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