Hanging Posters On Cement Walls

You could use duct tape.

Hanging posters on cement walls. Damage free adhesive picture hangers come in a range of styles and sizes. A sturdy permanent place for hanging a rotating exhibit of word walls student exhibits anything you want. Buy hardwall hangers to use for items that weigh up to 25 pounds 11 kg. Drill masonry bit screws a cork board.

Then press each corner of the poster against the wall to hang it up. Hardwall hangers are made specifically for cement and brick walls. Hang the picture on the nail i use my level. Or you could use staples nails or tacks.

This will make your posters easier to work with since the edges won t be curling back up as much. You will need a hammer to install hardwall hangers. They are designed to work well with concrete or brick walls and hanging pictures on them is easy and quick. Sticky putty or sticky tack is a cheap adhesive that is strong enough to support the weight of a poster on a painted concrete wall.

To hang posters on cement walls i laminate the posters and put velcro fuzzy loop side on the back of each in strategic places. Lay the poster or posters flat printed side up on a clean surface weigh them down at the corners for a few hours or a day. I also stick velcro rough hook side to the walls the same distance apart as on the backs of the posters. A low temperature hot glue gun is a great tool for getting posters banners trimmers and other classroom decorations to stick to the cinder block walls.

Each hanger comes with four sturdy pins that will anchor the base of the hook to the wall. But that s a super bad idea because duct tape can get too stuck to your poster and damage your wall. Hang the frame to the wall using nail or screw at the top middle. The best way to hang your posters is to know what not to do first.

If the concrete block wall is painted and has a relatively smooth not porous finish hanging pictures may be as simple as installing removable adhesive wall hooks. Come share your favorite hacks for decorating on cement walls in our weareteachers helpline. The velcro stays on the wall until i am ready to take it off for the summer. Clean the wall with rubbing alcohol then peel off the paper backing from the adhesive hook and press in place for 30 seconds.

I put a little ball of the putty approx the size of a dime. Take a small pinch of the sticky tack out of the container and apply it to each of the corners of the poster. Also check out 25 fresh spring and end of year bulletin. At the end of the year the glue pulls off easily from the wall and does not do any damage simply peel the glue back slowly from the wall when you want to take something down.