any ideas on how to hang foam boards on a wall without framing them or ruining them?

Genteel Death · 10.10.2012, 03:19 PM

i have a couple of ideas in mind at the moment, including making some fabric hooks to stick at the back of them, but I am open to suggestions and different techniques.

if i like your idea i will reward you with a heavily blurred picture of a raccoon.

floatingslowly · 10.10.2012, 03:27 PM

How heavy are they? Would velcro strips hold them? That seems the least invasive.

Whatever you do, DO NOT use blu-tack. Ugh...I tried to warn her.....my walls....my art.....

gast30 · 10.10.2012, 03:28 PM

can you drill holes in your wall?
if you can
you have these long plastic spikes with a round plastic disk on the end that holds the foamboard to the wall
you just bang that in the wall

Genteel Death · 10.10.2012, 03:32 PM

Blue-tack is totally out of the question because I won't be able to use it on the walls. Velcro strips I have taken into consideration too so far. Definitely NOT drilling into the wall.

Genteel Death · 10.10.2012, 03:37 PM

they are nor really thick or heavy.

EVOLghost · 10.10.2012, 05:44 PM

Depends...do you want them to look classy as hell....or trashy as hell...

stu666 · 10.10.2012, 07:31 PM

toffee tape?

terminal pharmacy · 10.10.2012, 07:56 PM

magnets. or 3m hooks

floatingslowly · 10.10.2012, 08:31 PM

hot-glue them to the wall.

!@#$%! · 10.11.2012, 01:59 AM

is 3M poster tape inadequate for you or something?

Trama · 10.11.2012, 08:37 AM

Suction cups.

EVOLghost · 10.11.2012, 08:38 AM

Wet toilet paper.

Toilet & Bowels · 10.12.2012, 06:40 PM

what's wrong with spray mount, it's that not the obvious solution?

dale_gribble · 10.12.2012, 10:40 PM

how about some organic semen? i can ship it to you post-haste.

Genteel Death · 10.15.2012, 04:44 AM

I'll explain a little better. The boards I am not using to mount pictures on, I am using them as an alternative to canvases and doing the creative work directly onto them. For this reason I have to be careful not to damage them in any way. I could frame them, of course, but at the moment I am going for a look that I like and right now is also more cost-effective. Also, there is a strict policy in the place where I will be exhibiting the work which prevents me from using any sticky tools that potentially can ruin the walls. Light-hooks seem to be the only viable option at the moment but I haven't had any luck in DIY shops so far for what I have in mind, so I may produce them myself and hope for the best.

demonrail666 · 10.15.2012, 05:40 AM

Elmers do a range of putties and glues that would be perfect. They're quick drying and won't damage either the wall or the foam boards when you come to take them off.

Genteel Death · 12.11.2012, 02:37 PM

Thanks again for your advice. I think I have worked out how to hang my work on the wall. We put it up this Sunday and I am sharing the exhibition space with another guy. Any London-based boardies who would like to have a peep, let me know and I can let you in.

Rob Instigator · 12.11.2012, 03:09 PM

awesome man! take some pics and share with us heathens.

art rules.

getting paid for it rules even more.

Genteel Death · 12.11.2012, 03:34 PM

Thanks Rob! One of my flatmates started studying photography and just recently bought herself a decent camera. She's coming along to help me out and said that she'll take some shots. I'll try posting them on here because mine I am experiencing problems with at the moment.

!@#$%! · 12.11.2012, 05:15 PM

post some photos when you have them

oh wait cheeto already said that

but here's a 2nd

10.10.2012, 03:19 PM	#1
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	i have a couple of ideas in mind at the moment, including making some fabric hooks to stick at the back of them, but I am open to suggestions and different techniques. if i like your idea i will reward you with a heavily blurred picture of a raccoon.
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10.10.2012, 03:27 PM	#2
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	How heavy are they? Would velcro strips hold them? That seems the least invasive. Whatever you do, DO NOT use blu-tack. Ugh...I tried to warn her.....my walls....my art.....
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10.10.2012, 03:28 PM	#3
gast30 invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: where all the childeren are insaine Posts: 6,802	can you drill holes in your wall? if you can you have these long plastic spikes with a round plastic disk on the end that holds the foamboard to the wall you just bang that in the wall
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10.10.2012, 03:32 PM	#4
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Blue-tack is totally out of the question because I won't be able to use it on the walls. Velcro strips I have taken into consideration too so far. Definitely NOT drilling into the wall.
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10.10.2012, 03:37 PM	#5
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	they are nor really thick or heavy.
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10.10.2012, 05:44 PM	#6
EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	Depends...do you want them to look classy as hell....or trashy as hell...
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10.10.2012, 07:31 PM	#7
stu666 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 13,504	toffee tape? __________________ http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/
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10.10.2012, 07:56 PM	#8
terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	magnets. or 3m hooks
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10.10.2012, 08:31 PM	#9
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	hot-glue them to the wall.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,572	is 3M poster tape inadequate for you or something?
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10.11.2012, 08:37 AM	#11
Trama stalker Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 419	Suction cups.
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10.11.2012, 08:38 AM	#12
EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	Wet toilet paper.
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10.12.2012, 06:40 PM	#13
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,273	what's wrong with spray mount, it's that not the obvious solution?
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10.12.2012, 10:40 PM	#14
dale_gribble 100% Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: the space between dreams and reality Posts: 666	how about some organic semen? i can ship it to you post-haste. __________________
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10.15.2012, 04:44 AM	#15
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	I'll explain a little better. The boards I am not using to mount pictures on, I am using them as an alternative to canvases and doing the creative work directly onto them. For this reason I have to be careful not to damage them in any way. I could frame them, of course, but at the moment I am going for a look that I like and right now is also more cost-effective. Also, there is a strict policy in the place where I will be exhibiting the work which prevents me from using any sticky tools that potentially can ruin the walls. Light-hooks seem to be the only viable option at the moment but I haven't had any luck in DIY shops so far for what I have in mind, so I may produce them myself and hope for the best.
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10.15.2012, 05:40 AM	#16
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Elmers do a range of putties and glues that would be perfect. They're quick drying and won't damage either the wall or the foam boards when you come to take them off.
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12.11.2012, 02:37 PM	#17
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Thanks again for your advice. I think I have worked out how to hang my work on the wall. We put it up this Sunday and I am sharing the exhibition space with another guy. Any London-based boardies who would like to have a peep, let me know and I can let you in.
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12.11.2012, 03:09 PM	#18
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	awesome man! take some pics and share with us heathens. art rules. getting paid for it rules even more. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.11.2012, 03:34 PM	#19
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Thanks Rob! One of my flatmates started studying photography and just recently bought herself a decent camera. She's coming along to help me out and said that she'll take some shots. I'll try posting them on here because mine I am experiencing problems with at the moment.
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12.11.2012, 05:15 PM	#20
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,572	post some photos when you have them oh wait cheeto already said that but here's a 2nd
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