom loop. If it doesn t take the hanger off the plate bend it and place it back on to see if it s where you need it to be. Turn each plate upside down onto paper.

Activate the glue on the adhesive discs. Place the safety pin upside down onto the glue with 1 2 inch of the bottom of the pin pointing upwards. Forget gallery walls you need a hanging plate wall. Use spring style hangers for hanging plates on a wall.

How to hang plates on a wall with adhesive discs. Make sure to use wall anchors if you have plaster walls or if you aren t screwing into a stud. The most common way of hanging plates is with these commercial plate hangers. Carefully using scissors cut out each plate circle.

Find the bare wall or section of wall where you want to hang your plates and measure out the width and height of. I already had a nail in the wall so hung one of the larger plates on that and worked around that center point. Grab a closed safety pin and arrange it along the back bottom portion of your plate. The best way to do this is to first attach the plate hanger to the plate and lie the plate on a flat surface.

Tape the templates to a wall. To hang the plate drill a drywall screw into the wall leaving it about 1 4 from going all the way in. Hot glue the thicker end of the safety pin to the top of your plate then place the circular part of the pin over a hook or nail on the wall. Cut a small square of felt to overlap the safety pin about 1 2 inch around each side.

They tend to slide around the edges of your plate if you buy the cheap ones they don t come with rubber bumpers and they scratch the rim of the plates. Using a pencil trace outline of each plate. Press the adhesive discs onto the backs of the plates. Next i cut out small circles of felt to fit the center of the plate backs.

Clean the back of the plates. This larger loop is what will get glued to your plates. Tape out your plan. Lay white paper on a flat surface.

How to hang plates on a wall. I personally hate them.