How To Hang A License Plate On The Wall

You can use any kind of open wall space for this whether it s above a door directly above a sofa.

How to hang a license plate on the wall.

Follow the directions on the glue packaging. The most common way of hanging plates is with these commercial plate hangers. There you have it. How to hang plates on the wall the best hangers more step 1.

Using a pencil trace outline of each plate. Hang when the glue is cured. To keep the string from allowing the license plates to sink into each other once hung i taped each string on the back of the license plate. 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.

I also allowed for a loop that was measured at the top to hang them. I personally hate them. Take all the plates that you re thinking about using in your plate wall and lay them out. They clamp onto you plate and then you attach them to the wall.

Use whatever decisions you have on hand you can make a simple minimalist statement with just 1 hanging plate or you can hang up a collection of decorative plates to create a fun design scheme. To start the license plate wall i selected my license plates and gave them a good scrub in the sink. Lay white paper on a flat surface. 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.

I traced the chalkboard so i knew how far in from the walls and how far above and below the chalkboard i. I decided that i didn t need to put plates up on the wall behind the chalkboard or the shoe cabinet since those areas would not be seen. Place your pop tab so it will not show over the edge of the plate. The entire hanging used one long piece of continuous rope.

At the bottom of the entire piece i knotted the rope. Tape your templates to the wall. Carefully using scissors cut out each plate circle. Turn each plate upside down onto paper.

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. Figure out how you want to arrange your plates. Find the center of the item to hang on the wall.