Allow the mud to dry two hours.
How to hang on textured walls.
Use a picture rail if you have one.
Smooth the mud over the entire surface of the wall from top to bottom and side to side covering the texture with a layer of mud that is about inch thick.
If your picture hooks are too thick to fit into the hoop hanging off the back of your frame consider placing two hooks.
It s important to know however that if your plaster wall is very textured adhesive hooks won t work very well.
Apply the mud to each wall that you will be applying the wallpaper to.
Your picture will hang beautifully with zero wall damage.
I had put up a large expensive mural with double sided tape then velco tabs and even screws and they all failed to keep it up there.
Combine the joint compound with water according to the proportions listed in the manufacturer s instructions.
Start by cleaning the walls and allowing them to completely dry.
Smooth it with the smoothing brush to release any glue bubbles or wrinkles.
Once the surface is dry remove the covering strip on the back of the hook then stick the adhesive hook on the wall and voila.
The resulting mixture should have the consistency of a thick batter.
Use a trowel or wide putty knife to spread it on the wall.
They are small but weigh a lot for their size.
So i have very old textured walls as if sand was mixed in the wall paint like a popcorn ceiling like texture.
Pva foam has a bit of thickness to it so you wouldn t have to wrap it around the frame edge to protect the wall.
Do it from both sides and get a range.
Wipe the paper down with an old towel mopping up any glue that has come out from beneath the paper.
Use a mud knife to generously smooth the mud onto the wall surface.
If your room has this you can simply drive a screw through the wood and use this to hang things.
Some older plaster walls have a thin strip of wood that runs around the perimeter of a room usually between 1 inch 2 5 cm to 1 foot 30 cm below the edge of the ceiling.
Do not press all of the glue out from beneath the paper.
To check where the picture will rub take a sheet of paper and slide it under the picture on the wall and where it meets resistance that s where to put felt or foam on.
I purchased the weight that was over the weight of the speakers and used two or more depending on the size of what i was hanging.