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If you’re living in an apartment, dorm, or similar place, you’ve probably run up against the dreaded “no modifications” rule that prevents you from fixing objects to your wall using nails. Never fear, though, as there’s an easy way to hang things like shelves without giving up your security deposit.
To hang a shelf with mounting strips, press the Velcro-like sides of your strips together to make pairs, remove 1 liner from each pair to expose their sticky side, and fix the strips to your shelf. Then, remove the remaining liners and press your shelf to the wall. After holding the shelf for 30 seconds, separate the pairs so that 1 side is attached to the wall and the other side is attached to the shelf. Press down on the wall strips for 30 seconds, and let them set for 1 hour before reattaching the shelf to the strips on the wall.
- 1 Get a shelf made of a light, hollow material. Unfortunately, fasteners like nails are necessary to hang up extremely heavy shelves made of dense, solid materials like steel or oak. However, you can use adhesive fasteners to hang up light, hollow shelves made of things like balsa wood. As a general rule, try to hang shelves that weigh 3 lb (1.4 kg) or less.
- For safety, do not attempt to hang shelves with adhesive strips if they weigh over 10 lb (4.5 kg).
- Look for hollow floating shelves at furniture stores or light planks of wood at hardware stores.
- 2 Purchase adhesive mounting strips. To hang up your shelf, you’ll need to get strong adhesive mounting strips designed for pictures or other large objects.
Before buying a set of strips, check their weight capacity to make sure they can support your shelf and any objects you want to put on it.[1]
- Purchase adhesive strips that have a sticky material on 1 side and a rough, Velcro-like gripping material on the other. Be aware that this is not the same type of material used for things like Command hooks.
- Popular adhesive strips include Command picture hanging strips, Scotch reclosable fasteners, and Velcro removable mounting strips….
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