Here are seven clever picture hanging tips that everyone should know for tip
number seven, we're gonna use some toothpaste for these little hooks.
These are separately placed and it makes it really difficult to get the exact
right measurement for where to put your nails. So some toothpaste can help.
I'm gonna use some red toothpaste in this case,
since this is going on a white wall and we need it to show up.
So I'm just gonna put a little dab of it, there, a little dab of it there,
and it helps if you put these out even just a little bit,
if they'll stay like that, There we go.
And when it comes time to put the picture up, I'm gonna face it the right way.
Hold it with my left hand on the bottom.
I'm putting a level on top just to make sure I get this nice straight at the
right height. And then once we're level, right there,
just go ahead and let that kiss the wall.
And then we've got our two marks exactly where our nails need to be. Next,
make sure your picture hooks are out again, once they're cleaned off.
And then once you line up one of these kind of grabs onto both,
and you're good to go. Nice and level
For tip number six,
we're gonna use command strips to mount this picture so there's nothing at all
left on the wall behind.
We wanna be sure to use a picture frame that has had the mounting hardware
removed.
So we have a nice clean surface and then put some alcohol on a paper towel and
then make sure everything's nice and clean.
You wanna do this to both the picture frame as well as the wall next we'll put
our command strips together in pairs and kinda lock 'em in place like this.
And then we can separate each one out.
So I'm gonna remove the backing from one at a time and put 'em one here.
And then one about halfway down. Same thing on the other side,
there we go. Next,
we'll remove this backing so that we get it ready to put on the wall.
Just like before we wanna make sure everything looks good and level before we
stick it to the wall There,
Then give it a good push. Now,
one thing a lot of people don't know is you actually want to remove it right
away
And then take about 30 seconds to push these all really good against
the wall.
And then you actually need to wait an hour for the adhesive to fully set and
cure onto the wall. And then after that hour, we can put it back on.
At that point, it should click into place.
Now, when you're ready to remove the picture, it comes off damage free.
Just start from the bottom, pull it off like that.
And then these can be removed just by pulling down on the tab nice and slowly.
And off they come. No marks left behind. Just be careful.
It's kinda like pulling a rubber band. They smack ya. Ow.
Tip number five is not making a mess when you're driving drywall anchors.
There are actually three methods for doing this.
If you're gonna have to drill a hole,
then you can make a little catch out of painter's tape. Like this.
Another method is just to take a sticky note, place it on the wall
And then fold it up like that.
And you can also put some little wings on it to help catch things.
A third method is just to use an envelope with a bit of painter's tape on it.
Now to show you the difference,
I'm gonna drill one hole over here with no catch on it and we'll see how much
dust comes down.
Okay. Quite a bit. You
can see that catches it all. Great.
Now you can drive your drywall anchors in with less mess.
Tip number four is using painters tape to help with these tricky layouts.
This stuff is super helpful for things like power strips,
but especially when hanging pictures,
what you can do is grab a length of it that crosses the two areas that need to
be mounted.
And what I like to do is actually make sure these are in the right position and
then place the painter's tape at the very top of the hooks.
So right there and right there and push that
in there, then use a marker and just mark,
right where nail needs to go in order to get this perfect.
Now this can serve as a line for leveling to make sure the picture is perfectly
level when you hang it up too.
Now you can use your piece of tape to put it exactly where you want it.
Right about there. Now we know exactly to where to put those nails
And move the tape.
You're ready to hang. My wife just had an awesome idea. She said,
why don't you just tape those things down? So they stopped spinning around.
And that is brilliant. So I'm gonna tape those down. Let's keep 'em in place.
Gonna get under there.
Right there.
Okay.
Tip number three is using a fork to help out when those wires just won't catch
on the nail. Have you ever tried to hang something like this?
And the wire just will not grab well,
you can actually just place a fork on the nail or the screw that you're using
and use that as a little hook to catch the wire as it slides down,
once the picture or mirror in place, just remove the fork problem solved.
Now just a little bonus tip.
You can use some mounting putty on anything that swivels or swings like this
Tip Number two is using a cereal box to help hang our pictures.
Now you may have seen some picture hanging tools like this one,
and they're super handy. They do exactly what they claim.
It says it marks exactly where the nail goes. And it does just that.
The way it works is you hang your picture on the actual hook.
And then once you've got in place, you just push against it.
And it leaves a little mark exactly where your nail goes to keep it in that spot
that you put it.
So those picture hanging tools are available all over the place,
but I'm gonna show you how to make one yourself using just a cereal box and a
Thumbtack. That's really all it takes.
For this to work the side of a cereal box works great,
but basically you're looking for any thing that has this thicker card stock type
material. So I'm gonna cut along the seam and I'll cut off my ends.
Now you end up with this and because I have that,
I actually want it to fit inside my hooks.
So I'm gonna cut a little tab on the bottom.
Once I have that T I'm gonna use a basic push pin.
So I'm gonna push this through. And then once it's there,
you basically wanna put your push pin underneath,
try to center as best you can poke a hole like that.
And then you've got a nice little hook here that you can work with to test
exactly where your picture needs to go. Now, of course,
if you're using a much heavier picture,
you may want to double up or even triple up on these to make sure this is plenty
strong to hold what you're mounting.
So I put your picture about where you want it. Let's say we want it there.
And then you just give it a little push. And there we go.
There's our new mark right there.
We know exactly where this nail goes to put that picture in that place.
We wanted it.
Now my number one tip for picture hanging is tackling the nasty beast that is
picture collages or galleries. These things can be a beast to do no matter what.
And I've got a bunch of tips that are gonna put together.
And it's kind of like the final exam of all of the tips that we've just gone
through. So first thing,
a lot of people talk about using butcher paper to do a layout.
The fact is you can go to the dollar store and pick up some cheap gift wrap,
or just use something that you've got kicking around the house next.
We'll lay it all out the way we wanna see it on the wall. Okay.
And I'm just using a regular pen, Gonna trace my lines on everything.
Okay. Once the that's done,
we can remove them and set those aside for just a minute.
I'm gonna cut off the extra here to make this easier to work with.
Now,
another tip that makes things a lot easier is take some sort of a straight edge.
Doesn't have to be anything super fancy. I'm just using the, uh,
manufactured edge of a poster board here. And I'm just gonna a,
a straight line across here because I want a line to reference for level
Next.
We can use any of the methods that we've used earlier to mark exactly where the
nail should go. I'm gonna do the toothpaste one on this one, lay it down.
And if that, uh, toothpaste is extruding or, or sticking out enough,
I'll get that. Perfect.
So I know that's exactly where my line or my nail needs to go lay it out.
And then I heard it Pierce there. There's my hole. Okay.
There's my nail hole for that one.
Just like that and drop it down. There it is.
There's my little dot. Now we can take our layout over to the wall.
We can use our line that we drew earlier to make sure that it's perfectly level,
Okay, next we take our nails and drive them right through the layout.
Then when we're done, we can just rip it all down.
TA da. Now, as you're looking at these photos, you might be wondering,
did that dude actually go out and take pictures and do a whole photo session
with his power tools? And the answer is yes.
I hope it kind of livened up the video a little bit and adds a little dork
factor to the whole thing. Now, if you like this video,
you might wanna check out my video here. Seven clever uses for painters tape.
Thanks for watching.