At the bottom of the entire piece i knotted the rope.
How to hang a license plate on the wall.
Follow the directions on the glue packaging.
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.
How to hang plates on a 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.
I traced the chalkboard so i knew how far in from the walls and how far above and below the chalkboard i.
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.
Tape your templates to the wall.
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.
How to hang plates on the wall the best hangers more step 1.
You can use any kind of open wall space for this whether it s above a door directly above a sofa.
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.
I also allowed for a loop that was measured at the top to hang them.
Hang when the glue is cured.
Using a pencil trace outline of each plate.
The most common way of hanging plates is with these commercial plate hangers.
They clamp onto you plate and then you attach them to the wall.
Here s how to hang a 50 state run of license plates on your precious drywall without leaving a mark.
I personally hate them.
Carefully using scissors cut out each plate circle.
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.
Turn each plate upside down onto paper.
To start the license plate wall i selected my license plates and gave them a good scrub in the sink.
Figure out how you want to arrange your plates.
Take all the plates that you re thinking about using in your plate wall and lay them out.
The entire hanging used one long piece of continuous rope.
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.