Hanging Up Heavy Brass Plates On The Wall

Hang when the glue is cured.

Hanging up heavy brass plates on the wall.

Again while the glue is hot press the felt scrap into the glue being careful not to get burned. Hold the plate at. This will be the canvas for your wall art. You can move them around as you please and the discs stay secure to the plates.

The most important factor to consider is what kind of surface is the mounting mechanism designed for. Find the center of the item to hang on the wall. The best way to do this is to first attach the plate hanger to the plate and lie the plate on a flat surface. They clamp onto you plate and then you attach them to the wall.

Mixed with a mirror. Do you have another idea for hanging plates on the wall. I personally hate them. The most common way of hanging plates is with these commercial plate hangers.

Hanging heavy plates on the wall 1. Your beautiful home does not need wires showing on the things you hang on your walls. 10use a glue gun and safety pins to hang plates on a wall. Place your pop tab so it will not show over the edge of the plate.

Plates are usually placed on a flat horizontal surface. The top of the hanger should barely touch the flat surface that your plate is lying on. After 24 hours hang them up with by the hook on the disc to a nail in the wall. Set the plates in a cool dry place for 24 hours to dry.

Be sure to hang the plate onto the nail through the small circle at the bottom of the safety pin which will prevent easy slippage. Thankfully decorative plates will often come with a mounting mechanism. 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. In this living room we chose our rayne mirror for it s scalloped border and coppery blue patina but it s on the small size.

The rule of thumb for hanging wall decor over a mantel is that the art piece is roughly the same size as the firebox. When setting them on a wall you will need to be aware of how you should mount them. I did need to remove one disc from a plate i hung it upside down and didn t realize it until it had dried for 24 hours. Follow the directions on the glue packaging.

To fill out the proper amount of space we surrounded the mirror in bunny williams campbell house dinner and salad plates. 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. Now put a generous amount of hot glue over and around the lower inch of the pin extending the glue onto the plate. There you have it.

Secure each end of the spring on a spring loaded wire plate hanger kit to the two ends of the top wire plate hanger.