Hanging Up Heavy Brass Plates On The Wall

This will be the canvas for your wall art.

Hanging up heavy brass plates on the wall.

To fill out the proper amount of space we surrounded the mirror in bunny williams campbell house dinner and salad plates. Find the bare wall or section of wall where you want to hang your plates and measure out the width and height of the area you want to cover. The rule of thumb for hanging wall decor over a mantel is that the art piece is roughly the same size as the firebox. The top of the hanger should barely touch the flat surface that your plate is lying on.

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. 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. After 24 hours hang them up with by the hook on the disc to a nail in 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.

Slide the bottom plate hanger mount through the bottom of the looped spring and pull the spring until you can slide. Hang when the glue is cured. The most common way of hanging plates is with these commercial plate hangers. Mixed with a mirror.

To hang the plate first figure out the exact placement on the wall mark it with a small dot and hammer a small nail into the wall. Hold the plate at. Set the plates in a cool dry place for 24 hours to dry. They clamp onto you plate and then you attach them to the wall.

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. The most important factor to consider is what kind of surface is the mounting mechanism designed for. Your beautiful home does not need wires showing on the things you hang on your walls.

Thankfully decorative plates will often come with a mounting mechanism. Follow the directions on the glue packaging. Place your pop tab so it will not show over the edge of the plate. Find the center of the item to hang on the wall.

Do you have another idea for hanging plates on the wall. When setting them on a wall you will need to be aware of how you should mount them. Hanging heavy plates on the wall 1. Now put a generous amount of hot glue over and around the lower inch of the pin extending the glue onto the plate.

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. I personally hate them. 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. You can move them around as you please and the discs stay secure to the plates.

Again while the glue is hot press the felt scrap into the glue being careful not to get burned.