How To Use Wall Anchors To Hang Pictures

Use adhesive strips and utility hooks designed to hold the size of your frame.

How to use wall anchors to hang pictures. Remove the back liner from the adhesive strip and apply it directly to the wall where you want to hang your picture. Screw a picture hook onto the wall anchor. Make sure to position your shelf or whatever you re mounting up to where you want it and then drive in the screw. Next take your screw and begin driving it into the anchor.

Just place the screw into the hole in the picture hook and match it up with the hole in the wall anchor. You can also use one anchor and screw combo as the primary holder and add a smaller anchor to hold the object steady. Gently tap the plastic anchor into the wall using a hammer or rubber mallet. Clean the surface of your wall with a 1 1 solution of water and rubbing alcohol.

Step 1 mark the intended location of the plastic anchor with a pencil. When their weight exceeds 5 to 10 pounds however you re safer using wall anchors unless there. If using a toggle anchor thread the toggle on the screw about 1 4 inch from the end. If using a threaded drywall anchor screw it in using a phillips head screwdriver.

Some wall anchors already have a stud in them for hanging pictures in which case you can skip this step. Use two anchors to hang larger pictures and provide greater holding power and stability. Use a screwdriver and twist clockwise until the hook is in place. Insert the screw into the anchor and slowly screw it in.

Many pictures don t qualify as heavy weights and you need little more than a nail to hang them.